{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/go_to_sleep-550x309.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/12\/87c16bf58c4245c669b8d7c1061dfdd9.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A_scanner_darkly1-550x343.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/12\/d6e66316031136a84998061038949a9f.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/acat-550x343.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/12\/c28ea88825c38776f6b3a465f64b1315.png"}],"author_link":"author\/sandcrawler\/","author_name":"Sandcrawler","cat":"LD #31","categories":["LD #31"],"comments":[],"epoch":1419609420,"event":"LD31","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"82574","p_author":"Sandcrawler","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"293306","p_title":"Cultural Influences Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1419609420","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"source_url":"2014\/12\/26\/cultural-influences-postmortem\/","text":"<p>For this Ludum Dare going into it I had two main goals. First I wanted to make something that had voice overs, I\u2019ve been doing YouTube Let\u2019s Plays for two years now and this seemed like a good chance to practice in audio techniques. Second goal was\u00a0to concentrate more on making art, my degree is in studio art so I should have something more interesting than boxes. I already wrote extensively on the art, so take a look at my LD profile if you are interested in that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/26\/cultural-influences-postmortem\/go_to_sleep\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-429976\"><img alt=\"go_to_sleep\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-429976\" height=\"309\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/12\/87c16bf58c4245c669b8d7c1061dfdd9.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/go_to_sleep-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/go_to_sleep-550x309.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/go_to_sleep.png 1600w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before I get into what went well, bad, and what is next I want to write a little about what cultural events\/happenings\/media influenced the game. If you haven\u2019t played the game yet you may want to <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=3966\">play it<\/a> before you read this next part.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Screen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Book: Go The F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 1: Jack &amp; Jill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 2: Frosty The Snowman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Song: Frosty the Snowman<\/p>\n<p>-Film: Little Orphan Annie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 3: Have Space Suit Will Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Book: Have Space Suit Will Travel by Robert\u00a0Heinlein<\/p>\n<p>-Event: US Flag planet on Moon<\/p>\n<p>-Event: Michael Jackson dangles baby out balcony<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 4: A Scanner Darkly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Book: A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dicks<\/p>\n<p>-Film: The Matrix<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 5: Sonic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Game: Sonic the Hedgehog<\/p>\n<p>-TV Show: The Simpsons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 6: Cookie Clicker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Game: Cookie Clicker<\/p>\n<p>-Film: Wreck it Ralph<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ending Screen: Waking Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Song: The YouTube Lament \u00a0by Tim Minchin<\/p>\n<p>-Film: The Dead Pool<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/26\/cultural-influences-postmortem\/a_scanner_darkly-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-429977\"><img alt=\"A_scanner_darkly\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-429977\" height=\"343\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/12\/d6e66316031136a84998061038949a9f.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A_scanner_darkly1-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A_scanner_darkly1-550x343.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A_scanner_darkly1.png 1440w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>What Went Wrong:<\/h1>\n<p>\u2013 Was planning on making more of a narrative but there is a total lack of narrative in my interactive experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Does it even need to be a game? Near the end I started to add more \u201cgame\u201dfeatures such as keeping track of the time to finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Early levels lack the cultural references that show up later. That make references outside of the level theme.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Some levels could have benefited from additional voice lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c2Dv5AbMgoU?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>What Went Right:<\/h1>\n<p>\u2013 The humor of this interactive experience is evident to a widespread amount of people. Early in the creation on twitter I mentioned that I couldn\u2019t stop laughing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Variety of themes for the levels is about right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 I like the length of the game being about 2 minutes to listen to everything, and 30 someodd seconds to speedrun it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 I like the art style of the game, it accomplished what I set out to do and works well with the theme of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJ14k8ky93o?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>What is Next:<\/h1>\n<p>\u2013 I am working on an additional set of levels for the game I hope to release by mid January.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Small changes to the base game to add a transition effect from level to level, as well as changing the walking animation a small amount.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" id=\"attachment_429978\" style=\"width: 560px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/26\/cultural-influences-postmortem\/acat\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-429978\"><img alt=\"First level of Night 2\" class=\"size-large wp-image-429978\" height=\"343\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/12\/c28ea88825c38776f6b3a465f64b1315.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/acat-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/acat-550x343.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/acat.png 1440w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">First level of Night 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" id=\"attachment_429979\" style=\"width: 560px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/26\/cultural-influences-postmortem\/3littlepigs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-429979\"><img alt=\"Second Level of Night 2\" class=\"size-large wp-image-429979\" height=\"343\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3littlepigs-550x343.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3littlepigs-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3littlepigs-550x343.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3littlepigs.png 1440w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Level of Night 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/video\/\" rel=\"tag\">video<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 26th, 2014 3:57 pm","title":"Cultural Influences Postmortem","title_was_empty":false}