{"author_name": "lykanthrope", "cat": "LD #33", "comments": [], "epoch": 1440490140, "likes": 1, "metadata": {"p_key": "13536", "p_author": "lykanthrope", "p_authorkey": "41660", "p_urlkey": "48794", "p_title": "Well, it’s out and on its way!", "p_cat": "LD #33", "p_event": "LD33", "p_time": "1440490140", "p_likes": "1", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "41660", "us_name": "lykanthrope", "us_username": "lykanthrope", "event_start": "1440115200", "event_key": "29", "event_name": "LD33"}, "text": "

Well, it’s going to be as complete as it will be for LDJ.

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This was my first foray into Ludum Dare. AND it was still a practice of balancing things that I had to do in life and doing GameDev stuff. Probably spent a good 12+ waking hours trying to get my motorcycle endorsement.

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But it was still quite an interesting ride.

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I’ll definitely pursue it more. It only took me a couple of hours to do a paper prototype based of some GDC Video’s that I’ve watched. Add to it a three-act structure. And it looks a bit like this.

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I only really got to finish the Rescue Act, and I’ll have to do the other acts at a later point in time. But it was also an interesting learning experience to use TyranoBuilder.  I ended up doing a lot more coding than my background normally would have allowed.

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Part of me wishes that I could have done it with Unity/Adventure Creator… but for me to also produce the 3D Artwork was perhaps a bit too time intensive to also merge the other things like story, character to.

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It’s all great practice for my larger projects too.

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Overall, it was a great experience. I can’t wait to try it again next time!

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Tags: Visual Novel

", "time": "August 25th, 2015 3:09 am", "title": "Well, it’s out and on its way!"}