{"author_name":"Hefaistus","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1440453060,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"13788","p_author":"Hefaistus","p_authorkey":"56790","p_urlkey":"49049","p_title":"Mega Mall Lawyer \u2013 Day 3","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440453060","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"56790","us_name":"Hefaistus","us_username":"hefaistus","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"<p>And with the end of day 3, also comes the end of the jam.<\/p>\n <p>Day 3 wasn&#8217;t my most productive day and was, unfortunately, the day I had to scrap a functionality: the sound system. I had it completely working and had\u00a0a selection of music I was considering using (among them were\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/incompetech.com\/music\/royalty-free\/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200071\" target=\"_blank\">Bass Walker<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/incompetech.com\/music\/royalty-free\/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012\" target=\"_blank\">Local Forecast &#8211; Elevator<\/a>, both by Kevin MacLeod), but Java doesn&#8217;t play too well with most sound files. So I converted them. And it turned my 100kB game into a 120MB one. Yeah, that&#8217;s not exactly ideal. I did manage to knock the size down to about 10MB in total, but the quality of the sounds suffered greatly from it, so I was forced to scrap it.<\/p>\n <p>What else did I do? Well, mostly improvements to the existing feature set. I added decorations to empty plots, improved the art somewhat, rebalanced personalities, sped up the game, changed the message system, added an about screen, added logo&#8217;s, added the ability to quit a game in progress, etcetera. They aren&#8217;t really big changes in of themselves, but they do all add up, and all-in-all, it does improve the quality of the game somewhat.<\/p>\n <p>I do not have a lot more to say about today&#8217;s progress, honestly. It was mostly just wrapping up, improving and fixing what was already there and then submitting it for the jam. I will look into writing up a post-mortem this week, but I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll get around to it. In case I don&#8217;t: I really had an enjoyable time, it was great to challenge myself like this, and perhaps I will join in again in the future.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mega_Mall_Lawyer_Day3_2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-491842\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mega_Mall_Lawyer_Day3_2-300x227.png\" alt=\"Mega_Mall_Lawyer_Day3_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mega_Mall_Lawyer_Day3_2-300x227.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mega_Mall_Lawyer_Day3_2-550x416.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mega_Mall_Lawyer_Day3_2.png 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Be well.<\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2015 4:51 pm","title":"Mega Mall Lawyer \u2013 Day 3"}