[Timelapse] My Own Universe - Ludum Dare 22

Timelapse of the creation of My Own Universe, a really bad game created in 48h for the Ludum Dare 22 competition. You can play the game here:

http://darkhogg.es/ld22/

This is the third time I enter a Ludum Dare compo, and the worst for me by far. The theme was, in my honest opinion, really bad. It did NOT inspire me even a little. I came out with an awesome idea for a game, and realized too late it was not that good for a 48h game.

The first scene is exactly as I wanted it to be. As soon as you enter the hole, things gets rushed and you get a story spam to finally end the "game" having done absolutely nothing. The original idea was to make you suffer to get to the "device" that would save the universe, as a real platformer game, then, on the most important moment, make you disappear from the world. But there was not enough time.

You'll notice really short lunch/dinner breaks. I cut off those bits because Ubuntu made the whole screen black after a few minutes of inactivity, and I didn't like the timelapse with SECONDS of black screens (a total of 600 frames IIRC).

Enjoy the video, enjoy the music, and read those damn notepad texts I wrote!

PS: Kittens didn't get into the game. One did get into the timelapse. Yay! =^.^=

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Music:
+ C418 - I Jike my Lob

Software:
+ Featured in the video: Eclipse Indigo, Pinta, SFXR, Tiled
+ Used for the capture/encode: Scrot, Mencoder
+ Games played: Cave Story (original), Bit.Trip Runner, Binding Of Isaac

Game programmed in Java, using Slick2D framework (which, in turn, uses LWJGL)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Ludum Dare
• LudumDare
• LD48
• Ludum Dare 22
• Timelapse
• LWJGL
• Slick
• Slick2D
• Java
• My Own Universe

[TheSuese]

p.s. like how you put in all the comments in the notepad. My time-lapse would have sucked, I never got launched on the theme. 48 hours is so challenging.

[TheSuese]

I've been thinking of making my own 72 hour competition with it's own API, and integrated development environment specifically designed for making for a fair competition that can be spectated in real-time. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[jasminrahimicmo]

ubuntu ftw

[aJoemag]

you had watched notch :)