{"author_name":"Omiya Games","cat":"LD #34","comments":[],"epoch":1452378300,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"9173","p_author":"Omiya Games","p_authorkey":"20557","p_urlkey":"44388","p_title":"hack.source.net\u2019s Ludum Dare results analysis","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1452378300","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"20557","us_name":"Omiya Games","us_username":"\/author\/taro\/","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"

Our fifth Ludum Dare was our first attempt at making a simple online multiplayer games. How did we do?<\/p>\n

hack.source.net (Ludum Dare 34)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Above average.\u00a0Fun, innovation, and overall stands above the\u00a020% standing. \u00a0Innovation in particular stands at the 5% mark, and we certainly ranked within the top 100 in that category, so we’re very proud of that. Our score stands smack in-between 3 and 4 stars out of 5, so it could have been improved. Still, considering what a mess<\/a> it was trying to develop this game, we’d say it’s pretty good.<\/p>\n

How does this compare to our other Ludum Dare games? Let’s check them out in reverse order.<\/p>\n

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Can I Haz Monsters? (Ludum Dare 33)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Can I Haz Monsters?<\/a> did do better than hack.source.net<\/a> in comparison.\u00a0Seeing that development went much more smoothly for this game, this isn’t a major surprise.\u00a0A lot of players commended the dialog system in the game, explaining the rather high mood rating.<\/p>\n

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Star Driller Ultra (Ludum Dare 32)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Star Driller Ultra<\/a> is easily the highest ranking game we’ve developed. The graphics above should make that pretty obvious.\u00a0This is also the second Compo game (solo-only), so perhaps the ratings are more reflective of the impressiveness of that accomplishment.<\/p>\n

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Unconventional Stick Swinging Simulator (Ludum Dare 32)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Joke entry\u00a0Unconventional Stick Swinging Simulator<\/a>\u00a0is naturally the lowest ranking game. No surprises here: it’s made within 12 hours, with a portion of that time devoted in light-baking.<\/p>\n

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Laundry Day (Ludum Dare 32)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Our attempt to make fun of free-to-play games with\u00a0Laundry Day<\/a>\u00a0is…well, reflective of exactly what we expected people would react to the game. It’s not surprising a deliberately badly made game would get some mild\u00a0scores.<\/p>\n

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The Sentient Cube (Ludum Dare 26)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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And the first Ludum Dare game has…no ratings, so there’s not much to talk about here.<\/p>\n

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Removing\u00a0The Sentient Cube<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Unconventional Stick Swinging Simulator<\/a>,\u00a0score progression for each game looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Overall has been dropping since\u00a0Star Driller Ultra<\/a>, since we admit being more interested in experimenting in Ludum Dare than making\u00a0a polished experiment. Still, innovation and fun remains very high, which is fantastic. The rest…well, hasn’t been our focus, really.\u00a0The same trends can be found in the rankings progression as well:<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>","time":"January 9th, 2016 5:25 pm","title":"hack.source.net\u2019s Ludum Dare results analysis"}