GID 22 - BeatBlock

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I just finished up a little game for GID 22. For those of you that don't know what GID is, it's short for Game in a Day. Basically you have a bunch of game developers get together and make a game in 24 hours, spread over a weekend. It's a great way to have a bit of fun and improve your prototyping skills at the same time. The website for Game in a Day is www.gameinaday.net.



Well anyway my game is called BeatBlock and it uses beat detection to spawn blocks and to control their movement. I used the new TGB 1.5 plus some custom C++ code to create the game. You control a little block with the cursor keys and try the avoid the evil killer blocks of doom. Each level is really just a song, and when the song is over the next level begins. Once you beat a level, you will start at the beginning of the new level whenever you die. There are three levels in total, and if you can beat them all you win the game.



It probably took about 12 hours to complete this game. The thing that consumed the majority of my development time was getting the beat detection just right. I had a lot of issues to overcome, most of which had to do with getting the timing to work correctly. I used a debug sound that played whenever a beat was detected. When I got it working correctly, it sounded like that debug sound was part of the music. I had almost given up on the game at that point, and I decided to try one more thing before giving up. It just goes to show you, never give up. The music I used in the game was just some stuff I had written a while ago.



I am nearly done my music pack and I will be releasing it soon. All of the songs are completed, I just have to tweak them a bit. So at this point it's just a matter of figuring out how to sell the music (where I can publish the songs). Hopefully I will be able to get the pack out there by the end of the month. If you need any music written for a game or for any other purpose, just contact me at ray@noolness.com.

Until we meet again, live long and prosper. ;)