{"author_link":"\/users\/stefanie-leitch","author_name":"Stefanie Leitch","author_uid":"stefanie-leitch","comments":[],"epoch":1570583935,"event":"LD45","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":174769,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"136635","p_author":"Stefanie Leitch","p_authorkey":"1009010","p_urlkey":"352911","p_title":"The Nothings - Post Mortem","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD45","p_time":"1570583935","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1009010","us_name":"Stefanie Leitch","us_username":"stefanie-leitch","event_start":"1570147200","event_key":"78","event_name":"Ludum Dare 45"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD45","removed_author":false},"_superparent":159347,"_trust":3,"author":9010,"body":"Game link: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings\n\nThis was only my 2nd Ludum Dare. I don't do as much game development as I'd like, so it was a bit of a struggle to finish a full game in only 48 hours. I spent the first 6 hours attempting to simply come up with an idea -- the theme didn't necessarily inspire me at first. Eventually, I came up with something that I thought would be original and a fun game to make. Out of that, came The Nothings\n\n![intro.gif](\/\/\/raw\/233\/2\/z\/29038.gif)\n\nI learned a lot from this jam. I don't often finish games that I start making, so the time constraint really forced me to focus on the scope of the game (I definitely could have done better with this, particularly with focusing on some of the core mechanics earlier on vs. trying to make the game look pretty). I also learned that leaving the more exciting and fun part of your games to be worked on at the very end likely means you'll get a watered down version of them. Especially with time constraints! I wish I would have worked on a boss battle early on, maybe it would have made it into the game in lieu of some of the NPC sprites and dialogue.\n\nCan't wait for the next one! Play my game here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings","comments":0,"created":"2019-10-09T01:15:33Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":174769,"love":0,"meta":[],"modified":"2019-10-09T01:18:55Z","name":"The Nothings - Post Mortem","node-timestamp":"2019-10-09T01:18:55Z","parent":166852,"parents":[1,5,9,159347,166852],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings\/the-nothings-post-mortem","published":"2019-10-09T01:18:55Z","scope":"public","slug":"the-nothings-post-mortem","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":524856},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"174769","n_urlkey":"352911","n_parent":"166852","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings\/the-nothings-post-mortem","n_slug":"the-nothings-post-mortem","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"9010","n_created":"1570583733","n_modified":"1570583935","n_version":"524856","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings\/the-nothings-post-mortem","text":"Game link: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings\n\nThis was only my 2nd Ludum Dare. I don't do as much game development as I'd like, so it was a bit of a struggle to finish a full game in only 48 hours. I spent the first 6 hours attempting to simply come up with an idea -- the theme didn't necessarily inspire me at first. Eventually, I came up with something that I thought would be original and a fun game to make. Out of that, came The Nothings\n\n![intro.gif](\/\/\/raw\/233\/2\/z\/29038.gif)\n\nI learned a lot from this jam. I don't often finish games that I start making, so the time constraint really forced me to focus on the scope of the game (I definitely could have done better with this, particularly with focusing on some of the core mechanics earlier on vs. trying to make the game look pretty). I also learned that leaving the more exciting and fun part of your games to be worked on at the very end likely means you'll get a watered down version of them. Especially with time constraints! I wish I would have worked on a boss battle early on, maybe it would have made it into the game in lieu of some of the NPC sprites and dialogue.\n\nCan't wait for the next one! Play my game here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/the-nothings","title":"The Nothings - Post Mortem","wayback_source":[]}