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Ludum Dare 33
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# Ludum Dare 33

![][20]  

Definitely Human  

[Play online][9]  

[Source][10]  

[Ludum Dare Entry page][12]



## You Are The Monster ##

You are the monster. You've landed on Earth with one goal in mind: enslave humanity. Luckily, through millenia of superior gene manipulation, when you merely touch a lower life form, you immediately start the conversion process, turning them green and letting you proceed to the next level



### Goal ###

Convert every NPC. But don't get caught. You aren't bulletproof. Merely walk up behind someone and touch them to convert.



### Controls ###



   + WASD - Movement



### Release Notes ###



+ On slower machines, the end-level logic might appear to freeze. I used Tweenjs for the transitions, and that seems to not behave well sometimes. I tested this in Chrome on Windows7 on an ASUS netbook, and everything ran as expected except for the level-ending gui.



This LDJAM was all about learning JavaScript and respective libraries for game development. Granted this code is jam quality, but it serves as a good foundation for future projects in terms of what to do and not to do for production quality games.  

[Tweet @zambini845](https://twitter.com/zambini845)  

[Personal Website](http://randonia.com)



### Adding new maps ###



I ran out of time, so generating interesting and puzzling level ideas wasn't something I was able to put together in time, but it's open to extension by you (aren't game jams fun).  

Adding new maps is a simple process. There are only a few steps required. 



1) Create a new level data file in src/data/ named 'levelX.js', where X is the zero indexed number.  

2) Add to the data file three properties:  

   **LEVELX_KEYS** - dictionary of character keys for defining tiles.



      '0': {'sprite': 'ground_0', 'passable': true},      // dirt

      '1': {'sprite': 'ground_1', 'passable': true},      // grass

      'X': {'sprite': 'ground_2', 'passable': true},      // pavement



   `'0'` is the key used in LEVELX_MAP  

   `'sprite'` is the id of the sprite loaded into the spritesheet  

   `'passable'` defines whether or not this tile blocks player movement  



   **LEVELX_ENTITIES** - array holding instance definitions for the player and enemies



      { type: 'player',   direction: Direction.SOUTH , pos: Vec(-1, 0)},

      { type: 'police',   direction: Direction.WEST , pos: Vec(8, 1)},

      { type: 'civilian', direction: Direction.SOUTH , pos: Vec(4, 0)},

   `'type'` - choose from `['player', 'police', 'civilian']`  

   `'direction'` - Choose a cardinal `NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST` from `Direction`  

   `'pos'` - grid coordinates of the instance's position

    

   **LEVELX_MAP** - array of strings defining the map layout. The strings use character keys defined in `LEVELX_KEYS` to determine what goes where. Ultimtately, levels are generated simply by parsing each  line of `LEVELX_MAP` and using the character value to convert it into a tile object.



       'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',

       'X00010000000000000000X',

       'X000100HrJ01110000000X',

       'X000111BNB11f11111111X',

3) Finally, add your new level's name to `game.js`'s level array property.

        

        var LEVELS = ['LEVEL0', 'LEVEL1', 'LEVEL2', 'LEVELX'];



### Serving files locally ###

The easiest way to serve files locally is to use Python2.7. Run



    python serve2.7.py



which has a monkey patch for Windows to make it not slow



#### Libraries/Frameworks/Tools ####

* [PIXI][1]

* [sprintf][2]

* [tween.js][7]

* [Pyxel Editor][3]

* [Sublime Text][4]

* [SunVox][11]

* [TexturePacker][8]

* [Open Broadcaster Software][5]

* [Python 2.7][6] to serve locally on Windows



[1]: http://www.pixijs.com/

[2]: https://github.com/alexei/sprintf.js

[3]: http://pyxeledit.com/

[4]: http://www.sublimetext.com/

[5]: https://obsproject.com/

[6]: http://python.org

[7]: https://github.com/tweenjs/tween.js

[8]: https://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker

[9]: http://randonia.com/ld33

[10]: https://github.com/randonia/ld33

[11]: www.warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox/

[12]: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=29047



[20]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/randonia/ld33/screenshots/screenshots/screenshot_1.PNG

[21]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/randonia/ld33/screenshots/screenshots/screenshot_2.PNG

[22]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/randonia/ld33/screenshots/screenshots/screenshot_3.png