{"author_name":"AuxiliumGames","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"August 27, 2012 8:16 pm","epoch":1346116560,"text":"&#8220;Also I ate too much candy.&#8221;  I did that last compo!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1346112600,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"51759","p_author":"AuxiliumGames","p_authorkey":"14016","p_urlkey":"87454","p_title":"\u201cIvan the Infection\u201d Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346112600","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"14016","us_name":"AuxiliumGames","us_username":"auxiliumgames","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>My first LD48, and it was fun. Here is a shot of the title screen:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/08\/27\/ivan-the-infection-post-mortem\/ivan1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-177245\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ivan1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Wow that is a lot taller than I thought it would be&#8230;. So anyways, <strong>here is a quick recap<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <ol>\n <li>Come up with insanely overcomplicated idea as usual<\/li>\n <li>Get half way through saturday coding like an insane person<\/li>\n <li>Try and explain the game to someone after having zero human interaction for over 16 hours<\/li>\n <li>Look at the lack of understanding and interest coupled with dismay on their face<\/li>\n <li>Go back to the drawing board, come out with something 100x simpler<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>What went right:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>The tools\/libraries I chose are solid gold, and I stand by the tools and give praise to their makers:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><a title=\"FlashDevelop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flashdevelop.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FlashDevelop<\/a>\u00a0is top notch<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"flashpunk\" href=\"http:\/\/flashpunk.net\" target=\"_blank\">FlashPunk<\/a>\u00a0is really impressive (used my lib on top:\u00a0<a title=\"AuxiPunk\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/JohnCulver\/AuxiPunk\" target=\"_blank\">AuxiPunk<\/a>)<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"aseprite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aseprite.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aseprite<\/a>\u00a0is so nice an just works<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"bfxr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bfxr.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">BFXR<\/a>\u00a0maked sounds zo fesht it ferked up my keyz<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"icecream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.megavst.com\/synth\/icecream\/\" target=\"_blank\">IceCream<\/a>\u00a0inside ableton for a quick song no snags<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>What went wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>Started with overly complex idea involving balancing the hosts health via\u00a0natural\u00a0selection and random mutations.<\/p>\n <p>I always do this.<\/p>\n <p>I can&#8217;t think of simple mechanics.<\/p>\n <p>I always come up with something that looks like Wiley\u00a0Coyote\u00a0planned out on a cave wall.<\/p>\n <p>Also I ate too much candy.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Luckily I found a way to simplify the game play and actually I think the game came out overall very fun <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Here is a screen of the actual gameplay:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/08\/27\/ivan-the-infection-post-mortem\/ivantheinfectionss\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-177289\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IvanTheInfectionSS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14016\">And finally click here if you wanna give it a spin.<\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Thanks for reading, and for letting me part of something so awesome as LD. It was a lot of fun, and I can&#8217;t wait to start playing all the games!<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"August 27th, 2012 7:10 pm","title":"\u201cIvan the Infection\u201d Post-Mortem"}