{"author_name":"Yaru","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1399288740,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"29944","p_author":"Yaru","p_authorkey":"10734","p_urlkey":"65410","p_title":"Behind the\u2026 hey, look, shiny things! \u2013 Postmortem!","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1399288740","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10734","us_name":"Yaru","us_username":"yaru","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"

(If<\/span> you haven’t<\/span> played yet<\/span>, you can play<\/span> by clicking here<\/span>!)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What<\/span> went well<\/span>:<\/strong> <\/em>
\n –<\/span> The theme<\/span>.<\/em> Was among<\/span> my favorites<\/span> during<\/span> voting<\/span>, and was really<\/span> easy to<\/span> find an idea that<\/span> seemed<\/span> good<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span> The<\/span> idea<\/span><\/em> was born<\/span> at 6<\/span> am on a<\/span> day when<\/span> I<\/span> couldn’t<\/span> sleep because of<\/span> an annoying<\/span> toothache<\/span>. It doesn’t seem<\/span> a good start, but<\/span> that morning<\/span>, ignoring the lack of sleep<\/span>, I had a prototype<\/span> ready<\/span>.
\n Were left behind<\/span> several things<\/span> I wanted to add<\/span> but<\/span> could not<\/span> because of time<\/span>, but I still think<\/span> I got<\/span> to create something<\/span> fun.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span> Flixel<\/span>.<\/em> This engine<\/span> is wonderful.<\/span> It allows you to<\/span> do everything.<\/span> (<\/span>My original idea<\/span> was to use<\/span> HaxeFlixel<\/span>, but it was impossible<\/span>. See<\/span> section<\/span> “What<\/span> went wrong<\/span>” for details.<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

What<\/span> went wrong<\/span>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

–<\/span>The engine<\/span>.<\/em> My<\/span> original idea<\/span> was to use<\/span> HaxeFlixel<\/span>. This was fine<\/span> for the first two<\/span> hours, until<\/span> I discovered how<\/span> stupidly complex<\/span> it is to read<\/span> objects<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> TMX in<\/span> Haxeflixel<\/span>. What in<\/span> Flixel<\/span> is five<\/span> lines of code<\/span>, here<\/span> became<\/span> a hell<\/span> in which I<\/span> spend<\/span> several hours,<\/span> and it forced me to<\/span> change<\/span> to<\/span> Flixel<\/span>\u00a0 in the middle of<\/span> the competition.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/span>Twitch<\/span>.<\/em> It<\/span> no longer<\/span> automatically saves<\/span> your<\/span> streamings<\/span> unless<\/span> you<\/span> manually<\/span> change<\/span> an option that is<\/span> relatively<\/span> hidden<\/span>, which led me<\/span> to lose<\/span> several hours of<\/span>\u00a0video<\/span> when I was<\/span> doing<\/span> my streaming<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

– The art.<\/em> Again.<\/p>\n

The future:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I think the<\/span> idea has<\/span> a lot of potential<\/span> if<\/span> I polish<\/span> it and<\/span> add<\/span> more items<\/span> to make<\/span> the game<\/span> something worthy.<\/span> Therefore,<\/span> I have<\/span> begun work on<\/span> a second version<\/span> (Behind the<\/span> … Extended<\/span> Edition!<\/span>), with the aim<\/span> putting it in<\/span> FlashGameLicense<\/span> to auction<\/span> as<\/span> soon as it is<\/span> finished.<\/span>
\n You will have news<\/span> about it …<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n

Tags: postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"May 5th, 2014 6:19 am","title":"Behind the\u2026 hey, look, shiny things! \u2013 Postmortem!"}