{"author_name": "Abel Graham", "cat": "LD #34", "comments": [], "epoch": 1450066260, "likes": 3, "metadata": {"p_key": "10184", "p_author": "Abel Graham", "p_authorkey": "63909", "p_urlkey": "45410", "p_title": "Ludum Dare #34 – My First Dare", "p_cat": "LD #34", "p_event": "LD34", "p_time": "1450066260", "p_likes": "3", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "63909", "us_name": "Abel Graham", "us_username": "gingyr", "event_start": "1449792000", "event_key": "31", "event_name": "LD34"}, "text": "<p>It was only last month that I decided I would enter Ludum Dare for the first time. Since, I had completely forgotten about it until 12/10/15, one day before Ludum Dare 34. I quickly typed in all caps in my Skype chat between the members of my dev team, &#8220;GUYS,&#8221; &#8220;DROP EVERYTHING,&#8221; &#8220;LUDUM DARE 34 IS TOMORROW.&#8221; I was determined to make my first entry for the Ludum Dare game jam. When time came to come up with an idea, I wanted to use both themes that tied, the one idea stood out in my head, Balloon Roulette. A game where, if you press the right button, your balloon inflates, and if you press the wrong one, *POP* goes your balloon. The idea, though simple would take me until Sunday at 22:00 to finish. By the time I was finished, I was quite satisfied with my simplistic, mobile-oriented game of chance, I pushed to my repo, built with Unity Cloud Build and submitted. The game has a fairly satisfying main menu, if I do say so myself, and a few simple mechanics that could easily make a popular game on the mobile market. As of now, I want to <strong>eventually </strong>release this game on Android and iOS, as I feel as if most mobile games are moving to a more simplistic style. Moreover, regardless what happens later on to the weird game that I submitted, no matter what ratings I get, I will definitely be doing this again. This was both a learning experience and a challenge, a very fun one. You will definitely be seeing something from me in April, for Ludum Dare 35.</p>\n <p><a href=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/untitled.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-521388\" src=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/untitled-300x169.png\" alt=\"untitled\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/untitled-300x169.png 300w, http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/untitled-550x309.png 550w, http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/untitled.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" /></a></p>\n <p>As for my first submission, you can see it, play it and rate it at <a href=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&amp;uid=63909\">http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&amp;uid=63909</a>.</p>", "time": "December 13th, 2015 11:11 pm", "title": "Ludum Dare #34 – My First Dare"}