{"author_link":"\/users\/xjcl","author_name":"xjcl","author_uid":"xjcl","comments":[],"epoch":1546305021,"event":"LD43","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":138273,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"127591","p_author":"xjcl","p_authorkey":"1126013","p_urlkey":"343713","p_title":"I liked our game, others less so","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD43","p_time":"1546305021","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1126013","us_name":"xjcl","us_username":"xjcl","event_start":"1543536000","event_key":"71","event_name":"LD 43"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD43","removed_author":false},"_superparent":120415,"_trust":1,"author":126013,"body":"**Looks like our game [Downgradius](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/downgradius) narrowly scored in the bottom 25%** (out of 1044 total Jam participants). I was hoping for a rating around the upper-middle, but I have to admit I saw you all submitting **A LOT** of very good games :open_mouth: and coming up with creative game ideas, considering that game-making is hard\u2122. **So y'all definitely deserve a pat on the back** :thumbsup::blue_heart: \n\n![Screenshot from 2019-01-01 01-36-26_ed.png](\/\/\/raw\/d3c\/e1\/z\/1fe5f.png)\n\n**By category:**\n\nI guess low scores for **Innovation** were expected, but I'm actually sad our **Graphics** rating was so low. I thought the parallax star background was a really good idea. I'm actually proud of the assets Mason created and my own \"programmer art\" would've looked **MUCH** worse :sweat_smile: \n\n**Humor**: I guess nobody knows what an \"Option\" is in the game _Gradius_? And the pun title was literally 90% of the reason we even made this game :laughing:\n\nThe **Fun** and **Audio** ratings were the highest which I agree were the strong points of our game.\n\n**Common criticism:**\n\n- **Too hard**, dying on 1st level, hitbox too big\n- **Lack of innovation** or \"wow factor\"\n- **Lack of polish**: Bland graphics, repetitive music, repeated level\n\n\n","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2019-04-20T10:13:38Z","created":"2019-01-01T00:36:12Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":138273,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2019-01-01T04:02:52Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-04-20T10:13:38Z","name":"I liked our game, others less so","node-timestamp":"2019-01-01T01:10:21Z","parent":126015,"parents":[1,5,9,120415,126015],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/downgradius\/i-liked-our-game-others-less-so","published":"2019-01-01T01:10:21Z","scope":"public","slug":"i-liked-our-game-others-less-so","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":416537},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"138273","n_urlkey":"343713","n_parent":"126015","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/downgradius\/i-liked-our-game-others-less-so","n_slug":"i-liked-our-game-others-less-so","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"126013","n_created":"1546302972","n_modified":"1555755218","n_version":"416537","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/downgradius\/i-liked-our-game-others-less-so","text":"**Looks like our game [Downgradius](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/downgradius) narrowly scored in the bottom 25%** (out of 1044 total Jam participants). I was hoping for a rating around the upper-middle, but I have to admit I saw you all submitting **A LOT** of very good games :open_mouth: and coming up with creative game ideas, considering that game-making is hard\u2122. **So y'all definitely deserve a pat on the back** :thumbsup::blue_heart: \n\n![Screenshot from 2019-01-01 01-36-26_ed.png](\/\/\/raw\/d3c\/e1\/z\/1fe5f.png)\n\n**By category:**\n\nI guess low scores for **Innovation** were expected, but I'm actually sad our **Graphics** rating was so low. I thought the parallax star background was a really good idea. I'm actually proud of the assets Mason created and my own \"programmer art\" would've looked **MUCH** worse :sweat_smile: \n\n**Humor**: I guess nobody knows what an \"Option\" is in the game _Gradius_? And the pun title was literally 90% of the reason we even made this game :laughing:\n\nThe **Fun** and **Audio** ratings were the highest which I agree were the strong points of our game.\n\n**Common criticism:**\n\n- **Too hard**, dying on 1st level, hitbox too big\n- **Lack of innovation** or \"wow factor\"\n- **Lack of polish**: Bland graphics, repetitive music, repeated level\n\n\n","title":"I liked our game, others less so","wayback_source":[]}