{"author_link":"\/users\/lintfordpickle","author_name":"Lintfordpickle","author_uid":"lintfordpickle","comments":[],"epoch":1618859805,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":239963,"likes":19,"metadata":{"p_key":"152659","p_author":"Lintfordpickle","p_authorkey":"1000148","p_urlkey":"370289","p_title":"I'm in, again","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1618859805","p_likes":"19","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000148","us_name":"Lintfordpickle","us_username":"lintfordpickle","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":233335,"_trust":7,"author":148,"body":"Yay, so I've cleared it with the family, and I'll be able to join again for my 11th (I think) Ludum Dare.\n\nOne of the things that I've learned from past competitions is that, I for one, always bite off more than I can chew, and really do end up trying to add way too many features for what is reasonable in 48 hours. A few times this has led to me submitting unfinished games, or just flat out missing the deadline.\n\nThis time, I have a plan. Starting from today, I am going to spend 1 hour each day thinking of a simple game premise from a different genre. Something that I think would be possible within a 48-hour period. I figure, if I can list all the features on a single piece of A4, as well as the premise of the game, hopefully the scope will be manageable.\n\nOf course, this is totally independent of any themes that maybe annouced, but I'm sure I can shoehorn in some story later. Just glancing through themes in round 1&2, this potentially already fits a few of them.\n\nToday, I was thinking that I would like to and complete a small strategy game. I think a cross between North & South and Galcon (I'll post small pictures of each below):\n\n![Scan2021-04-19_204800.png](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3afc8.png)\n\nNorth and South:\n![northandsouth2.png](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3afc9.png)\n\nGalcon:\n![Galcon.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3afca.jpg)\n\nIs it a waste of time? Do you enjoy the thrill of coming up with a game idea as the theme is announced?\nLet me know what you think\n\n\n\n\n","comments":7,"comments-timestamp":"2021-04-21T07:32:23Z","created":"2021-04-19T19:03:14Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":239963,"love":19,"love-timestamp":"2021-04-21T07:20:27Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-04-21T07:32:23Z","name":"I'm in, again","node-timestamp":"2021-04-19T19:17:31Z","parent":233916,"parents":[1,5,9,233335,233916],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dwarf-dig-deep\/im-in-again","published":"2021-04-19T19:16:45Z","scope":"public","slug":"im-in-again","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":721723},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"239963","n_urlkey":"370289","n_parent":"233916","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dwarf-dig-deep\/im-in-again","n_slug":"im-in-again","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"148","n_created":"1618858994","n_modified":"1618990343","n_version":"721723","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dwarf-dig-deep\/im-in-again","text":"Yay, so I've cleared it with the family, and I'll be able to join again for my 11th (I think) Ludum Dare.\n\nOne of the things that I've learned from past competitions is that, I for one, always bite off more than I can chew, and really do end up trying to add way too many features for what is reasonable in 48 hours. A few times this has led to me submitting unfinished games, or just flat out missing the deadline.\n\nThis time, I have a plan. Starting from today, I am going to spend 1 hour each day thinking of a simple game premise from a different genre. Something that I think would be possible within a 48-hour period. I figure, if I can list all the features on a single piece of A4, as well as the premise of the game, hopefully the scope will be manageable.\n\nOf course, this is totally independent of any themes that maybe annouced, but I'm sure I can shoehorn in some story later. Just glancing through themes in round 1&2, this potentially already fits a few of them.\n\nToday, I was thinking that I would like to and complete a small strategy game. I think a cross between North & South and Galcon (I'll post small pictures of each below):\n\n![Scan2021-04-19_204800.png](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3afc8.png)\n\nNorth and South:\n![northandsouth2.png](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3afc9.png)\n\nGalcon:\n![Galcon.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3afca.jpg)\n\nIs it a waste of time? Do you enjoy the thrill of coming up with a game idea as the theme is announced?\nLet me know what you think\n\n\n\n\n","title":"I'm in, again","wayback_source":[]}