{"author_link":"\/users\/cornerlord","author_name":"CornerLord","author_uid":"cornerlord","comments":[],"epoch":1524573043,"event":"LD41","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":88239,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"110958","p_author":"CornerLord","p_authorkey":"1082829","p_urlkey":"326892","p_title":"Slot Machine Of Death - My first LD & Game Published EVER!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD41","p_time":"1524573043","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1082829","us_name":"CornerLord","us_username":"cornerlord","event_start":"1524182400","event_key":"72","event_name":"LD 41"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD41","removed_author":false},"_superparent":73256,"_trust":1,"author":82829,"body":"I was going to participate for the first time in LD40, but unfortunately I didn't have any time. This time I scheduled my tasks so I could use at least about 20h for this jam. I wish I had more time, but life is life \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af\n\nI have done some projects before, but my vision has always been way too blurry from the beginning so that I could finish them. One great thing Ludum Dare gives you is the theme. That makes planning the game so much easier when you know what you want to do. I had one moment when I just wanted to give up, but I was able to overcome it.\n\nDuring this jam I used Godot and GDScript to make my game. I discovered many new features in the engine and ways to code. Before this project I knew what arrays were, but I really didn't know what to use them for, but now I know! Looking back I wish that I would have done some things differently, especially the powerup system. I added it during the last hours of making the game and well... that's what happens.\n\nI don't know why I wrote this, but anyway, see you guys in LD41!\n\nFeel free to check out my game:\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/slot-machine-of-death-casino-adventure","comments":0,"created":"2018-04-22T07:35:05Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":88239,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2018-04-24T12:42:32Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-04-24T12:42:32Z","name":"Slot Machine Of Death - My first LD & Game Published EVER!","node-timestamp":"2018-04-24T12:34:09Z","parent":83508,"parents":[1,5,9,73256,83508],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/slot-machine-of-death-casino-adventure\/slot-machine-of-death-my-first-ld-game-published-ever","published":"2018-04-24T12:30:43Z","scope":"public","slug":"slot-machine-of-death-my-first-ld-game-published-ever","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":271044},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"88239","n_urlkey":"326892","n_parent":"83508","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/slot-machine-of-death-casino-adventure\/slot-machine-of-death-my-first-ld-game-published-ever","n_slug":"slot-machine-of-death-my-first-l","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"82829","n_created":"1524382505","n_modified":"1524573752","n_version":"271044","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/slot-machine-of-death-casino-adventure\/slot-machine-of-death-my-first-ld-game-published-ever","text":"I was going to participate for the first time in LD40, but unfortunately I didn't have any time. This time I scheduled my tasks so I could use at least about 20h for this jam. I wish I had more time, but life is life \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af\n\nI have done some projects before, but my vision has always been way too blurry from the beginning so that I could finish them. One great thing Ludum Dare gives you is the theme. That makes planning the game so much easier when you know what you want to do. I had one moment when I just wanted to give up, but I was able to overcome it.\n\nDuring this jam I used Godot and GDScript to make my game. I discovered many new features in the engine and ways to code. Before this project I knew what arrays were, but I really didn't know what to use them for, but now I know! Looking back I wish that I would have done some things differently, especially the powerup system. I added it during the last hours of making the game and well... that's what happens.\n\nI don't know why I wrote this, but anyway, see you guys in LD41!\n\nFeel free to check out my game:\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/slot-machine-of-death-casino-adventure","title":"Slot Machine Of Death - My first LD & Game Published EVER!","wayback_source":[]}