{"author_name":"alvivar","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1410489960,"likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"26235","p_author":"alvivar","p_authorkey":"10741","p_urlkey":"61660","p_title":"Onanigan :: Post-Mortem ::","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1410489960","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10741","us_name":"alvivar","us_username":"alvivar","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/iGhzkiX.gif\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/iGhzkiX.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>My objective was a <strong>platform game<\/strong> where you are able to <strong>walk everywhere<\/strong>, like a spider, like a mountain climber. You <strong>jump<\/strong> and <strong>get hooked to the wall<\/strong>, the gravity always pushing down (as usual).<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WzAA9EL.gif\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WzAA9EL.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>The mechanic took me a <strong>lot of time<\/strong> and between coding &amp; testing <strong>I did get\u00a0pretty good at it<\/strong>. And this was part of the problem, getting good at my game somehow <strong>blind me<\/strong> about how other players would adapt.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/TvLjcFt.gif\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/TvLjcFt.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Also, even when I did try to <strong>teach the player<\/strong> with design, I was not good enough, the game gets <strong>pretty hard pretty fast<\/strong>. This plus the <strong>learning curve<\/strong> plus some little <strong>bugs<\/strong> makes the <strong>gameplay unfinished<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A0sdc06imv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n <p>But, <strong>I love this game<\/strong>, it&#8217;s my <strong>5th<\/strong> <strong>Ludum Dare<\/strong> entry, my <strong>5th<\/strong> <strong>game<\/strong> ever, and as a <strong>prototype<\/strong> I believe I can polish and design a better version (I have a big list of ideas also). You are invited\u00a0to watch the <strong>playthrough<\/strong> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10741\"><strong>play the game<\/strong><\/a>! Thanks for reading this!<\/p>\n <p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10741\">PLAY &amp; RATE ONANIGAN<\/a><\/strong> (<em>web win mac lin<\/em>)<\/p>","time":"September 11th, 2014 9:46 pm","title":"Onanigan :: Post-Mortem ::"}