SA GameDev Challenge X - Vote For Your Favorite Dingus

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > SA GameDev Challenge X - Vote For Your Favorite Dingus

Who shall win the Community Choice Award?! This poll is closed.
Zero-Grab Kitty	13	10.57%
Go Fish!	4	3.25%
Sub Optimal	1	0.81%
All Senior Citizens Should Have Life Alert	15	12.20%
PZZL	8	6.50%
Coinless	1	0.81%
Conservation of Momentum	2	1.63%
Echo	4	3.25%
Critical Admission	4	3.25%
VectoRocket	9	7.32%
Impulse	34	27.64%
Sandlot Basenoball	1	0.81%
Slam Fighter II	27	21.95%
Total:	123 votes

[Edit Poll (moderators only)]

Ultigonio: Oct 26, 2012; Well now.

Xibanya posted:

Who could forget this memorable scene from Slam Fighter I?

the harsh genre shift between Slam Fighter I and Slam Fighter II always puzzled me, but, in retrospect, I think it may have been for the best

# ¿ Aug 11, 2015 04:56

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 06:39

Ultigonio: Oct 26, 2012; Well now.

sighnoceros posted:

Edit: I didn't mean to write that much. Guess I have some stuff ready for the site when the post-mortems are added.

To add a little bit more: I also pushed for a campaign mode, but that was partially because I thought I might be able to handle a chunk of the level designing to make that worthwhile. What I didn't consider was that Impulse's design meant that it gets a LOT more leverage out of an arena game, and replayability is a huge game changer for games of this size. In the future, when I come up with ideas for games, I think I'm going to start thinking about how they can be applied to a more replayable, simplified format.

In the end, I actually did end up getting to make one of the game's arenas, but that's pretty small compared to a fully-fledged level.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 08:01

Ultigonio: Oct 26, 2012; Well now.

GlyphGryph posted:

Would anyone be interested in seeing more work put into Broken, or is it more of a "played it, got the gimmick, game was frustrating gimmick was neat but wouldn't play again" sort of thing?

Fix your platforming physics, and only make it so "damaging" objects cause knockback to the player rather than everything. I figure these are things you're already well aware of, but they're very, very important to the game being an enjoyable experience. The central mechanic is neat, it just needs a better platformer to be stuck onto.

Also, be aware of any situation that the player can get themselves into with the way your level design is set up. Make lots of consistent ways back up, find ways to ensure that moving platforms can't get clumped up in one, inaccessible area, etc.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 16:01

Ultigonio: Oct 26, 2012; Well now.

I'm ecstatic that Impulse managed to place for audio. I put a fair bit of love into the music, and the sound effects job is my favorite I've done so far. Honestly, though, I don't think my sound would have even had the slightest chance to shine if it wasn't for the excellent work done by both Sighnoceros and Dogkisser, so huge thanks to them for making the other parts of the game so appealing. After this I'm especially excited to keep working and learning with sound in future jams.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2015 08:24

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > SA GameDev Challenge X - Vote For Your Favorite Dingus