Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → 54mf
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Cm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | Escape | Fires & Fights | compo | 290 | 2.75 | 2.36 | 3.50 | 1.94 | 3.18 | 1.14 | 1.50 | 2.27 |
It's honestly sick how productive Notch is. The game feels really Minecraftey, with the low-res graphics and all the punching - for obvious reasons, of course. But, the game is interesting enough to spend the time required to finish it, and plays off the theme well. Very impressive. I gave it 4/5 stars.
Thanks for playing! Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to write that last "YOU WIN" bit, so nothing happens. Thanks to some stupid coding decisions, it would be somewhat tricky to determine when the board was completed, as there are a few different states: both sides are totally cleared, one side is cleared and the other is totally on fire, both sides are on fire and the players are dead. The dead state is easy (by checking player health), but the other two needed more time. It'll be there in the next version. ;)
@whiletruefork - the fire-starting algorithm needs to be more agressive, for sure. I'm actually a little bummed that I didn't test it more before the final deadline, I had a few test games that spawned a ton of fires right away so I figured it would be tough enough. Subsequent testing has revealed more slow games than difficult ones.