{"author_name":"eyehawk","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345977960,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"52657","p_author":"eyehawk","p_authorkey":"15255","p_urlkey":"88359","p_title":"Phew, that was a long weekend :)","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345977960","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15255","us_name":"eyehawk","us_username":"eyehawk","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

Wow, just finished submitting my first LD compo entry. \u00a0It was a hard weekend, but I enjoyed every minute of it! \u00a0It didn’t feel like a great deal of time, but I’m pretty happy personally with the game I produced. \u00a0I put it together with Construct 2, which has just had it’s 100th release, and has a ton of new features including literally dozens of amazing HTML5 shader effects which I’ve also incorporated into may game. \u00a0I went for the retro feel, retro games have always been my favourite – just secretly \":)\"<\/p>\n

The funny thing about this whole experience is that making the game itself took 50% of the time, the remainder got eaten up by quite dumb peripheral things like getting the menus going, sprites, and sounds! \u00a0Uploading to Kongregate was also a bit troublesome although I got there in the end. \u00a0Overall it’s been a great first LD. \u00a0Having seen some amazing creations already, I doubt I’ll make it anywhere, but being part of this incredibly intensive, creative hub has been rewarding enough – go strong fellow indie devs!<\/p>\n \n