{"author_name":"qualia","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1377573240,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"38339","p_author":"qualia","p_authorkey":"505362","p_urlkey":"73957","p_title":"Card Smack: From 0 to Smack in 72 hours.","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377573240","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505362","us_name":"qualia","us_username":"qualia","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>Firstly, it&#8217;s late and I&#8217;ve been kept up by all kinds of cross-platform build shenanigans, so I haven&#8217;t been able to play anyone&#8217;s games yet, but I really hope everyone had a great jam and had a lot of fun.<\/p>\n <p>Now, however, it&#8217;s time to talk Smack.<\/p>\n <div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazokblog.co.uk\/misc\/CardSmack\/CSMain1.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gazokblog.co.uk\/games\/cardsmack\/CSMain1.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who wants to bring the Smack?<\/p><\/div>\n <p>I don&#8217;t like to toot my own horn, but Card Smack was a rousing success. From flawless cross-platform support to AI that can outplay the sharpest of tools, Card Smack has it all.<\/p>\n <div id=\"attachment_289811\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PerfectShot.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PerfectShot-300x187.png\" alt=\"Who uses Windows, anyway?\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-289811\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PerfectShot-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PerfectShot-550x343.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who uses Windows, anyway?<\/p><\/div>\n <p>In all seriousness, though, I am quite pleased with CS. While all of its advertised merits are entire falsehoods (it *does* in fact work on Windows &#8211; just not all at once), the game and its graphical representation work fairly well, in my opinion, and I think it looks pretty cool too.<\/p>\n <div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazokblog.co.uk\/misc\/CardSmack\/CSMain2.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gazokblog.co.uk\/games\/cardsmack\/CSMain2.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Someone&#8217;s about to deliver the smack.<\/p><\/div>\n <p>However, I prefer to focus on the negatives:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>The AI is horrendously broken. It wasn&#8217;t even intended to be good, just to <em>look<\/em> like it was playing, and it couldn&#8217;t manage that. It just sits there in a corner worrying its cards.<\/li>\n <li>Abilities are purely decorative<\/li>\n <li>Our soundtrack sounds deafeningly like silence<\/li>\n <li>The user-interface isn&#8217;t at all informative enough &#8211; how much damage did I do?<\/li>\n <li>And more!<\/li>\n <p>With that glittering review, who could restrain themselves from trying Card Smack?<\/p>\n <p>Oh, everyone? Oh.<\/ul>","time":"August 26th, 2013 10:14 pm","title":"Card Smack: From 0 to Smack in 72 hours."}