{"author_name":"NTR","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398721140,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"30392","p_author":"NTR","p_authorkey":"36589","p_urlkey":"65865","p_title":"Toastmortem","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398721140","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"36589","us_name":"NTR","us_username":"ntr","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"


\n I learned a lot this Ludum Dare. Let’s take a look:<\/p>\n

The Good<\/h3>\n

-Drive<\/strong>
\n The whole 48 hour deadline thing really helped with motivation. I was worried about burning out halfway through, but somehow, it didn’t happen.
\n -Scope<\/strong>
\n Aside from one glaring issue, I knew my limitations pretty well, and was able to finish on time because of that.
\n  <\/p>\n

The Bad<\/h3>\n


\n -Lack of Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of commenters picked up on this one, and there’s a good reason for it. My original idea was really close to the final version, but with a major gameplay gimmick.<\/p>\n

In addition to your character, you and the opponent would also control a cursor that moved along the bottom of the screen (beneath the surface), and at a random time, it would create an explosion at the tile that it pointed to. I had this all coded out, but it made the game way too frenetic and confusing, since the players had to control 2 objects at once.<\/p>\n

I ended up scrapping the idea, and made a quick redo of the art assets to (poorly) link the game with the theme.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I’m happy with how it turned out, and excited for the next LD.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 28th, 2014 4:39 pm","title":"Toastmortem"}