{"author_name":"Madball","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1324455060,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"60117","p_author":"Madball","p_authorkey":"8370","p_urlkey":"95870","p_title":"My post-mortem","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324455060","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8370","us_name":"Madball","us_username":"madball","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"

It was my first Ludum Dare Jam, and here is my post-mortem.<\/p>\n

I made a game “Tiny planet”.<\/p>\n

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

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  1. \u00a0I`m familiar with coding.<\/em> In fact, “Tiny planet” is a sequel to “Tiny world”, which used the same engine.<\/li>\n
  2. No time issues.<\/em> I have no difficulties organising my work, and all shedules were completed. Testing also was quick, due to minimalism of my game.<\/li>\n
  3. Graphics.<\/em> All graphics were easy to make: I already had stickman, kitten and powerups are small, other things were\u00a0built in editor itself. Even the fact i`m bad at drawing didn`t bother me.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Music.<\/em> I`m bad at composing, more than that, i never used music in games before. I barely made the background music, but i couldn`t make sound effects. Gonna do warmup next time.<\/li>\n
    2. Difficulty.<\/em> At first I thought like “What a nice quick game\u00a0I make!”, but then I realised it`s hard for other people. I had to add a bunch of hints to make it possible.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

      What I learned:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Making music for games.<\/em><\/li>\n
      2. Harder isn`t always better.<\/em><\/li>\n
      3. Too little gravity is bad. <\/em>At first i had usual 9.8 gravity, but i had to change it to 49.<\/li>\n
      4. Basic embedding swf files in html.<\/em><\/li>\n <\/ol>","time":"December 21st, 2011 3:11 am","title":"My post-mortem"}