{"author_name":"Martoon","cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[{"author_name":"pants12","time":"August 18, 2010 12:54 pm","epoch":1282154040,"text":"about 24 hours MAX on it \ud83d\ude00","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 1:08 pm","epoch":1282154880,"text":"I usually spend 36 of the 48 hours working. I work while I eat. I try to sleep 5 hours per night. That leaves 2 other hours for walking around or breaks or maybe tasting what I&#8217;m eating. I then spend the next few days\/week recovering from the horrific marathon pace. I love it.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Cooshinator","time":"August 18, 2010 1:09 pm","epoch":1282154940,"text":"Last time for me it went really well, so I only spent about 7-8 hours.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Diet Chugg","time":"August 18, 2010 1:15 pm","epoch":1282155300,"text":"4 hours first time.<br \/>\n 6 hours the next.<br \/>\n 8 hours the last time.<br \/>\n maybe 10 hours I will get.<br \/>\n (assuming the pattern continues&#8230;)","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 1:15 pm","epoch":1282155300,"text":"Usually I spend about 25-30 hours or so but this time I&#8217;m going to try and push myself to the point of insanity.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 1:50 pm","epoch":1282157400,"text":"yeah with Ludum Dare.. Insanity&#8211;It&#8217;s the only way to fly!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Osgeld","time":"August 18, 2010 1:30 pm","epoch":1282156200,"text":"depends, first time I entered maybe 30 hours, last time I was working right up till the deadline and produced utter crap","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 1:58 pm","epoch":1282157880,"text":"Did a solid 36 hours last time, more because I was seriously ambitous about game size rather than I&#8217;d planned to spend that long.  Not sure it&#8217;s particularly advisable behaviour, though I guess I did do pretty well.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 1:59 pm","epoch":1282157940,"text":"Hum&#8230; First time, I think about 44 hours or so&#8230;<br \/>\n Now I usually work 24, and I tend to quit after 8 or so if the game is just not working from a fun point-of-view&#8230; <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/>","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 3:00 pm","epoch":1282161600,"text":"For me: 3hrs Fri, 7hrs Sat, 5hrs Sun, total 15 hours.<br \/>\n Sleep is good.  As is going outside and getting some fresh air.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 3:08 pm","epoch":1282162080,"text":"25-30, I&#8217;ve done 35 once I think but that&#8217;s really the limit. I&#8217;ve also done playable little games in 7 hours total twice.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Sos","time":"August 18, 2010 4:38 pm","epoch":1282167480,"text":"Oh man, I do 6-8 usually, sometimes I go this much even for a month challenge.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"moltanem2000","time":"August 18, 2010 5:16 pm","epoch":1282169760,"text":"hmm, probably somewhere between 20 to 30 hours. Most likely the low Twenties actually","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 18, 2010 10:43 pm","epoch":1282189380,"text":"There are so many people on LD now, you&#8217;re not going to hit a topic that nobody is interested in replying to.  I&#8217;ve been very conservative in past LDs.  I always take a full sleep and even go out of the house for hours at a time.  I probably start coding about 12-14 hours in.  I&#8217;d estimate I use around 17 hours of programming.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1282153920,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"70313","p_author":"Martoon","p_authorkey":"2355","p_urlkey":"106133","p_title":"How many hours do you typically spend on an entry?","p_cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282153920","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"14","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2355","us_name":"Martoon","us_username":"martoon","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"<p>This will be my first LD, and I&#8217;m curious how many cumulative hours out of the 48 that people typically spend actively working on their game. \u00a0Sorry if this has been discussed to death, but I wasn&#8217;t hitting on the right search terms to dig up any discussion on it.<\/p>","time":"August 18th, 2010 12:52 pm","title":"How many hours do you typically spend on an entry?"}