{"author_name":"pentaphobe","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346026380,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"52024","p_author":"pentaphobe","p_authorkey":"13327","p_urlkey":"87722","p_title":"I got done! And didn\u2019t pass out!","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346026380","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"13327","us_name":"pentaphobe","us_username":"pentaphobe","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

Despite internet failing at (literally) 12 minutes until the deadline I’ve pulled through.<\/p>\n

It’s not everything I had hoped for, but significantly more than I had fretted for.<\/p>\n

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I can’t believe I’m looking at this thing done! Now to go rate the others.. Or perhaps sleep first.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can play it here<\/a><\/p>\n

Due to work and slumber this ended up only being about a 23 hour compo for me, I look forward to attempting the full weekend some time.<\/p>\n

I think I’ll explore the whole LD experience and do a PostMortem soon, too.\u00a0 Perhaps more appropriate to do it for a fixed up Jam version so that the original idea gets across more.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, for the curious here’s a little run down off the top of my head (after the break):<\/p>\n

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Language \/ Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n

All written from scratch on top of vanilla FlashPunk which made things rather easy.\u00a0 I had my first go with AS3 and FlashPunk about 8 hours before the compo opened and gave it a go.\u00a0 I am not disappoint!<\/p>\n

Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Audacity and constrained mumblings into laptop microphone in my laundry.\u00a0 Hardly the best foley work I’ve ever done, but it got the job done!<\/p>\n

Graphics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mostly I used AseSprite, but then started switching over to vector based illustration.\u00a0 Didn’t get there on the hero sprite though, who’s still a 4-frame placeholder “animation” I whipped up when I was trying to get a feel for the shape of apes.\u00a0 The apeshape.<\/p>\n

Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Messy.\u00a0 Started off with good intentions, but some of those good intentions were “don’t over-design” so, hey winnar!
\n Also, not knowing the FlashPunk framework resulted in my unknowingly reinventing the wheel a few times.\u00a0 I started to rip out those sections during the final hour cleanup – but didn’t get to all of ’em.<\/p>\n

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Okay. Time for me to pass out with some of my new homemade cider!<\/p>\n \n

Tags: journal<\/a>, ld24<\/a>, ld48<\/a>, post-mortem<\/a>, postmortem<\/a>, progress<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 26th, 2012 7:13 pm","title":"I got done! And didn\u2019t pass out!"}