{"author_name":"Lilleman","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1334929380,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"58867","p_author":"Lilleman","p_authorkey":"8385","p_urlkey":"94616","p_title":"Alone postmortem","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334929380","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8385","us_name":"Lilleman","us_username":"lilleman","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/9ef3b60240fa4b98c319624c335d2c66.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Ludum Dare 22 was the first time I actually finished a game, I made a simple zombie-survival, platformer.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>What went right?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Finished a game:<\/strong><\/span> I finished my first game ever.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Familiarity with language and framework:<\/strong><\/span> I knew how to use Java and Libgdx, so I didn&#8217;t have to look up a lot of things on the internet.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Audio:<\/strong><\/span> I recorded zombie sounds and edited them in Audacity.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>What went wrong?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Menus:<\/strong><\/span> I spent too much time adding menus that didn&#8217;t really add anything to the game, I should have spend that time on the story and features instead.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Art:<\/strong><\/span> I should have made pixel art instead, it looks a lot better.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Unfamiliarity with IDE:<\/strong><\/span> Eclipse didn&#8217;t want to package my game into a jar file, lost quite some time trying to fix it.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Sidescrolling:<\/strong><\/span> I made a sidescroller without scrolling :P. I agree with the comments about my game, it was confusing.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Next time I&#8217;ll spend more time figuring out a story and adding features to the game. I&#8217;ll make pixel art and have written a tutorial for myself, so that I won&#8217;t get stuck trying to make a runnable jar. I&#8217;ll also make a timelapse video.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>But the most important of all: I had fun. Even if I didn&#8217;t get very good ratings, I had a fun time making the game and I will participate in Ludum Dare 23 this weekend.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>You can play my game here: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-22\/?action=preview&amp;uid=8385<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 20th, 2012 8:43 am","title":"Alone postmortem"}