Day 7, 11th hour


It's been a fun adventure, since it was a new year I wanted to challenge myself with something I'd always wanted to take steps toward but never gave it my full attention. There is never a perfect time to real diving into a new hobby/project and January proved to be no exception, my co-worker had an accident that meant a lot of in-hours work landed with me, but also ALL the Out of Hours rota also landed with me.

I had only dabbled in using Love2D beforehand but it was a framework that had some familiarity which and I knew that it did the basics well, which I felt would be a good start for this Jam.

Challacade has some fantastic recent tutorials that were a great help in me refreshing my knowledge and expanding it further. Playlist here.

What didn't I get time to do?

  • Enemy movements /pathing
  • Door and keys (Like the original Booty)
  • Footstep sounds alter with location and alternate
  • Increase the Map size (to be completed once all other things were in place).

I was frustrated to not get the moving enemies, but I run out of time to debug the issue.

However I decided to review my task list and focus on the progress I did tick off.

Load mapAdd Walking sound effects Add Collectable sound
Character Movement Add BGMusic Display Score
Character sprites/animation Toggle sound/fxGame Over Screen/score Recap
Loading/Start Screen instruction textAdd in enemies /collision
Timer for oxygen Add in collectablesGame Over Reset
Displayer Oxygen /Timer Add in Collectable collisionExport to HTML  & itch

When I look at the stuff I achieved I'm actually pretty chuffed


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Great job! Happy that the jam helped you focus on getting things done. I am thinking of relaxing the 7-day limit of the jam even more; the whole thing should be about making games an enjoyable and chill experience, not rushing to a deadline. Cheers!

To be fair I started on the 17th, so kind of halved the available time I had to play with, always did like a challenge.
Hopefully with new skills under my belt the next Jam will be easier & more relaxed.