Don’t want to read ? Here’s a link : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17113774/intotheunknown-0.2.zip

Of course, after having slept a bit, the solution to all my light-related problems appeared to me, clear and simple…

So I couldn’t resist and implemented it, look how beautiful it is ! (Ahem, getting a bit ahead of myself…)

Anyway, enjoy “Into the unknown v.0.2“. Next update will probably be about some kind of new feature. Like a start screen, or maybe some kind of story-related stuff. But it’ll happen when it happens.
And it’ll surely improve the controls, which are a bit hard to grasp at the moment…

Thought I was never going to finish in time, but here I am, my ‘game’ uploaded before the deadline… It looks somehow like this :

So if you’re feeling brave, install python and pygame, and enjoy ! Many things I planned to put in there were left out, and I’ll probably do a proper post-mortem of my experience at a later time.

It was both very fun and a very good challenge, anyway. I’ll probably come back to that project to properly finish it, I think it has some kind of potential.

Anyway, links !

Ludum Dare entry page
Actual file (source code, you need python and pygame to play…)

Of course, I’m very interested in any kind of feedback you could have… Comment away !

…and my lights still aren’t properly working… *sigh*

That being said, I’m now designing levels, got 17 down, still need around 23, but describing them all by hand is quite time consuming. And with all that, there’s still no music, no sound, no story, …

I hope to have at least a basic “explore the labyrinth to find the exit” type of thing for the deadline, but a complete version will probably have to wait for after the end of the competition. Ah well, at least I’m having fun :p

Well, ok, it’s not impressive as of yet, but my proof-of-concept jusing a bitmask works like a charm (just tested it in five minutes…). So I’m confident I’ll have the kind of lights I want tomorrow…

This is looking very good this far…

And here’s a screenshot (also, some kind of background :D)

I now have a pretty good grasp on the game I want to make (obviously, it’ll be some kind of platformer…), and the code is coming along nicely.

This is what I’ve got right now :

Ok, took me a bit longer than expected, but my room is ready !

Guitars are there, music is playing, I have fruits handy, desk is tidy, and the fridge is full of stuff… Now to the software part…

So, this weekend will be pretty busy. Between the Japanese class, the family reunion on saturday night, and some last-minute present shopping, I’m going to try and take part in Ludum Dare #19.

I mentionned Ludum Dare previously, but to recap, it’s a competition where the goal is to make a game based on a yet-to-be-revealed theme in 48 hours, starting from scratch.

It’s going to be tough, but I really want to try and get together something playable during the weekend. In my timezone, the contest will start at 3am on saturday, and end at the same time monday, so I’ll still have a reasonable amount of time.

I’ll (try to) blog and tweet regularly during the process, so expect things here during the weekend. For the curious, you can check what I’ll be using there.

Who doesn’t like feeling like a good person once in a while ? And who doesn’t like getting something for it to boot ?

Well, guess what, for a little more than 6 days still, that’s exactly what you can do !

Here’s the deal : you buy 5 great games for any price you want, then decide who gets the money. Sounds good? Head over to the Humble Indie Bundle #2 page.

Still not convinced ? Then please take a couple of minutes to read about some specifics after the break…

As last year, 5 independently-developed PC games are being offered as a downloadable pack, which you are invited to buy for any price you decide. This can be as low as $1, and right now the top contributor is Notch, developer of the hugely successful Minecraft, with a whopping $2.000.The average donation is currently a little above $7, and I paid $30 for mine… So really, your call.

Then, once you decided on the money you wish to donate, you get to choose how it gets splitted. You can divide it between :

• The game developers. Remember, those games are made by very small teams, and they need the support.
• Child’s Play, a charity started by the guys over at Penny Arcade, with the intent of bringing toys and games into hospitals to make the lives of children there a bit better.
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation, whose goal is to defend people’s liberties and rights in the digital age.
• The organisators of the bundle, via a “humble tip”, to help cover the hosting and related costs, and to give them the opportunity of creating another bundle next year.

[Note : Sorry for the post in French…]

J’ai besoin de votre avis à propos d’un projet en train de germer…
A savoir, une compétition de création de jeux vidéos.

L’idée est de proposer de créer, seul ou à deux, un jeu vidéo complet en 48 heures (pendant un week-end, d’un vendredi 19h au dimanche 19h, pour pouvoir quand même dormir avant la semaine 🙂 ).

Après le week-end de création, les participants auraient l’occasion de jouer aux créations de leurs concurrents, et de voter dans différentes catégories (gameplay, graphismes, originalité, …). Ensuite, le vainqueur dans chaque catégorie serait annoncé.

L’idée en est pour l’instant là, donc pas encore de dates, de règlement complet ou autre. Simplement, une envie de pousser les gens à concevoir des jeux, et à le faire “sous la pression” afin que quelque chose en sorte. Mais ce genre d’évènement ne pouvant se concrétiser que si des gens sont désireux d’y participer, je commence par voir si, autour de moi, certains seraient potentiellement intéressés.

Si ça vous tente “dans l’absolu”, faites-le moi savoir (via un commentaire, par exemple, ou un mail), que j’aie une petite idée de l’intérêt que l’idée génère… Faites aussi passer l’idée autour de vous, avec mon adresse mail (kadomony@gmail.com) ou un lien vers ce poste si vous avez des amis, ou des amis d’amis, qui pourraient avoir envie de participer…

Merci d’avance à ceux qui prendront le temps de répondre !

Enfin, pour ceux qui connaissent, le concept est très visiblement inspiré de la compétition Ludum Dare (http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/rules/)