Black Laser
A downloadable game for Windows
Black Laser
by Kial Irvin and James Black
This was our first game we have done together for My First Game Jam Summer 2020.
https://itch.io/jam/my-first-game-jam-summer-2020
Black Laser is based on an unpublished comic that Kial made awhile back that has the same name.
Objective:
Calvin Black (that's you) was sent to Chernobyl to recover a purple crystal deep in one of the silos of a defunct Black Laser Research Facility.
NOTE: Use your Black Laser Rifle(BLR) to destroy obstacles that get in your way. But remember, the BLR can only melt through things if they are extremely well lit.
Post Mortem:
What we learned
- How to utilize the tools given to us instead of being stubborn and doing things our own way. For example, using prefabs instead redoing work.
- How to project manage. How not to overwhelm yourself with too many tasks at once and just take things one at a time.
- What works in our mind doesn't always work in practice.
- More familiar with the what the process is to finish a game, like implementing the end credits, end scenarios, etc.
What went right
- The gradual increase in puzzle design
- The look and feel of the Black Laser Device and pistol
- Good communication between us to keep the flow of the project steady
What went wrong
- We wanted an enemy to use the pistol on
- Lack of textures in the main facility
- We wanted proper feedback on if objects are breaking or not by the laser. The perfect solution would be voxels but we thought the scope of that would be too much
Download
Install instructions
Extract the folder BlackLaserBuild to where ever you want and locate the readme.txt inside the root directory to understand the controls and objective of the game. Then when you are ready, launch the Black Laser.exe!
Comments
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Might be my system, but I couldn't get it to work. Was stuck on the first scene. Will try redownloading it
The first scene? As in the main menu, with the button select? Or you click new game and nothing happens?
Main menu. Am i missing something? I can try again.
I was only able to get into the garage area, but this is a neat idea. The mouse sensitivity is kind of high, so it's hard to look around accurately.
(I know in your post mortem you said y'all couldn't use the perfect solution for feedback on if something was melting or not. But even if the object glowed when you shot at it, it'd be a little easier to know if you were even shooting something that could be melted.)
Thank you for the feedback.
Yes I agree that a glow would've been perfect, and I should've prioritized it, but I can assure you that if something is brightly lit, then it can be destroyed with a concentrated beam.