{"author_name": "sleepYxy", "cat": "LD #33", "comments": [], "epoch": 1440452520, "likes": 1, "metadata": {"p_key": "13790", "p_author": "sleepYxy", "p_authorkey": "54960", "p_urlkey": "49051", "p_title": "At least I learned a lot and get to play your awesome games!", "p_cat": "LD #33", "p_event": "LD33", "p_time": "1440452520", "p_likes": "1", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "54960", "us_name": "sleepYxy", "us_username": "sleepyxy", "event_start": "1440115200", "event_key": "29", "event_name": "LD33"}, "text": "<p>Although I made a game, which I decided not to submit, because I think it is too much of a protoype, I learned a lot in my first game jam ever!</p>\n <p>It was tough at first to form an idea off of a theme, which baffled me. Maybe I just got stuck in the wrong direction of thinking. I was thinking: &#8220;Why the hell would someone want to play a monster?&#8221; and &#8220;How could someone empathize with a monster?&#8221;.</p>\n <p>But in the end I managed to come up with an idea for a top-down survival game where you play a cave monster and have to defeat waves of humans who want to get you out of your cave.</p>\n <p>Due to time constraints (had to work on two days of the jam) I still think I did well and am proud of this rough looking monster, but I don&#8217;t think it is presentable enough for public.<br />\n The rough protoype was done pretty fast but the art part was problematic for me, because I never did pixel art in my life. But now I got a decent understanding of how it works and even have a presentable sprite of a knight and archer. And then: Tiles&#8230; how does one make tiles?<br />\n This whole jam was a jump into cold water, which is really something new for me 😀</p>\n <p>I think I learned how to prepare better for next jams and how long it takes to make decent game art, or a game in itself. I won&#8217;t let this semi failure of not taking the step across the finish line stop me from diving into game development. 😉</p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s a gif for those interested:</p>\n <p><a href=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CaveMonster.gif\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-491777 alignnone\" src=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CaveMonster-150x150.gif\" alt=\"CaveMonster\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CaveMonster-150x150.gif 150w, http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CaveMonster-300x300.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" /></a></p>\n <p>Well, my only intention of this post was to say that I am having a blast playing all your games and giving feedback! This is so much fun, I don&#8217;t want to go to sleep tonight 😀</p>\n <p>*hugs for everyone*</p>", "time": "August 24th, 2015 4:42 pm", "title": "At least I learned a lot and get to play your awesome games!"}