{"author_link":"\/users\/oddsocks","author_name":"OddSocks","author_uid":"oddsocks","comments":[],"epoch":1556956107,"event":"LD44","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":156493,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"132278","p_author":"OddSocks","p_authorkey":"1141674","p_urlkey":"348472","p_title":"Postmortem","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD44","p_time":"1556956107","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1141674","us_name":"OddSocks","us_username":"oddsocks","event_start":"1556236800","event_key":"75","event_name":"LD 44"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD44","removed_author":false},"_superparent":139254,"_trust":7,"author":141674,"body":"## About Ten Years\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years\n\n![B915821B-5076-4FC5-82D0-8316E33BAE18.png](\/\/\/raw\/a69\/22\/z\/2487c.png)\n\nDuring the game jam I have learnt a lot about Unity (especially the animator), tilemaps, and mostly about my own ability. I\u2019m actually surprised I managed to finish with the 5 levels I had decided on. The 5 levels were important as I wanted to add the 5 different ages of the character. He starts off at about 30, then 4 levels later he finishes as a slow 70 odd year old man with a walking stick. \n\nI had to rush most of the levels, and I certainly didn\u2019t get the whole story in. I\u2019m pretty sad about that, but I will continue to develop it. \n \n\n### Crunch Time\nI should have been creating and testing more development builds as I went through. I only tested Level 1 before building levels 2-5. When it came to uploading, with just an hour left, I had a massive panic (felt like a heart attack!) because it would repeatedly crash at random moments. Plus more than half the cutscenes had vanished. I did manage to fix the crashes, but had to leave the cutscenes for a bug fix.\n \n\n### Post Release\nThe reviews I\u2019ve received have been very helpful. Ratings are one thing, but I was most looking forward to the reviews. I wanted to have feedback and know where I went wrong\/right.\n\nIt seems the biggest problem was the unfinished story. The end didn\u2019t quite work out. Half because I wasn\u2019t exactly sure how it should end, and half because I didn\u2019t have time to add anymore to it. \n \n\n### Verdict\nI have enjoyed this Ludum Dare even more than I thought I would. It\u2019s the first one I have done, but it is definitely not the last. I will definitely work on \u2018About Ten Years\u2019 for a little bit. I feel the story needs finishing before it gets put to bed.\nBut with other projects like \u2018Custodian\u2019, \u2018Little Dipplepatch Music Festival\u2019, and a steam train simulator (for my son!), I\u2019ve got a lot of other projects to get my teeth into.\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years","comments":0,"created":"2019-05-04T07:39:48Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":156493,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2019-05-04T10:38:49Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-05-04T10:38:49Z","name":"Postmortem","node-timestamp":"2019-05-04T08:01:11Z","parent":145750,"parents":[1,5,9,139254,145750],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years\/postmortem","published":"2019-05-04T07:48:27Z","scope":"public","slug":"postmortem","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":471405},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"156493","n_urlkey":"348472","n_parent":"145750","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years\/postmortem","n_slug":"postmortem","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"141674","n_created":"1556955588","n_modified":"1556966329","n_version":"471405","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years\/postmortem","text":"## About Ten Years\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years\n\n![B915821B-5076-4FC5-82D0-8316E33BAE18.png](\/\/\/raw\/a69\/22\/z\/2487c.png)\n\nDuring the game jam I have learnt a lot about Unity (especially the animator), tilemaps, and mostly about my own ability. I\u2019m actually surprised I managed to finish with the 5 levels I had decided on. The 5 levels were important as I wanted to add the 5 different ages of the character. He starts off at about 30, then 4 levels later he finishes as a slow 70 odd year old man with a walking stick. \n\nI had to rush most of the levels, and I certainly didn\u2019t get the whole story in. I\u2019m pretty sad about that, but I will continue to develop it. \n \n\n### Crunch Time\nI should have been creating and testing more development builds as I went through. I only tested Level 1 before building levels 2-5. When it came to uploading, with just an hour left, I had a massive panic (felt like a heart attack!) because it would repeatedly crash at random moments. Plus more than half the cutscenes had vanished. I did manage to fix the crashes, but had to leave the cutscenes for a bug fix.\n \n\n### Post Release\nThe reviews I\u2019ve received have been very helpful. Ratings are one thing, but I was most looking forward to the reviews. I wanted to have feedback and know where I went wrong\/right.\n\nIt seems the biggest problem was the unfinished story. The end didn\u2019t quite work out. Half because I wasn\u2019t exactly sure how it should end, and half because I didn\u2019t have time to add anymore to it. \n \n\n### Verdict\nI have enjoyed this Ludum Dare even more than I thought I would. It\u2019s the first one I have done, but it is definitely not the last. I will definitely work on \u2018About Ten Years\u2019 for a little bit. I feel the story needs finishing before it gets put to bed.\nBut with other projects like \u2018Custodian\u2019, \u2018Little Dipplepatch Music Festival\u2019, and a steam train simulator (for my son!), I\u2019ve got a lot of other projects to get my teeth into.\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/about-ten-years","title":"Postmortem","wayback_source":[]}