{"author_link":"\/users\/igor-kingamer","author_name":"Igor KinGamer","author_uid":"igor-kingamer","comments":[],"epoch":1514547497,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":72012,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"107927","p_author":"Igor KinGamer","p_authorkey":"1000299","p_urlkey":"323737","p_title":"Short lessons","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1514547497","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000299","us_name":"Igor KinGamer","us_username":"igor-kingamer","event_start":"1512086400","event_key":"70","event_name":"LD 40"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD40","removed_author":false},"_superparent":49883,"_trust":8,"author":299,"body":"Results aren't really pleasing (so they're small), but I think I should be glad I didn't get too good scores with so much incompleteness. You can't even imagine all I had (and have!) in mind looking at my game right now. Some simple things that would improve the result didn't made it to the game.\n\n![resultadosP.png](\/\/\/raw\/b21\/z\/ed0c.png)\n\n**Highlights**\n\nIn this entry, I've made my:\n- 1st AI of this kind ever\n- 2nd platformer ever\n- 1st entry with real music\n\nThe music almost alone (only sounds of coins besides) gave me 3 stars in audio.\n\n**Lessons**\n\n- I've got (as in last LD) solid platformer mechanics. But, being the 2nd time EVER I make that (didn't really try before LD 39... maybe tried once, not too hard), it took too much time. *I need warmup.*\n- ~5h making the music and it's kind of complete but incomplete. To much time spent polishing. *I need better tools and a better workflow. And warmup.*\n- Someone had borrowed my P2\/P10 plug. I wasted too much time trying to record my (musical) keyboard playing the MIDI. And ended up recording my note playing it. And wasted time trying to get the recording right. *Warmup warmup warmup*\n\nI have got almost no other games to a playable state besides my 4 LD entries. So, to sum up: **Warmup**. Beginning *right now.*\n\nNext year I hope I'll get there!\n\n*Last pre-post-jam gifs:*\n\n![sobepula.gif](\/\/\/raw\/b21\/z\/ed0d.gif)\n\n![vaivolta.gif](\/\/\/raw\/b21\/z\/ed0e.gif)\n\n*Note: Whoever will read this, I really felt better after thinking and writing it :)*","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2018-01-18T13:02:43Z","created":"2017-12-29T11:24:06Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":72012,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2017-12-31T01:16:26Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-01-18T13:02:43Z","name":"Short lessons","node-timestamp":"2017-12-29T11:42:02Z","parent":51796,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,51796],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/taser-looser\/short-lessons","published":"2017-12-29T11:38:17Z","scope":"public","slug":"short-lessons","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":212255},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"72012","n_urlkey":"323737","n_parent":"51796","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/taser-looser\/short-lessons","n_slug":"short-lessons","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"299","n_created":"1514546646","n_modified":"1516280563","n_version":"212255","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/taser-looser\/short-lessons","text":"Results aren't really pleasing (so they're small), but I think I should be glad I didn't get too good scores with so much incompleteness. You can't even imagine all I had (and have!) in mind looking at my game right now. Some simple things that would improve the result didn't made it to the game.\n\n![resultadosP.png](\/\/\/raw\/b21\/z\/ed0c.png)\n\n**Highlights**\n\nIn this entry, I've made my:\n- 1st AI of this kind ever\n- 2nd platformer ever\n- 1st entry with real music\n\nThe music almost alone (only sounds of coins besides) gave me 3 stars in audio.\n\n**Lessons**\n\n- I've got (as in last LD) solid platformer mechanics. But, being the 2nd time EVER I make that (didn't really try before LD 39... maybe tried once, not too hard), it took too much time. *I need warmup.*\n- ~5h making the music and it's kind of complete but incomplete. To much time spent polishing. *I need better tools and a better workflow. And warmup.*\n- Someone had borrowed my P2\/P10 plug. I wasted too much time trying to record my (musical) keyboard playing the MIDI. And ended up recording my note playing it. And wasted time trying to get the recording right. *Warmup warmup warmup*\n\nI have got almost no other games to a playable state besides my 4 LD entries. So, to sum up: **Warmup**. Beginning *right now.*\n\nNext year I hope I'll get there!\n\n*Last pre-post-jam gifs:*\n\n![sobepula.gif](\/\/\/raw\/b21\/z\/ed0d.gif)\n\n![vaivolta.gif](\/\/\/raw\/b21\/z\/ed0e.gif)\n\n*Note: Whoever will read this, I really felt better after thinking and writing it :)*","title":"Short lessons","wayback_source":[]}