Bunny Press - A game made in 48 hours

[Markus_Persson]

Click to play!

I made this game this weeked for the Ludum Dare competition.
More than 70% into it I was still convinced it wouldn't turn into a fun game at all, but eventually I managed to bring it all together.
It's not a perfect game by any means, but I'm happy with it. =)

[zammbi]

Haha very cool game. I won too 
Would be cool if you add more to it later...

[Mickelukas]

Is there a way to reset a level? I managed to loose the key on level 4 and can't redo it

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[pjt33]

It is fun, but a way to restart a failed level without waiting ages to die would be a big improvement.

[Abuse]

Cool, old school - I like it.

[Markus_Persson]

yeah, i forgot to add a way to reset a level.. Unfortunately, the 48 hours are over.

[phu004]

Nice pixel work, I really like the animation when bunnies got crushed . Did you make the sound too?

Unfortunately I got stucked at a level where the key was destoried but my character survived.

[irreversible_kev]

"YOU WON"

Really cute art and animations.

There were times when I thought "I wish there wasn't a minimum time between each bunny crush - I have failed it and it's taking too long to kill them all"

I guess a way to invoke a restart would fix that.

Very win.

[Eli Delventhal]

Yeah you should release a post-LD update where you can press R to restart. I haven't finished specifically because I got annoyed waiting for all the bunnies/me to die in order to try again.

[Markus_Persson]

I've added the ability to reset the level with escape or backspace (you might have to restart your browser to clear the applet cache).

Also, here's a timelapse of me making the game.

Games published by our own members! Go get 'em!

[kappa]

I've added the ability to reset the level with escape or backspace (you might have to restart your browser to clear the applet cache).

Also, here's a timelapse of me making the game.

hehe great stuff. what program is it that your using to create the sprites? and the timelapse?

[Markus_Persson]

I mostly use paint.net. It's not bad, but not great either.

For the timelapse, I use a tool called "chronolapse". It was made by one of the people in the Ludum Dare competition.
It spits out a bunch of png images, and I then process them with the command line tools from image magick, then convert them into an avi using mencode.

[TheAnalogKid]

Yep, cool and quick to play. Fits nicely with web games you play when you have a few minutes. I got squashed in level 3 but played only one time.

[teletubo]

nice
I reached level 5, could not get the bunnies to eat the carrots ...
anyway, good casual game .. my  girlffriend said "how cute !" , until she saw the bunnies get smashed

[Markus_Persson]

Source code: http://www.mojang.com/notch/bunnypress/Notch_LD14_BunnyPress_src.zip

[Mickelukas]

It was better with the reset button. I love the maps when you needed the help of the bunnies.

End picture was... special.

[Tobse]

I Won! -yes I did it
Nice game and sweet -old scool- graphics
Very funny to play.

The time lapse coding video is genial!
Respect for coding such a game in hurry...
For me coding takes days, months and finally years

Greets,
Tobse

[GDX]

Very nice job! 48 hours, huh?

[fireside]

I ended up not dieing in one level, but not getting a key and just stood around.  That's amazing you could do that in 48 hours.  I can hardly do anything in that amount of time.  The instructions came a little fast, maybe letting someone click after they read them on each level would have been better. 

Once I get things figured out a little more in java, I want to cut my development time way down.  Not enough for Ludum Dare because of the rules about not reusing code, but maybe a game every couple months. 

[Ranger]

What a fun game!  I'm amazed you did it all in 18 hours!  All the detail in the graphics, sounds, and brilliant game play!  Excellent job!   ...and one of the few games I actually made it all the way to the end. 

[Markus_Persson]

=)

For me, the trick to getting a game done that fast is to start by getting something playable as soon as possible. This doesn't mean it has to be a game in any way, but it has to be interactive. That way, I can start play testing immediately, and only add the stuff I feel is missing.

Like in this game, I made a white square move around in a black background (or the other way around?), and thought "You know, this character should really have some graphics", so I added it. And I kept going like that. Towards the end, I kind of realized I was running out of time, so I started doing things backwards. I started by adding an ending, then added stuff in the middle until they joined up.

[Markus_Persson]

It finished fourth!

[GDX]

Congrats! Very cool.

[Eli Delventhal]

It finished fourth!

Congrats!

Unsurprisingly, mine was pretty far behind in most categories. I got top 10 in technical and graphics, which isn't too bad.