{"author_link":"\/users\/mttt322","author_name":"mttt322","author_uid":"mttt322","comments":[],"epoch":1728572026,"event":"LD56","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":405567,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"208860","p_author":"mttt322","p_authorkey":"1401395","p_urlkey":"447231","p_title":"A Birthday, Blender, and Tiny Balance","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD56","p_time":"1728572026","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1401395","us_name":"mttt322","us_username":"mttt322","event_start":"1728000000","event_key":"115","event_name":"Ludum Dare 56"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD56","removed_author":false},"_superparent":395186,"_trust":1,"author":401395,"body":"Hey everyone! \n![photo_2024-10-10 17.19.43.jpeg](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68736.jpg)\nToday is my birthday, and honestly, I\u2019ve already received the best gift \u2014 I managed to submit our game Tiny Balance on time with the team! \n![ezgif-3-c58cc4d47c-ezgif.com-optimize.gif](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68737.gif)\nThis project gave me my first real experience in 3D modeling and working with Blender. When we decided that there wouldn\u2019t be any purchased art assets in the game, and that all the visuals would be made by us, it became a real  challenge. But we did it!\n![photo_2024-10-10 17.32.30.jpeg](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68739.jpg)\nWhat I\u2019m most proud of are our characters. I created them on the first night of work using sculpting. \nThe first model (a fox head) was tough\n![foxy.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68750.png)\nbut with each new creature, the process got faster and smoother! \n![bear.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68751.png)\nMy personal favorite is the little piggy, especially its ears, where I put a lot of heart into them :3\n![piggy.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68752.png)\n\nAnd now, on this special day, I feel like it\u2019s not just me who deserves a gift, but the whole Ludum Dare community! That\u2019s why I\u2019ve decided to share an asset pack with our cute little creatures\u2014feel free to use them however you like in your projects (You can find the link in the comments, since I'm having some weird issues with adding links directly to the post :c )\n\nP.S. Special thanks to Solid Hinken for the platypus head, help with optimizing the models, and preparing the archive <3","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2024-10-10T15:08:33Z","created":"2024-10-10T14:15:58Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":405567,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2024-10-10T15:15:53Z","meta":[],"modified":"2024-10-10T15:15:53Z","name":"A Birthday, Blender, and Tiny Balance","node-timestamp":"2024-10-10T15:14:12Z","parent":399171,"parents":[1,5,9,395186,399171],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/tiny-balance\/a-birthday-blender-and-tiny-balance","published":"2024-10-10T14:53:46Z","scope":"public","slug":"a-birthday-blender-and-tiny-balance","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1274059},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"405567","n_urlkey":"447231","n_parent":"399171","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/tiny-balance\/a-birthday-blender-and-tiny-balance","n_slug":"a-birthday-blender-and-tiny-bala","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"401395","n_created":"1728569758","n_modified":"1728573353","n_version":"1274059","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/tiny-balance\/a-birthday-blender-and-tiny-balance","text":"Hey everyone! \n![photo_2024-10-10 17.19.43.jpeg](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68736.jpg)\nToday is my birthday, and honestly, I\u2019ve already received the best gift \u2014 I managed to submit our game Tiny Balance on time with the team! \n![ezgif-3-c58cc4d47c-ezgif.com-optimize.gif](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68737.gif)\nThis project gave me my first real experience in 3D modeling and working with Blender. When we decided that there wouldn\u2019t be any purchased art assets in the game, and that all the visuals would be made by us, it became a real  challenge. But we did it!\n![photo_2024-10-10 17.32.30.jpeg](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68739.jpg)\nWhat I\u2019m most proud of are our characters. I created them on the first night of work using sculpting. \nThe first model (a fox head) was tough\n![foxy.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68750.png)\nbut with each new creature, the process got faster and smoother! \n![bear.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68751.png)\nMy personal favorite is the little piggy, especially its ears, where I put a lot of heart into them :3\n![piggy.png](\/\/\/raw\/3ff\/16\/z\/68752.png)\n\nAnd now, on this special day, I feel like it\u2019s not just me who deserves a gift, but the whole Ludum Dare community! That\u2019s why I\u2019ve decided to share an asset pack with our cute little creatures\u2014feel free to use them however you like in your projects (You can find the link in the comments, since I'm having some weird issues with adding links directly to the post :c )\n\nP.S. Special thanks to Solid Hinken for the platypus head, help with optimizing the models, and preparing the archive <3","title":"A Birthday, Blender, and Tiny Balance","wayback_source":[]}