{"author_link":"\/users\/jsloth","author_name":"jsloth","author_uid":"jsloth","comments":[],"epoch":1634243744,"event":"LD49","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":274443,"likes":10,"metadata":{"p_key":"162008","p_author":"jsloth","p_authorkey":"1105888","p_urlkey":"384998","p_title":"Compo easier than Jam?!?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD49","p_time":"1634243744","p_likes":"10","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1105888","us_name":"jsloth","us_username":"jsloth","event_start":"1633046400","event_key":"119","event_name":"Ludum Dare 49"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":258323,"_trust":4,"author":105888,"body":"LD 49 was my first time participating in the Compo. And for some reason it just felt much easier to just make the game.. I have tried to make a game for a jam few times now but for different reasons I have dropped all but one of them..\nThis time I had so much IRL stuff going on that I did not know if I have the time for LD49.. I then decided that what ever.. I'll just do the hardcore mode! I totally can spend 2 days in making a game... (Right??)\n\nIT WAS AWESOME!\n\nFor me the difference was that I was in a hurry straight from the start. I just needed to do the game. Many times I have had troubles on getting started since \"I have extra 24h!!\" but for Compo it was ON.\n\nI just loved it. The game I completed was almost the very first idea I got and then I just started coding. Usually I tend to think too much or get stuck on a stupid feature that in the end makes the game not work at all. This time my goal was to make something playable in the first 12h and I kinda succeeded in it. 2nd day I added some small extra features (like timer and collectibles) and polished some things.\n\nThe only problem I had with the Compo was that I totally suck at making music. I think I wasted 2h on something that ended being such psychedelic crap that I just threw it away in the end.. :'D But hey! This gives me motivation to try to learn making even a simple music and not just ask one of my friends to do the musics for me..\n\nAlso a shameful advertisement for my game! Please check it out!\n![sg_sc.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ad\/91\/z\/48265.png)\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/steady-grounds \n\nI don't think I will participate in the jam ever again when I'm not working in a group. It's only Compo from now on!\n\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2021-10-14T23:39:16Z","created":"2021-10-14T20:13:10Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":274443,"love":10,"love-timestamp":"2021-10-16T11:03:33Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-10-16T11:03:33Z","name":"Compo easier than Jam?!?","node-timestamp":"2021-10-14T20:48:32Z","parent":269565,"parents":[1,5,9,258323,269565],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/steady-grounds\/compo-easier-than-jam","published":"2021-10-14T20:35:44Z","scope":"public","slug":"compo-easier-than-jam","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":848928},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"274443","n_urlkey":"384998","n_parent":"269565","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/steady-grounds\/compo-easier-than-jam","n_slug":"compo-easier-than-jam","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"105888","n_created":"1634242390","n_modified":"1634382213","n_version":"848928","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/steady-grounds\/compo-easier-than-jam","text":"LD 49 was my first time participating in the Compo. And for some reason it just felt much easier to just make the game.. I have tried to make a game for a jam few times now but for different reasons I have dropped all but one of them..\nThis time I had so much IRL stuff going on that I did not know if I have the time for LD49.. I then decided that what ever.. I'll just do the hardcore mode! I totally can spend 2 days in making a game... (Right??)\n\nIT WAS AWESOME!\n\nFor me the difference was that I was in a hurry straight from the start. I just needed to do the game. Many times I have had troubles on getting started since \"I have extra 24h!!\" but for Compo it was ON.\n\nI just loved it. The game I completed was almost the very first idea I got and then I just started coding. Usually I tend to think too much or get stuck on a stupid feature that in the end makes the game not work at all. This time my goal was to make something playable in the first 12h and I kinda succeeded in it. 2nd day I added some small extra features (like timer and collectibles) and polished some things.\n\nThe only problem I had with the Compo was that I totally suck at making music. I think I wasted 2h on something that ended being such psychedelic crap that I just threw it away in the end.. :'D But hey! This gives me motivation to try to learn making even a simple music and not just ask one of my friends to do the musics for me..\n\nAlso a shameful advertisement for my game! Please check it out!\n![sg_sc.png](\/\/\/raw\/0ad\/91\/z\/48265.png)\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/steady-grounds \n\nI don't think I will participate in the jam ever again when I'm not working in a group. It's only Compo from now on!\n\n","title":"Compo easier than Jam?!?","wayback_source":[]}