LD24 Prototype

Musings from LD24 part III.

Friday, 11:06 PM.

I was still doubting my ability to create a compelling game experience from my color idea.  I knew dwelling on this doubt and uncertainty would only waste time, so, instead, I decided to prototype what I believed would be the primary mechanic  - two squares mating with each other.

First, I listed out everything I thought I'd need to implement in order to get this mechanic into a playable state:

• I need to be able to detect when the player square is interacting (colliding) with an NPC square.
• I need to be able to detect player keyboard input for movement and the "sex" command.
• I need to create a new character on screen after the "sex" command has been input.
• After this new character is created, I need to transfer player control from the currently controlled square to the new square.
• I need to perform some process so that characters who have already mated cannot mate again.

Next, I opened up Stencyl and started learning.

A few hours of tinkering later, this popped out:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64097119/Stencyl/LD24%20First%20Prototype.swf

Move left and right with the arrow keys.  Jump with X.  Have sex with F.  You must be on top of an NPC square to have sex.

Cheers,

Danny