{"author_link":"\/users\/rvenson","author_name":"rvenson","author_uid":"rvenson","comments":[],"epoch":1556320492,"event":"LD44","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":148324,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"128667","p_author":"rvenson","p_authorkey":"1065150","p_urlkey":"344818","p_title":"First time with a team","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD44","p_time":"1556320492","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1065150","us_name":"rvenson","us_username":"rvenson","event_start":"1556236800","event_key":"75","event_name":"LD 44"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD44","removed_author":false},"_superparent":139254,"_trust":3,"author":65150,"body":"It's my first time participating in the JAM category. I joined to this LD with my friend @jeison-pandini, which have the main role of Artist\/Modeler. My last entries on LD were alone in 41 and 42 compo.\n\n#### LD 41\n\n![photo_2019-04-26_19-32-35.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/e7e\/f\/z\/2061d.jpg)\n\nOn LD 41, I made a really bad game called [Motor Challenge](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/motor-challenge), a mix of Racing game with a Visual Novel where you had the challenge of winning the race and controlling the car's condition.\n\n> The overall rating in LD 41 was 3.25 with 8 ratings.\n\nThis edition helped me a lot to understand the time pressure of the event, but the final game had a poor result with the mechanics and the balance.\n\n#### LD 42\n\n![photo_2019-04-26_19-32-26.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/e7e\/f\/z\/2061e.jpg)\n\nIn LD 42, I made the [Memory Exception](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/memory-exception), a game based on my lessons about operating systems (I'm a teacher). In the game, you assume the role of a memory scheduler, which has the task of to change the software pieces between the Hard Disk and Memory RAM, running against time (or the patience of the computer user).\n\n> The overall rating in LD 42 was 3.563 with 26 ratings.\n\nI do a better managing of the time to achieve a better final game result than LD 41. But I still struggled with game balancing and player experience. Many players had a lot of trouble to understand the game mechanics.\n\n#### LD 43 (what I expect!)\n\nI and @jeison-pandini made a game called 'Real Fighter Man' this year for the TV Series Jam, on [itchi.io](http:\/\/rvenson.itch.io\/), but we could not finish on the time. The game was finished about three weeks after the deadline, but we did much more polished.\n\nThis time, I hope that we could manage my time even better (I have three work meets during the weekend) and do a good addictive game. My best bets are the following: **Side effects**, **Change the genre of a classic video game** (I really wanna make anything like a Zelda-style card game), **Contagious** and **No upgrades, only downgrades**.\n\n*Yes, I know that I will have trouble with any theme anyway...* \ud83d\ude14\n\n**A REALLY FUN JAM, GUYS! JUST ENJOY THE THEME! \ud83d\ude04**","comments":0,"created":"2019-04-26T21:54:02Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":148324,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2019-04-26T23:17:19Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-04-26T23:17:19Z","name":"First time with a team","node-timestamp":"2019-04-26T23:14:52Z","parent":139924,"parents":[1,5,9,139254,139924],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/your-life-my-payment\/first-time-with-a-team","published":"2019-04-26T23:14:52Z","scope":"public","slug":"first-time-with-a-team","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":432372},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"148324","n_urlkey":"344818","n_parent":"139924","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/your-life-my-payment\/first-time-with-a-team","n_slug":"first-time-with-a-team","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"65150","n_created":"1556315642","n_modified":"1556320639","n_version":"432372","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/your-life-my-payment\/first-time-with-a-team","text":"It's my first time participating in the JAM category. I joined to this LD with my friend @jeison-pandini, which have the main role of Artist\/Modeler. My last entries on LD were alone in 41 and 42 compo.\n\n#### LD 41\n\n![photo_2019-04-26_19-32-35.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/e7e\/f\/z\/2061d.jpg)\n\nOn LD 41, I made a really bad game called [Motor Challenge](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/motor-challenge), a mix of Racing game with a Visual Novel where you had the challenge of winning the race and controlling the car's condition.\n\n> The overall rating in LD 41 was 3.25 with 8 ratings.\n\nThis edition helped me a lot to understand the time pressure of the event, but the final game had a poor result with the mechanics and the balance.\n\n#### LD 42\n\n![photo_2019-04-26_19-32-26.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/e7e\/f\/z\/2061e.jpg)\n\nIn LD 42, I made the [Memory Exception](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/memory-exception), a game based on my lessons about operating systems (I'm a teacher). In the game, you assume the role of a memory scheduler, which has the task of to change the software pieces between the Hard Disk and Memory RAM, running against time (or the patience of the computer user).\n\n> The overall rating in LD 42 was 3.563 with 26 ratings.\n\nI do a better managing of the time to achieve a better final game result than LD 41. But I still struggled with game balancing and player experience. Many players had a lot of trouble to understand the game mechanics.\n\n#### LD 43 (what I expect!)\n\nI and @jeison-pandini made a game called 'Real Fighter Man' this year for the TV Series Jam, on [itchi.io](http:\/\/rvenson.itch.io\/), but we could not finish on the time. The game was finished about three weeks after the deadline, but we did much more polished.\n\nThis time, I hope that we could manage my time even better (I have three work meets during the weekend) and do a good addictive game. My best bets are the following: **Side effects**, **Change the genre of a classic video game** (I really wanna make anything like a Zelda-style card game), **Contagious** and **No upgrades, only downgrades**.\n\n*Yes, I know that I will have trouble with any theme anyway...* \ud83d\ude14\n\n**A REALLY FUN JAM, GUYS! JUST ENJOY THE THEME! \ud83d\ude04**","title":"First time with a team","wayback_source":[]}