{"author_name":"nosfer","cat":"LD #34","comments":[],"epoch":1451943960,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"9242","p_author":"nosfer","p_authorkey":"8471","p_urlkey":"44458","p_title":"Flower Power Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1451943960","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8471","us_name":"nosfer","us_username":"nosfer","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"<p>Don&#8217;t have much time but decided to write this little post mortem.<\/p>\n <p>My game is <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=8471\">here<\/a>. It&#8217;s called <strong>Flower Power.<\/strong><\/p>\n <p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/8471-shot0-1450146446.png-eq-900-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n <p>I didn&#8217;t have much time to make it so really went into minimalistic gameplay. First thing that came into my mind when I saw first theme &#8220;two button controls&#8221; was Timberman, made by developers from my country &#8211; Poland. I didn&#8217;t want to make 1:1 clone so I thought maybe I can make reversed gameplay &#8211; instead of cutting tree lets help it grow.\u00a0 After some iterations and thinking with my girlfriend I immediately went to make what you see now.<\/p>\n <p>All planets aligned all themes fit in <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> After &lt; 24h total the game was finished.<\/p>\n <p><strong>What went ok:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>themes fit perfectly<\/li>\n <li>challenging and nice gameplay<\/li>\n <li>graphics and animation<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>What went wrong:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>didn&#8217;t have much time to test it properly so there was little floating point related bug, when you have ~140 points plant is too high and collision detection goes crazy<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>What next:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>People like to play this game, especially mobile build I made for android so it&#8217;s 100% sure I will release it for free on android with some ads to earn big $$$ \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>Last words<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>I will try to spend the last few hours left to play some more games by you guys and I also encourage you to play and rate mine.<\/p>\n <p>PS.: If you want you can also check my other game that is currently on <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=500277747\">Steam Greenlight<\/a>. It&#8217;s design-based cyberpunk puzzle game &#8211; there&#8217;s demo version to download (win,mac,linux,android). If you like it please consider giving it your vote.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Cheers guys!<\/p>","time":"January 4th, 2016 4:46 pm","title":"Flower Power Post Mortem"}