{"author_link":"\/users\/bitheral","author_name":"Bitheral","author_uid":"bitheral","comments":[],"epoch":1534188212,"event":"LD42","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":113917,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"119468","p_author":"Bitheral","p_authorkey":"1019656","p_urlkey":"335496","p_title":"Submission status: Complete","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD42","p_time":"1534188212","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1019656","us_name":"Bitheral","us_username":"bitheral","event_start":"1533859200","event_key":"73","event_name":"LD 42"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD42","removed_author":false},"_superparent":97793,"_trust":1,"author":19656,"body":"I have submitted my game for all of you to check out, it's called [**Solar Engulfment**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment)\n\nI'm somewhat happy with the finished product, I mean due to 2 previous ideas not working out, and only having 1 day left on the Jam countdown, I needed to think of something quickly, and this came to mind.\n\nThe premise of [**Solar Engulfment**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment) is to escape a forever expanding sun whilst also saving as many colonies as possible.\n\nNow, I know there are bad things about the game.\n - **First one is.. No sound**, due to me having roughly 4 hours left to submit the game, I didn't think I'd have enough time to produce sounds, especially sounds that sound high-quality, that would relate to the action, such as when you move your ship forward, it would make a low rumbling noise. This also goes for music.\n\n- **The other bad thing about the game is that all text, is not in a UI component**. Yes, you read that right. Since I'm using Unity with TextMeshPro enabled, I am able to use a 3D Text, and due to some problems during the finishing of the game, the text was not rendering correctly in the Canvas.\n\nSo in the rules of Ludum Dare, there is a \"Prizes\" section mentioning \"``That said, you have a game now. What are you going to do with it?``\".\n\n**What should I do with [Solar Engulfment](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment)?**\n\nI don't really have the time to work on it right now, I only did Ludum Dare this week because I really wanted to participate with this competition, not to necessarily to compete, but just to have fun creating a game. I would really love to hear some feedback on [**Solar Engulfment**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment) to see what I could possibly add or improve when I have time to work on it.\n\n**If I ever manage to do another LD, I'll at least try to do it with a team, or try to manage my time better as if I had the full 3 days to work on [Solar Engulfment](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment), I'm sure it would be much better that it's current state**","comments":0,"created":"2018-08-13T18:57:43Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":113917,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2018-08-13T19:54:44Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-08-13T19:54:44Z","name":"Submission status: Complete","node-timestamp":"2018-08-13T19:23:32Z","parent":104364,"parents":[1,5,9,97793,104364],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment\/submission-status-complete","published":"2018-08-13T19:23:32Z","scope":"public","slug":"submission-status-complete","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":329197},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"113917","n_urlkey":"335496","n_parent":"104364","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment\/submission-status-complete","n_slug":"submission-status-complete","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"19656","n_created":"1534186663","n_modified":"1534190084","n_version":"329197","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment\/submission-status-complete","text":"I have submitted my game for all of you to check out, it's called [**Solar Engulfment**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment)\n\nI'm somewhat happy with the finished product, I mean due to 2 previous ideas not working out, and only having 1 day left on the Jam countdown, I needed to think of something quickly, and this came to mind.\n\nThe premise of [**Solar Engulfment**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment) is to escape a forever expanding sun whilst also saving as many colonies as possible.\n\nNow, I know there are bad things about the game.\n - **First one is.. No sound**, due to me having roughly 4 hours left to submit the game, I didn't think I'd have enough time to produce sounds, especially sounds that sound high-quality, that would relate to the action, such as when you move your ship forward, it would make a low rumbling noise. This also goes for music.\n\n- **The other bad thing about the game is that all text, is not in a UI component**. Yes, you read that right. Since I'm using Unity with TextMeshPro enabled, I am able to use a 3D Text, and due to some problems during the finishing of the game, the text was not rendering correctly in the Canvas.\n\nSo in the rules of Ludum Dare, there is a \"Prizes\" section mentioning \"``That said, you have a game now. What are you going to do with it?``\".\n\n**What should I do with [Solar Engulfment](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment)?**\n\nI don't really have the time to work on it right now, I only did Ludum Dare this week because I really wanted to participate with this competition, not to necessarily to compete, but just to have fun creating a game. I would really love to hear some feedback on [**Solar Engulfment**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment) to see what I could possibly add or improve when I have time to work on it.\n\n**If I ever manage to do another LD, I'll at least try to do it with a team, or try to manage my time better as if I had the full 3 days to work on [Solar Engulfment](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/solar-engulfment), I'm sure it would be much better that it's current state**","title":"Submission status: Complete","wayback_source":[]}