PyWeek - ceronman
AwardsRatings (show detail)Fun: 3.2 Production: 3.2 Innovation: 2.6 2% respondents marked the game as not working. 0% of respondents wished to disqualify the entry. Respondents: 39 |
| Files: | Uploader | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| twist_em_all.zip — final | 1.56 Mbytes | ceronman | 2007/09/09 17:01 |
| ceronman final | |||
| twistem_all_screenshot_3.png | 257.63 Kbytes | ceronman | 2007/09/08 06:30 |
| Twist'em All! third screenshot | |||
| twistem_all_screenshot_2.png | 95.98 Kbytes | ceronman | 2007/09/07 07:32 |
| Twist'em All! second screenshot | |||
| twistem_all_screenshot_1.png | 8.14 Kbytes | ceronman | 2007/09/04 05:14 |
| Twist'em All! first screenshot | |||
| twistemall_blueprints.jpg | 95.92 Kbytes | ceronman | 2007/09/04 05:13 |
| Twist'em All ! Blueprints | |||
Sunday 09 September, 2007
[ ceronman @ 17:30 ] Programing: over, next: playing
PyWeek is over. It was absolutely fun!. My final entry is not what I would call a finished product, but it's not bad.
I have a video of my gameI would like to have some features in my final entry but I couldn't make it:
- Sound Effects and Music, this is what gives life to a game, too bad that is not there.
- Map Editor, It's necesary for easily create new worlds
- More Worlds, There are only four of them.
- Two Player Mode: The engine was thinked for this. It's a shame not to have it
- MiniMap.
My final code is kind of ugly. Actually it has some nice parts, but at the end of the challenge I was trying to add new functionality as fast as I can and the result was some ugly code here and there. Nothing that can't be easily refactored.
At the end I didn't use Blender for the graphics, I made some pixel art with The Gimp. Now I'm less afraid of pixel art than before, but I must admit that I still suck as a graphic artist.
Some thing I've learn for my next PyWeek:
- Learn the API that you're going to use before the challenge. I was reading PyGame documentation at the begining of the competition and that made me lose time.
- Leave more time for desing improvement. I was fighting with technical problems until the end of the challenge and I didn't have enought time for tunning the fun factor.
- Don't try new crazy technical ideas. I was trying to implement a weird scroll system, at the end I decided to change it for a traditional tile approach. That made me lose time.
The fun isn't over. No we have to play all the games we've made. Have fun! and be nice judging my game ;)
Friday 07 September, 2007
[ ceronman @ 07:49 ] New Screenshot
Forty hours until death line. My game is still missing tons of features. I hope I can finish everything.
Done and Undone:MainCharacter artwork: done
MainCharacter movement and jumps: done
MainCharacter shooting: done
TileMap Engine & ScrollSystem: done
Enemy1 Behavior: done
Enemy2 Behavior: done
Enemy3 Behavior: done
Enemy killing: done
Maincharacter death: done
Sounds: undone
Music: undone
MiniMap: undone
Worlds, worlds and more worlds: undone
MapEditor: undone (probably won't be ther for deathline)
key system and map flow: undone
portability testing: undone
presentation and help screen: undone
Most of the missing parts are simple but the time is too short. Tomorrow I am going to work full time on this. If I can complete all the missing parts in time, and if I have some luck, I am going to implement a two players mode. I already have it in my mind, it would be really cool.
Tuesday 04 September, 2007
[ ceronman @ 04:54 ] Got a name: "Twist'em All!"
I have expended most of the time of these two first days planning my game design. The name for my game will be "Twist'em All!". It's going to be a platformer-shooter. This afternoon I started with the code. I've already made most of the main character behavior. I'm using temporary artwork, eventually, I'm going to change it. If I have time I'm going to make my own artwork, if not, I will borrow some creative commons stuff. Time is running!!