[ORCHID]

Ludum Dare 28 - YOU ONLY GET ONE

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This is my first foray into the Ludum Dare game jam. Working with my friends Darwin and Jim. For this jam we started much, much, . . . . MUCH later than normal since both Darwin and I had a final exam the Saturday afternoon after it all officially started. Oh well, as soon as we started it hit the ground running so this project should turn out great. (Writing without foresight)

Follow the action on this page and watch the project come to life through our GITHUB REPO!

Play the game HERE through the Ludum Dare page.

Now that it is over, I must say this was an incredibly fun project. Orchid, was my first completed* game, and first successful game jam! This game isn't perfect, but that is what you get with a game jam. If you are interested in its epilogue and sequel check out [project ORCHID].

Updates

  • Monday 8:07 p.m. -- DONE AND SUBMITTED! (Ludum Page)
  • Monday 7:00 p.m. -- CRUNCH TIME!!!
  • Monday 6:00 p.m. -- Almost there!
  • Monday 4:00 a.m. -- Got most of regular game play done. Need to finish up unit queue.
  • Sunday 10:31 p.m. -- Darwin stops studying for his Korean final, to come eat food.
  • Sunday 10:30 pm. -- William goes to find food.
  • Sunday 10:20 p.m. -- Money effect implemented. Working to add it into all the areas when money is added.
  • Sunday 9:04 p.m. -- Darwin starts studying for his Korean final.
  • Sunday 9:03 p.m. -- Darwin stops studying for his Korean final.
  • Sunday 9:02 p.m. -- Darwin starts studying for his Korean final.
  • Sunday 9:01 p.m. -- Darwin stops studying for his Korean final.
  • Sunday 9:00 p.m. -- Darwin starts studying for his Korean final.
  • Sunday 8:30 p.m. -- 5 Tasks done, passive $ from cities, $ acquisition from destroying cities, upgrade UI.
  • Sunday 3:30 p.m. -- The To-Do post it wall comes to life and tasks are assigned. Basic player fed game play needs to be finished tonight. (Enemy AI to be done tomorrow)
  • Sunday 2:00 p.m. -- Pizza comes, Darwin and William eat like kings, of nothing.
  • Sunday 1:00 p.m. -- Jim leaves as he has real world things to do, rather than Darwin's and Williams shenanigans.
  • Sunday 11:15 a.m. -- William boots up very slowly and finally wakes up. Jim, "It's about time . . ." lulz
  • Sunday 10:15 a.m. -- Jim, being a military man, plays his bugle and wakes Darwin and I up in kind. "THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE."
  • Sunday 4:00 a.m. -- William actually finishes base unit implementation
  • Sunday 3:00 a.m. -- William decided his current course of action with the base units is in the wrong direction, Darwin agrees, decides on a simpler (shooting laser) approach 
  • Sunday 2:00 a.m. -- Map now auto spawns city's across the map (in real world locations)
  • Sunday 1:00 a.m. -- William thinks he is almost done with the base unit implementation
  • Saturday 11:00 p.m. -- William got back from dinner after Darwin and Jim did back breaking work to get the map started.
  • Saturday 8:00 p.m. -- ATE DINNER, SO TASTY
  • Saturday 6:00 p.m. -- STARTED PROJECT, WHAT'S UP