{"author_name":"Lars Faust","cat":"LD #29","comments":[{"author_name":"TijmenTio","time":"May 20, 2014 8:25 am","epoch":1400592300,"text":"You deserve better","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1400568360,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"29783","p_author":"Lars Faust","p_authorkey":"25107","p_urlkey":"65248","p_title":"DIVE | End Results","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1400568360","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"25107","us_name":"Lars Faust","us_username":"lars-faust","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/logo.gif\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/logo.gif\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"468\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29\/?action=preview&amp;uid=25107\">Link to Game<\/a><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DivernautTitle.png\"><br \/>\n <\/a>#66 in Graphics.<\/p>\n <p>Thats okay. I was hoping for a Top 25 here, because i had for once not another pixel-art entry, but i can&#8217;t complain. The 65 entries in front of me all look very good as well.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ratings.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-363934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ratings.png\" alt=\"ratings\" width=\"188\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>What surprised me is that i actually finished worse than the last time i participated in the fun-category. Only #823 with an average of 2.72 stars. \u00a0While its obvious that i did not have the most original gameplay and some people struggled with the controls a bit, i definitely thought i would finish comfortably above my confusing and mediocre last entry here. The problem was, i think, that i did not manage to encourage the players to play any more than 2 minutes or so. Some people complained that the transition from dying to restarting took too long, and thats definitely true. They just died 2 or 3 times, got no feeling for the game, and quit.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Apart from that, i am happy i went with 3D visuals this time, i enjoy them a lot more and find myself creating the look i want much faster than with ye olde Pixel Art. Will definitely continue on this way the next time i participate.<\/p>\n <p>I am also happy some of my favorite games finished pretty well. Until next time, then.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/divesub.gif\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-363938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/divesub.gif\" alt=\"divesub\" width=\"192\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>","time":"May 20th, 2014 1:46 am","title":"DIVE | End Results"}