{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3-550x345.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/cad175bd5373bc62b32d956b449c82bd.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/11-550x634.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/1749575fb7bf4b2061af7c9284a707dd.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/49cf0bc9b597eafdfa7b15c6c27ff766.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/11.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/2276da6249be49eb014bb0363d75f42e.png"}],"author_link":"author\/hypnohustla\/","author_name":"Hypnohustla","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1410393480,"event":"LD30","likes":11,"metadata":{"p_key":"82711","p_author":"Hypnohustla","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"293443","p_title":"On the Edge of Earth: 5000 \u2013 postmortem","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1410393480","p_likes":"11","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\/10\/on-the-edge-of-earth-5000-postmortem\/","text":"<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/49cf0bc9b597eafdfa7b15c6c27ff766.png\"><img alt=\"3\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-392295\" height=\"345\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/cad175bd5373bc62b32d956b449c82bd.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3-300x188.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/3-550x345.png 550w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What went right:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time management. I\u2019m really glad that I never felt like I was rushing the game. I got a lot done and managed to get a good nights sleep for both of the nights!<\/li>\n<li>Mood. I watched the first three Star Trek films and the 1972 film Silent Running prior to the competition. I was really hopped up on sci-fi and I think I conveyed that into a game pretty well.<\/li>\n<li>Animations. I decided to try a new (for me) animation technique for pixel graphics and I think it looks pretty fluid. There\u2019s still room to improve so I think I\u2019ll use it in the future also.<\/li>\n<li>Audio. I recorded a lot of button sounds with my Super Nintendo and I think it sounds very crisp. Also loving Unitys 3D sound system, makes the whole ship feel more alive with airshafts that actually get louder when standing under them.<\/li>\n<li>Pooping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What went wrong:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of tutorials (not counting the hand book for the station). I didn\u2019t think that I\u2019d need to add instructions since the game only uses arrow keys. A lot of players still didn\u2019t realize that you can run by holding down arrow. My bad! I did add a tutorial for it in the post-compo version.<\/li>\n<li>Ending. I should have made it a bit more climatic. I had the time for it so there\u2019s no excuse for it. I made up for it in the post-compo version. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Theme. I was really uninspired by the theme. So I kinda had to force it in. It\u2019s not as bad as it could be but still a bit far fetched.<\/li>\n<li>Polish. I\u2019m playing a lot of good games made for this LD and I wish I too had taken more time to just add that extra little polish. Maybe next time I\u2019ll turn the scope down and just polish the shit out of something smaller.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s all I can think of! A big thanks to everyone who has rated the game and offered nice comments and critiques.\u00a0 And if you haven\u2019t played it yet, there\u2019s still time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=20803\">http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=20803<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/2276da6249be49eb014bb0363d75f42e.png\"><img alt=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-392301\" height=\"634\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/09\/1749575fb7bf4b2061af7c9284a707dd.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/11-550x634.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/11.png 927w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","time":"September 10th, 2014 11:58 pm","title":"On the Edge of Earth: 5000 \u2013 postmortem","title_was_empty":false}