VOIDBREAK POST-MORTEM

This is our third game jam, but our first time doing everything by ourselves. We have limited programming knowledge and are still learning, but we tried our hardest and, I mean, PowerPoint isn’t entirely ideal for these things, but damn if it didn’t work out in the end! @Place did all of the art/assets/level design and I did all of the SFX and some demo music.

We even have concept art for future stages… which means that this game won’t be unfinished for much longer! We might not have been able to finish our game in three days, but we’re determined to see it through until the end! We have ideas for other stages that we’re extremely excited to implement. We’d love it if you stuck around to check on our progress, even after the jam.

Now, I’d like to continue to our (quick) post-mortem for LUDUM DARE 45!

PROS:

• We…
  • Created something despite a terrible situation out of our control
  • Utilized what knowledge we had in a short span of time
  • Have no shortage of concept artwork thanks to @Place
  • Have sound effects to be implemented into later versions of the game
  • Made a consistent aesthetic that helped us generate ideas based on the jam’s prompt

CONS:

• We…
  • Did not finish… But we WILL!
  • Had an unclear direction for where to go with the game’s music
  • Have a very basic understanding of Java/html between the both of us and were not confident enough to code for this jam
  • Were limited by the lack of collision on PowerPoint 2019
  • Are in the midst of a not-stellar living situation and most of the jam was spent trying to find places to dev between our jobs

MAJOR TAKEAWAYS:

We are happy we actually made something! Unfinished or finished, we worked as a boyfriend/girlfriend team and created a working proof of concept!

• We want to learn coding so that our game development process can only IMPROVE!
• I want to improve my knowledge of music theory to better create music based around a theme.
• We need to find a stable place to be creative… hopefully that will be soon!!
• We can’t wait to rock the house for our second LUDUM DARE JAM… Ludum Dare 46!!!