{"author_name":"tcstyle","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1313086620,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"65375","p_author":"tcstyle","p_authorkey":"4834","p_urlkey":"101171","p_title":"WotFF post mortem","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1313086620","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4834","us_name":"tcstyle","us_username":"tcstyle","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"<p>Just a quick post mortem of my MiniLD28 &#8220;War of the Flying Fortresses&#8221; entry before it gets more and more crowded with LD 21 posts in this place (which is indeed a great thing).<\/p>\n <p>What went well:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Recognizing that I&#8217;m not that much out of training after a 10 year break of developing games.<\/li>\n <li>Figuring out that python with pygame is a very convenient way to make games quickly.<\/li>\n <li>Finding an idea for the MiniLD. That was really easy, like first sudden inspiration<\/li>\n <li>Being motivated to make progress<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>What went not that well:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Recognizing that I&#8217;m lacking over ten years of game developing experience.<\/li>\n <li>Suffering with stupid bugs (yeah, I know that&#8217;s the common developing issue).<\/li>\n <li>Make something to call a game within time restriction.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>So the big question is: Will I make this &#8220;game&#8221; into something more satisfying? To be honest, I&#8217;m not sure at the moment. I have been fiddling with the code and removed some library based bugs like having an in place sprite rotation with pygame. But there still seems a lot of work to put into it even to test the basic game design. Actually I don&#8217;t feel like the basic idea will be that much fun when implemented. Nevertheless I have made a graphics update which I want to share: Different colors with added detail on the hull parts.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/08\/11\/wotff-post-mortem\/screen_postm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-57585\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/screen_postm-550x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/screen_postm-300x234.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/screen_postm-550x430.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/screen_postm.png 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>And by the way: LD21, yes I am in! Posting tool details later.<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/pygame\/\" rel=\"tag\">pygame<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 11th, 2011 1:17 pm","title":"WotFF post mortem"}