{"author_link":"\/users\/captainabi","author_name":"CaptainAbi","author_uid":"captainabi","comments":[],"epoch":1587393224,"event":"LD46","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":200984,"likes":6,"metadata":{"p_key":"141900","p_author":"CaptainAbi","p_authorkey":"1187267","p_urlkey":"358286","p_title":"What I've learned from this","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD46","p_time":"1587393224","p_likes":"6","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1187267","us_name":"CaptainAbi","us_username":"captainabi","event_start":"1587081600","event_key":"77","event_name":"Ludum Dare 46"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD46","removed_author":false},"_superparent":176557,"_trust":1,"author":187267,"body":"This was my first Ludum Dare, my first time using GameMaker Studio (after binge-watching tutorials the day before the jam started), and technically my first game, if you don't count Ren'Py experiments. \n\nIt was an insane challenge and I loved it. I'm proud that I managed to complete an actual playable Thing that is technically a game, even if it's very simple and not quite polished.\n\n![Screen Shot 2020-04-20 at 15.23.59.png](\/\/\/raw\/38b\/d2\/z\/2d777.png)\n\nEverything in 'Embers' was made by me during the 48 hours - code, art, music, sound effects (a lot of close up recordings of different objects in my flat)\n\nThe hardest part was getting my head around GML and getting it to do what I wanted, but the more I did the more I saw how liberating it is to make something like this from scratch. \n\nI had a lot of ideas for the game that I didn't have time to implement - mostly I wanted to include a narrative, which would slowly reveal as you built the fire up to different stages. Maybe I will work on a better version after this. \n\nOverall I'm mostly just feeling grateful this event exists - I wouldn't have had the drive to learn these new skills if it wasn't for the prompt and this supportive community.\n\n\n\n\n","comments":0,"created":"2020-04-20T14:08:26Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":200984,"love":6,"love-timestamp":"2020-04-25T12:35:44Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-04-25T12:35:44Z","name":"What I've learned from this","node-timestamp":"2020-04-20T14:33:44Z","parent":199848,"parents":[1,5,9,176557,199848],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/embers\/what-ive-learned-from-this","published":"2020-04-20T14:33:44Z","scope":"public","slug":"what-ive-learned-from-this","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":584801},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"200984","n_urlkey":"358286","n_parent":"199848","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/embers\/what-ive-learned-from-this","n_slug":"what-ive-learned-from-this","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"187267","n_created":"1587391706","n_modified":"1587818144","n_version":"584801","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/embers\/what-ive-learned-from-this","text":"This was my first Ludum Dare, my first time using GameMaker Studio (after binge-watching tutorials the day before the jam started), and technically my first game, if you don't count Ren'Py experiments. \n\nIt was an insane challenge and I loved it. I'm proud that I managed to complete an actual playable Thing that is technically a game, even if it's very simple and not quite polished.\n\n![Screen Shot 2020-04-20 at 15.23.59.png](\/\/\/raw\/38b\/d2\/z\/2d777.png)\n\nEverything in 'Embers' was made by me during the 48 hours - code, art, music, sound effects (a lot of close up recordings of different objects in my flat)\n\nThe hardest part was getting my head around GML and getting it to do what I wanted, but the more I did the more I saw how liberating it is to make something like this from scratch. \n\nI had a lot of ideas for the game that I didn't have time to implement - mostly I wanted to include a narrative, which would slowly reveal as you built the fire up to different stages. Maybe I will work on a better version after this. \n\nOverall I'm mostly just feeling grateful this event exists - I wouldn't have had the drive to learn these new skills if it wasn't for the prompt and this supportive community.\n\n\n\n\n","title":"What I've learned from this","wayback_source":[]}