Paul Lampropoulos
One More Second
Solo Developer | PC | 2022-ongoing
A university project turned into a passion project, One More Second taps into my love for platformers and speedrunning, creating a unique concept in the process.
My vision is to create the quintessential platformer by a speedrunner, for speedrunners and for gamers looking for a challenge.
Mechanics developed:
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Timers (count up & count down)
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Medal rewards system
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Results screen
Soft skills exercised:
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Level Design
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GDD writing
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User Testing and iterating on feedback
Other skills exercised:
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Pixel Art in Aseprite
A glimpse of the game
Planned Developments
IN DEVELOPMENT (for v0.4):
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End-of-level stats table: An improvement to the current results screen, this table will include a list of every timed attempt at a level, the time of this attempt, whether the attempt ended by reaching the finish, resetting, or by dying, and the medal acquired, if any.
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Main Menu: The current menu of the game has some simple instructions and controls (similar to flash games from LOOOOOOOOOOONG ago). I aim to make it a little more substantial, with a landing page, Settings, a Level Select, Credits, and a Quit button.
PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE:
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Parallax scrolling background: Visuals are not my strongest suit, but if I can use programming to add some motion to my basic graphics, I'll take the opportunity!
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More levels: One 15-45 second stage does not make for a complete game, so a priority for down the line is to add more stages. The end goal is 20 stages, which should make for decent playtime.
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More mechanics: Buttons, Dashes, more ways to die than just spike pits, and so much more. I want to break the monotony of going from point A to point B and make the platforming and routing process of each stage all the more interesting.
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Adaptive music: Did you get a medal? Congrats, the music gets a little more epic! Is the time almost up? The music gets more tense! That's another way to breathe life into the game and I want to get around to it!