{"author_name":"jsmars","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1442271060,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"12913","p_author":"jsmars","p_authorkey":"3933","p_urlkey":"48166","p_title":"Specimen 33","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1442271060","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3933","us_name":"jsmars","us_username":"\/author\/jsmars\/","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"<p>Hey there! Here&#8217;s my try-to-be-metroidvania mini story platformer. As always there was a lot more planned for the entry, but I&#8217;m fairly happy with the end result considering how I was doing half way. Would really appreciate some comments on it! Needs to be played to the end to really experience the theme integration. \/end of shameless self promotion.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen0.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-501719\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen0.jpg\" alt=\"screen0\" width=\"540\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen0-300x258.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen0.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-33\/?action=preview&amp;uid=3933\">Link to game page<\/a><\/h3>\n <p>And here is my list of pointers for future jams! (And myself more than anything)<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>It&#8217;s great to focus on learning something new, but that focus can be learning to polish and complete, probably something a lot of us need, and then it&#8217;s good to use tools you know and not set to high goals!<\/li>\n <li>Keep the scope small and focus on polish!<\/li>\n <li>Try to be feature complete day 1 of the competition, so day 2 is about polishing and improving.<\/li>\n <li>Plan as much as possible from the start and make a full todo list from start to finish &#8211; be self critical and aware of your time consumption miscalculations and keep it small.<\/li>\n <li>Remember it&#8217;s about fun, not packing as much as you can into 48h. Make something small and you won&#8217;t have to torture yourself the last 10 hours and can afford some breaks.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-501721\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen3-550x344.jpg\" alt=\"screen3\" width=\"550\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen3-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen3-550x344.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/screen3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>If you&#8217;ve read this far without TL;DR&#8217;ing and realized like me that voting ends soon and therefore are sacrificing your sleep even tho work starts in 6 hours after a 18h work day, post your game as a comment and I&#8217;ll be sure to give you some votes too! <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>Anyway, everyone who submitted anything is awesome, and those who tried but failed are too! Let&#8217;s look forward to LD34! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>","time":"September 14th, 2015 5:51 pm","title":"Specimen 33"}