{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/23d953b466030746ce4e3d8cb2654341.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/9a45667c488f37a0de3ac8a134e9aaed.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/ebf242392d548b984e07650d3deb63c9.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/8a51d49eecd514ef56cfe5fc80f53c8c.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/t4u\/","author_name":"t4u","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1410452640,"event":"LD30","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"82000","p_author":"t4u","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292732","p_title":"Cool games + 2nd LD post","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1410452640","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"source_url":"2014\/09\/11\/cool-games-2nd-ld-post\/","text":"

4 days remain so here goes some nice entries:<\/p>\n

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1. Cluster Struck \u2013 katamari goes intergalactic<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=35779<\/p>\n

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2. Chipset-0 \u2013 great mechanics + really cute robot<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=2982<\/p>\n

3. Flicker \u2013 interesting puzzle game<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=24705<\/p>\n

4. Universal Love \u2013 kill enemies with love\u2026 or missiles<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=25025<\/p>\n

5. Triple Threat \u2013 3-player checkers<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=41447<\/p>\n

6. Starpiercer \u2013 really pretty<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=39357<\/p>\n

7. Planetary Marriage Counseling \u2013 two planets want to get a divorce<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=30802<\/p>\n

8.Alien Gift Exchange \u2013 humorous point\u2019n\u2019click<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=2362<\/p>\n

9. Connecting LD30 to the Real World \u2013 map of LD competitors, see how big LD is.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=10313<\/p>\n

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Probably you have tried most of these titles but I wanted to expose those that for some reason gave me that wow! feeling.<\/p>\n

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This was my second LD. It went much better than first one.<\/p>\n

A. First LD \u2013 LD #29<\/p>\n

It was terrible. I was at BBQ at my friend\u2019s house and got too drunk. I woke up at 3.a.m.(second day) and was rushing to finish.<\/p>\n

Wasted plenty of time doing great menu and background. The result was that halfway-through I event didn\u2019t start doing<\/p>\n

gameplay. Once I was finished I was ashamed of my work. I was even wondering if it was worth sending to LD. The idea for the<\/p>\n

game that was supposed to be \u201cso great\u201d turned out to be rather boring. I still believe that mechanics could be used but as<\/p>\n

minigame in bigger point\u2019n\u2019click game, not as solo game.<\/p>\n

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B. LD#30<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=34334<\/p>\n

When I heard the topic I was at first: \u201cgreat topic!\u201d\u00a0 and then I was \u201csh*t I don\u2019t have any ideas what and how to do it\u201d.<\/p>\n

I thought of oribitals(not sure of the name) and wanted to do something similar. I started with doing gameplay using<\/p>\n

templates of graphics. Then I went on to do graphics. For last one came menu, instructions,ending and NG medals.<\/p>\n

What didn\u2019t work out is gravitation of enemies. Enemies were supposed to be drawn to players but there was strange<\/p>\n

bug that sometimes pushed forcefully enemies away from players instead towards them. I think it was because gravity wasn\u2019t<\/p>\n

updated with every movement step. As I started doing it 3-4hours before end of LD I decided to drop the idea. The game wasn\u2019t<\/p>\n

rushed so I could do some more graphical effects(like pulsating stars). It wouldn\u2019t take a lot of time but it would highly<\/p>\n

improve the experience.<\/p>\n

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C. LD thoughts<\/p>\n

The main problem for me is how big this contests is so there is good chance that your game will be send and not viewed by anyone.<\/p>\n

Comments are too nice. It seems that nobody gives positive criticism \u2013 pointing out what could have been made better. It\u2019s always<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like your game\u201d etc. In this kind of environment you are not really sure if your game is worth anything. It\u2019s contest made<\/p>\n

by programmers for programmers. What we are missing is footballer-jock steroid type of guy who would be like: \u201cThat\u2019s cool!\u201d,<\/p>\n

\u201cTits, nice!\u201d, \u201cThis game is worthless sh*t\u201d because we always look at things from \u201chow much work did it take to make it\u201d perspective.<\/p>\n

I will most likely participate in next edition because as there are many bad things I can tell about LD in the end it\u2019s addictive fun.<\/p>\n

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Sorry if this post is written in strange manner but it\u2019s my first post here.<\/p>\n

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