Ludum Dare 45

Theme: Start with nothing

Concept

Platformer where there are no platforms. You begin with no platforms

• You spawn on a platform in space
• You must reach a platform in space
• You can pick up a platform type to place
• You can attach platfrom types you've picked up to existing platforms on pre-determined sides
• You can jump
• You can run
• You can roll
• When placing platforms, you can zoom out and get a full view of the level
• Then you zoom in to a third person view

Theme

• Pangolin
  • Rock's in the sky
  • Random trees

Requirements

• Levels
  • Have multiple platforms
    • Platforms have connection points for
      • Adding
      • Receiving
      • These are direction?
  • Player can pick up platforms
  • Player spawns in level
  • Player can leave level
  • Player can restart level
    • Player falling off restarts
    • Player falling to death restarts after death
  • 1 - 5
• Player
  • Can walk
  • Can jump
  • Camera
    • Can zoom
    • Can follow player
    • Can circle level when zoomed
  • Can place platforms
    • Only place them where allowed
    • Once placed, they must stay placed unless the level restarts
      • Exception: while in the zoomed mode, remember which have been placed. Don't commit until zooming back in
  • Can roll and jump
• UI
  • Main menu
  • Select level?
  • Begin of level title
  • End of level
    • Time?
    • Number of placements
    • Expected number of placements
  • Tutorial
    • Popup regions
  • Restart level

Sounds

• Player
  • Walking
  • Jumping
  • Grappling?
• Level
  • Pickup
  • Add platform
  • Spawn?
  • Complete?
• Music

Models

• Player model
  • Walk
  • Jump
  • Die
  • Roll?
• Platform models
  • Up
  • Down
  • Jump
  • Direction
  • Start
  • End
  • Pickup
• Pickup models
  • Up
  • Down
  • Jump
  • Direction
  • Pickup?

Schedule

Friday

• Concept
• Player model

Morning (Sat)

• Player
  • Movement
  • Camera
• Platform model

Afternoon (Sat)

• Platform
  • Placement
  • Pickup
• UI?

Morning (Sun)

• UI
• Levels

Afternoon (Sun)

• Levels (Complete)
• Sounds
• Polish

License Stuff

Font Peleja used by permission under SIL OFL https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/peleja