{"author_name":"Yazara","cat":"LD #34","comments":[{"author_name":"andyman404","time":"December 15, 2015 8:33 pm","epoch":1450229580,"text":"I loved Litterlings! Nice work! It’s one of my favorites. I grew the trash astroid so big it was hard to see the litterlings.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1450222440,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"9680","p_author":"Yazara","p_authorkey":"45115","p_urlkey":"44903","p_title":"Litterlings Recap","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1450222440","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"45115","us_name":"Yazara","us_username":"yazara","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"

I will write a making of entry later on, but for now I want to recapitulate how this Ludum Dare went for me.<\/p>\n

Overall I’m content with the process and result, but there’s still room for improvement. <\/p>\n

I believe that my initial idea and the base mechanic of Litterlings (creating and destroying terrain in a point gravity setup, with creatures living on that terrain) has great potential for interesting games. And even though I like the way the game turned out, I don’t feel that it really exploits the possibilities I created with this basic setup.<\/p>\n

What went well:
\n + I didn’t take on too much with my goals, therefore I got to do sound, particle effects and polishing, which adds a lot to the experience.
\n + Probably my best entry so far regarding fun and completeness.
\n + A lot of fun in the development process and also a great learning experience (especially the pixel based terrain and collision).
\n + I created a nice base system to further experiment on in the future.<\/p>\n

Where I see room for improvement:
\n – I don’t feel like Litterlings makes the most out of the promising start concept.
\n – I got too little sleep (~6 hours) and completely wrecked my sleep schedule. Also I ate as unhealthy as possible. Felt kind of sick afterwards.
\n – I didn’t flesh out my concept, resulting in a second brainstorming and ideation phase halfway through the development.<\/p>\n

What I plan for the future of Litterlings:
\n – add a lose condition (dropping your Litterling count to < 20% of the highest score)
\n – create an android version with start menu, highscore table and optimized layout
\n – add the possibility to zoom in to and follow your spaceship with the camera, important especially in the later stages of the game
\n – more polishing, balancing and tweaking
\n – experiment with the base setups and different objectives, like an approach of combat and destruction or a strategy game<\/p>\n

Check out Litterlings here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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