{"author_name":"Geti","cat":"LD #34","comments":[{"author_name":"MaulUdder","time":"December 14, 2015 7:09 pm","epoch":1450138140,"text":"LOLz at retail comment :D. Thanks for the Krita pointer!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1450079580,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"10155","p_author":"Geti","p_authorkey":"2001","p_urlkey":"45382","p_title":"Flowershop Tale Initial Release","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1450079580","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2001","us_name":"Geti","us_username":"geti","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"<p>So, we came, we saw, we Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n <p>I might end up sinking more time into it but for now, <strong>you can play it <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=2001\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <p align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/511439\/2001-shot0-1450078127.gif\" \/><br \/>\n <em>Currently, this is basically 100% of the gameplay.<\/em><\/p>\n <p>It was a pretty long road to get to a pretty unsatisfying conclusion, but the process was, at least, cathartic. It turns out walking backwards and forward collecting things for people who then leave in a hurry only to be replaced by people who want more, but different things is only so fun, as anyone who works in retail can inform you.<\/p>\n <p>I found the theme that I committed to to be very limiting. A lot can be accomplished with 2 buttons, as evidenced by a lot of the amazing, very fun games we&#8217;re seeing. But, perhaps not item construction and sales, haha. The clever pun of <em>growing a flower&#8217;s business<\/em> is kind of lost without the whole loan to pay back story implemented as well.<\/p>\n <p>On the plus side, I learned a lot about the framework I had put together for this jam; its strengths and its weaknesses, and found some nasty bugs in it along the way as well. Nothing like the old &#8220;dog food&#8221; method, eh? I also found that <a href=\"https:\/\/krita.org\/\">krita<\/a> is quite a fantastic stand in for photoshop, and that there&#8217;s a lot you can do to get good foley at short notice.<\/p>\n <p>You win some you lose some, this one was a win for learning and a lose for fun <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> thanks to all who were good company in #ludumdare!<\/p>\n <p>Max \/ &#8220;Geti&#8221; \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1bardesign\">@1bardesign<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2015 2:53 am","title":"Flowershop Tale Initial Release"}