Ludum Dare 56 Entry. Fight or Flea is a simple game gameplay is based off of the Monster Hunter mounting system. This is very much a programmer art project. My focus was on input management and feedback as well as game lifecycle. Links GitHub Repo itch.io Input Systems I also experimented with multiple systems to handle input. Typically, I would try to keep all of the input logic in a single place, in a Player class for example....
This was a 48 hour gamejam, so it was limited in scope intentionally. It has not been modified since. I do have some notes on ways I would improve this if I was going to continue this idea moving forward. Ludum Dare was a great experience and it left me with a bunch of feedback from users that played my game. I think it improved my skills considerably, as this was my first real attempt doing my own 3D modeling....
I have tried to participate in Ludum Dare several times, but I have always either given up or skipped it due to not liking the theme. There was one year where I did technically “complete” a “game”, but the assets were terrible and I wasn’t very proud of it. At first I didn’t really like the theme and wasn’t sure I’d even attempt it, but somehow I ended up coming up with something that I felt satisfied the theme enough and was interesting enough for me to work on....