{"author_name": "agrdev", "cat": "MiniLD", "comments": [], "epoch": 1375198320, "likes": 0, "metadata": {"p_key": "42176", "p_author": "agrdev", "p_authorkey": "24628", "p_urlkey": "77799", "p_title": "“Rock, Paper, Geometry!” Postmortem", "p_cat": "MiniLD", "p_event": "LD27", "p_time": "1375198320", "p_likes": "0", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "24628", "us_name": "agrdev", "us_username": "agrdev", "event_start": "1377216000", "event_key": "18", "event_name": "LD27"}, "text": "

Hi!

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This is my first postmortem on my first LD game. I am not going to write much text, here it is some facts and thoughts.

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“Rock, Paper, Geometry!” – is a real-time tactic game based on “rock, paper, scissors” rules with random generated levels and impulse movement.

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What went right

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  1. I’ve finished it!
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  2. Feature cutting. I’ve cut more than 80% of  all planned features, leaving the most important and delicious. Time restriction is a powerful productivity tool \":)\"
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  3. Surprisingly the game balance was achieved very quickly.
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  4. Very poor random AI generates different fun situations.
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  5. I think the gameplay has a good combination of skill and luck, providing a replayability.
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  6. Sound effects made the “feel” better.
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What went wrong

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  1. I was distracting by my real job and 7 days unfortunately became 3 days.
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  2. No ambient music.
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  3. Hard to remember the rules of the game at the beginning.
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  4. The art. I hadn’t enough time to improve it.
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  5. Poorly written code. There is a little chaos \":)\"
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Conclusion

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I’m very proud that my first LD experience was fun and I finished the game against the all road blocks! Thanks for reading!

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Tags: #7DRTS, postmortem, rock paper geometry

", "time": "July 30th, 2013 10:32 am", "title": "“Rock, Paper, Geometry!” Postmortem"}