C.A.T.B.O.T. says "Thank you!" *hummm*
ServalKatze on 2008/04/24 19:52
of C.A.T.:B.O.T. - Cat Academy of Technology: Beyond ODS' Techdog [by Team zahmeKatzen]
Looking at the ratings for all of zK's Pyweek entries, I'd conclude that our games become more innovative while production goes up and down. And with each Pyweek we make less fun games! ;)
(Ok, you shouldn't compare ratings from different Pyweeks, but it's fun to speculate about the quality of our (hypothetical) next game.. Less fun, more innovation and better production?))
I guess logo-like games arent't for everyone (especially after one week of programming? ^^), so I'd say we did fine this time. Now, to summarise Pyweek 6 for us:
Good:- I learned a lot (again). C.A.T.:B.O.T. has the most complex interface I ever made (and the worst and buggiest too - I'll use my lack of experience and patience as an excuse), so I found it hard not to learn anything new.
- Zahme improved his pixel art (esp. for UI elements).
- The game feels complete (although it needs some fine-tuning and fixes).
- I think we were a bit slothful during the first days
- A lot of bugs creeped in during the last days as I hastily squeezed new (vital!) features into the game.
- Some bugs remained in our final submission - probably new bugs were added during last-minute bug fixing.
- I suspect the game doesn't run on Pygame 1.8 because of something pygsear does and I still didn't have time to fix this (yet).
- The click-on-empty-macroline crashbug is just embarrasing and sorry for all the flickering stuff.
A new version of C.A.T.:B.O.T. (with less bugs) and a Windows .exe will be uploaded soon..... All in all, we had a lot of fun and we really enjoyed playtesting the other games, too. Mostly. ^^
I could list all the stuff we want to do/learn until next Pyweek, but that would be exactly the same as last time. Maybe we'll get around to it this time.. The only addition would be that we shouldn't do another puzzle-game next Pyweek. We already have three - it's about time to try something new. Anything.
So, thanks and hope to see you next time!
-Serval
PS: Btw, our game was indeed inspired by a mini-game in The Lost Mind of Dr.Brain.
Oh, and C.A.T.B.O.T. says to Zahmekoses: "Thank you for making me myself!" :)