{"author_name":"pseudavid","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1440430260,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"13890","p_author":"pseudavid","p_authorkey":"57036","p_urlkey":"49153","p_title":"Truth be unbound: recap 2","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440430260","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"57036","us_name":"pseudavid","us_username":"pseudavid","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"

(Recap part 1)<\/a><\/p>\n

Story and style<\/h2>\n

\"Truth<\/a>Limited content may explain some of the writing’s inconsistent style. My idea was to be all over the place regarding story and style. The game is a biography with a pretty general theme (truth vs lies) and I intended it to touch lots of genres: school drama, teen romance, political thriller, silly over-the-top comedy, psychokiller horror and more.<\/p>\n

Lots of alternative storylines were planned for each section of the game, so that the player in one playthrough could be a child animal harmer, a teen seducer and an adult psycho, and the next playthrough have him be a mischievieous child, a solitary teen and an adult corrupt politician.<\/p>\n

This would be more obvious if all these storylines were available. But I wrote half of them.<\/p>\n

Stop and plan<\/h2>\n

With 8 hours to go I was pretty sure<\/a> I couldn’t do it on time. My writing grind to a halt. But then a couple of hours later I was churning out the least bad<\/del> best writing in the game (late section, dear players; see if you find the nickname list). The trick is: stop and plan. I stopped improvising content, sat away from the computer, thought thoroughly the scenes I was going to write the rest of the day, wrote down some notes and structure and had the most pleasant time of the compo writing what I had planned.<\/p>\n

Plan is an antidote for block<\/h4>\n

I don’t know if I’ll do a Ludum Dare again, but I’m really happy I did it and I’m not really disappointed with the results. Thanks everyone!<\/p>\n \n

Tags: interactive fiction<\/a>, Twine<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2015 10:31 am","title":"Truth be unbound: recap 2"}