{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/andrew-2\/","author_name":"Andrew","cat":"LD #21","categories":["LD #21"],"comments":[],"epoch":1315119780,"event":"LD21","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"76625","p_author":"Andrew","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"284461","p_title":"Urth on android","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1315119780","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"source_url":"2011\/09\/04\/urth-on-android\/","text":"<p>After a process which was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/09\/01\/during-and-after\/\">longer than it needed to be<\/a>\u00a0I\u2019ve finished up a first installment of the post-compo Urth(for android only at the moment). And it works. Let\u2019s have a look at lessons learned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>never EVER hardcode menus ever again<\/li>\n<li>good coding practices aren\u2019t necessarily compatible across programming languages<\/li>\n<li>having a deadline positively influences productivity<\/li>\n<li>next time use a real font and not gimp+a tablet<\/li>\n<li>some things just aren\u2019t meant for 3D and fancy lighting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Obvious things, which one tends to overlook in a 48 hour compo. Now let\u2019s look at what I\u2019ve managed to improve:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>reduced processor load<\/li>\n<li>improved the gui so it doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s held together with duct tape and chewing gum<\/li>\n<li>replaced difficulty cliff with difficulty curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Images:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 487px\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Nmq1HH1B2D4\/TmOCfcb-x-I\/AAAAAAAABVk\/8JcpZDZKXTU\/s800\/Screenshot%252520at%2525202011-09-04%25252016%25253A38%25253A08.png\" width=\"477\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main menu: Merged two buttons and added a new one<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 487px\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-R2x-y2zc11Q\/TmOCfOFrz6I\/AAAAAAAABVg\/Hy362ODPApY\/s800\/Screenshot%252520at%2525202011-09-04%25252016%25253A38%25253A34.png\" width=\"477\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The level menu now matches the main menu and has pagination<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 488px\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-5RaGQCECBtE\/TmOClgixG8I\/AAAAAAAABVo\/NG1035c-J1U\/s800\/Untitled.png\" width=\"478\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sneak preview of one of the new levels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-21\/?action=rate&amp;uid=5432\">COMPO ENTRY<\/a>\u00a0~\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=processing.android.test.urth&amp;feature=search_result\">IN THE MARKET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/android\/\" rel=\"tag\">android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/progress\/\" rel=\"tag\">progress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/screenshot\/\" rel=\"tag\">screenshot<\/a><\/p> <div style=\"float: right;border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 2px;background: #fff;\"><div class=\"iLikeThis\" id=\"iLikeThis-72987\"><span class=\"counter\"><a class=\"image\" onclick=\"likeThis(72987);\">4<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"postmetadata alt\">\n<small>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Sunday, September 4th, 2011 at 7:03 am\t\t\t\t\t\tand is filed under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-21\/\" rel=\"category tag\" title=\"View all posts in LD #21\">LD #21<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/09\/04\/urth-on-android\/feed\/\">RSS 2.0<\/a> feed.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can <a href=\"#respond\">leave a response<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/09\/04\/urth-on-android\/trackback\/\" rel=\"trackback\">trackback<\/a> from your own site.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/small>\n<\/p>","time":"September 4th, 2011 7:03 am","title":"Urth on android"}