Another week, another jam

This may not have been too obvious, but I mentioned wanting try the 0 Hour Game Jam some time ago. Well, the day was today(at 2 am). I would call it a success of sorts. (You can play it here, the name is Zombie Delinquent Shootout)

Here's how it went:

 

What went right:

• The concept
• I came up with something simple right before the jam began. This was very helpful, as I knew exactly what had to be done.
• The engine
• My engine worked quite well! I've really come a long way from when I was using love. 
• The graphics
• I drew them quickly, but they didn't turn out as poorly as I had expected. still not great, but whatever.
• The new scaling algorithm
• I rewrote the code for scaling images literally just minutes before the jam started. Sprites now scale from an origin point(default center) rather than the top-left hand corner. Having said that, it's not perfect. I'll need to play with it a bit more.

What went wrong:

• The graphics
• As nice(ish) as they were, I spent far too long on them. It made the coding more rushed than it had to be.
• The RNG
• It would either always show your cat, or never show your cat. There was no middle ground. I opted for never in the end.
• Porting
• There is no Windows version. I considered compiling the game not to be a part of the jam, so I did it afterwards. After 30 minutes of fighting the compiler, and only getting a white screen, I gave up. I may revisit this, but not right now.
• I ran out of time
• I still made a game, but 10 minutes more would've really helped.

Oh, yes! Here's a screenshot full of Zombie Delinquents! Yes, their arms are guns. No, they cannot fire them. I didn't code that in time. :(