{"author_link":"\/users\/willdata","author_name":"WillData","author_uid":"willdata","comments":[],"epoch":1502599557,"event":"LD39","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":48795,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"100719","p_author":"WillData","p_authorkey":"1043087","p_urlkey":"316429","p_title":"Upgrading Dorgus Part 1","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD39","p_time":"1502599557","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1043087","us_name":"WillData","us_username":"willdata","event_start":"1501200000","event_key":"74","event_name":"LD 39"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD39","removed_author":false},"_superparent":32802,"_trust":1,"author":43087,"body":"Hey everybody! We're drawing closer to the end of the playing and rating period and I think it is important for everybody to ask themselves a valuable question.\n\n# What now?\n\nSome of us have already moved on to new jams, got back to our regular lives, or continued a previous longer term project. All of which involve taking the experience of this jam to grow in some way. There is one other section of us though. Those of us who take what we've made, absorb the good and bad criticism we've received, and move on to make a better experience with the restraints of time and theme no longer on us. I'm sure there are a few people already making plans on how to take their game to a greater level! \n\nI'm the sole creator of the comp entry [Dorgus Needs Power](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power) (please play it if you haven't)\n\nMy goal is to take everything I've learned from this and a few other jams I was recently in to polish my game, fix reported issues, and make a full game. I have a background as an artist so my first goal in all of this is to redo the look of the game now that I'm not hurried to make something playable rather than something pretty **and** playable.\n\nThis was the original sprite for the main player character in my game:\n\n![DorgusA.png](\/\/\/raw\/f48\/a\/z\/8dda.png)\n\nDefinitely did the job for the jam but it won't suffice for a more complete project!\n\nIf you are an artist than take the time to really work on this and have several revisions. Show alternate versions to friends and don't be afraid to take your time. If you are by no means an artist, make a friend \/ contract one. I will likely look at my newest draft of my main character multiple times and change things that I see fit to alter many times in the process of making the game, but that is one of the freedoms of taking a jam game to the next level or just starting a larger scale project!\n\nI'll leave on an image of my newly revised version of the player and will link my LD39 entry again because the more feedback the better! Next time, I'm going to break down some game feel fixing! \n\n**Quick note neither image shows two arms because that is a separate image\n\n![DorgusB.png](\/\/\/raw\/f48\/a\/z\/8ddb.png)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power","comments":0,"created":"2017-08-13T04:08:14Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":48795,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2017-08-13T14:04:57Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-08-19T07:30:31Z","name":"Upgrading Dorgus Part 1","node-timestamp":"2017-08-19T07:30:31Z","parent":43088,"parents":[1,5,9,32802,43088],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power\/upgrading-dorgus-part-1","published":"2017-08-13T04:45:57Z","scope":"public","slug":"upgrading-dorgus-part-1","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":140461},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"48795","n_urlkey":"316429","n_parent":"43088","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power\/upgrading-dorgus-part-1","n_slug":"upgrading-dorgus-part-1","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"43087","n_created":"1502597294","n_modified":"1503127831","n_version":"140461","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power\/upgrading-dorgus-part-1","text":"Hey everybody! We're drawing closer to the end of the playing and rating period and I think it is important for everybody to ask themselves a valuable question.\n\n# What now?\n\nSome of us have already moved on to new jams, got back to our regular lives, or continued a previous longer term project. All of which involve taking the experience of this jam to grow in some way. There is one other section of us though. Those of us who take what we've made, absorb the good and bad criticism we've received, and move on to make a better experience with the restraints of time and theme no longer on us. I'm sure there are a few people already making plans on how to take their game to a greater level! \n\nI'm the sole creator of the comp entry [Dorgus Needs Power](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power) (please play it if you haven't)\n\nMy goal is to take everything I've learned from this and a few other jams I was recently in to polish my game, fix reported issues, and make a full game. I have a background as an artist so my first goal in all of this is to redo the look of the game now that I'm not hurried to make something playable rather than something pretty **and** playable.\n\nThis was the original sprite for the main player character in my game:\n\n![DorgusA.png](\/\/\/raw\/f48\/a\/z\/8dda.png)\n\nDefinitely did the job for the jam but it won't suffice for a more complete project!\n\nIf you are an artist than take the time to really work on this and have several revisions. Show alternate versions to friends and don't be afraid to take your time. If you are by no means an artist, make a friend \/ contract one. I will likely look at my newest draft of my main character multiple times and change things that I see fit to alter many times in the process of making the game, but that is one of the freedoms of taking a jam game to the next level or just starting a larger scale project!\n\nI'll leave on an image of my newly revised version of the player and will link my LD39 entry again because the more feedback the better! Next time, I'm going to break down some game feel fixing! \n\n**Quick note neither image shows two arms because that is a separate image\n\n![DorgusB.png](\/\/\/raw\/f48\/a\/z\/8ddb.png)\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/39\/dorgus-needs-power","title":"Upgrading Dorgus Part 1","wayback_source":[]}