{"author_name":"SiENcE","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"juaxix","time":"September 2, 2012 12:12 pm","epoch":1346605920,"text":"I think this a win, it is a question of which way are you celebrating it, if it is creating a post-comp version as you suggested to me, double win \":)\"
\n congrats","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1346238900,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"51636","p_author":"SiENcE","p_authorkey":"10298","p_urlkey":"87331","p_title":"Tower of Evolution \u2013 LD24 Wrap up","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346238900","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10298","us_name":"SiENcE","us_username":"sience","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"
\"Beware

Beware the spikes<\/p><\/div>\n

play & rate the game:\u00a0http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&uid=10298<\/a><\/p>\n

What went right:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nearly everything. MelonJS was just wonderful. Some limitations but i got around it. I had no javascript experience before, but i know java and lua very well. So no problem (debugging javascript is still a pain). The game idea evolved during development :). I started with some gfx and made a small level in Tiled. Than i started coding the jump&run mechanic. I did some colored tiles but later i switched to Black&White. Why? It was a harder task to use only 2 colors and i run out of time to create a colored palette. I had some problems filling all 18floor but some friends playtested an early alpha of the game and told me what i can do better (thx to hagish & ghoulsblade).<\/p>\n

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

No so much.<\/p>\n

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  1. Hitboxes where not optimal<\/li>\n
  2. the contrast and quality of your monitor\/lcd decides whether\u00a0you see the spikes or not<\/li>\n
  3. i don’t like the name of the game<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    Thats all :-).<\/p>\n

    I calculated 37 working hours (out of 48h) but in the end i only spend 26h on the game.<\/p>\n

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