{"author_link":"\/users\/szym","author_name":"szym","author_uid":"szym","comments":[],"epoch":1649089821,"event":"LD50","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":288621,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"164385","p_author":"szym","p_authorkey":"1262251","p_urlkey":"389746","p_title":"So... I made a retirement home management game...","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD50","p_time":"1649089821","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1262251","us_name":"szym","us_username":"szym","event_start":"1648857600","event_key":"110","event_name":"Ludum Dare 50"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":276397,"_trust":1,"author":262251,"body":"![Main.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8a7.png)\n\nSo... This is my first time joining a ludum dare Jam. I amways saw it as too big and intimidationg for me...\nBut, when I saw that it was the 20th anniversary, I forced myself to joining. And since I like a bit of challenge (and I'm probably a bit insane) I opted for the compo.\n\nI wasn't really inspired by the theme at first. But after a bit of brainstorming I gathered that the most unavoidable thing in life is... well... death... (duh!)\n\nSo I came up with this idea of trying to keep a dying character alive by tending to it's need. And it somehow turned out into a retirement home management game. I know it sound dull... & to be honest... it kinda is ^^\n\n![06.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8a9.png)\n\nThe game is not half as fun as it should be, it's not properly balanced & it's missing a lot of the features I had in mind (Overscoping is a real plague).\nBUT it's playable and it basically do what I was aiming for.\n\n![07.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8ad.png)\n\nI'm honestly proud that I managed to pull off that much in just 48h with initially almost 0 knowledge on how to properly design music or make proper sounds (not saying it sound awesome... but it's not awfull... so that's a win).\n\nAnyway... If that got you curious. Feel free to give it a go & don't hesitate to leave feedbacks.\n\n![04.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8ab.png)\n\nI'll probably post a post-jam update (yes... I'm frustrated about all the missing features in that game... again, overscoping is a plague :p)\n\nIf you made it so far in this post... well.. don't you have anything better to do ? Go play some games ! And don't forget to leave feedbacks !\n\nCheers ! :)\n","comments":0,"created":"2022-04-04T16:01:09Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":288621,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2022-04-04T17:29:10Z","meta":[],"modified":"2022-04-04T17:29:10Z","name":"So... 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I amways saw it as too big and intimidationg for me...\nBut, when I saw that it was the 20th anniversary, I forced myself to joining. And since I like a bit of challenge (and I'm probably a bit insane) I opted for the compo.\n\nI wasn't really inspired by the theme at first. But after a bit of brainstorming I gathered that the most unavoidable thing in life is... well... death... (duh!)\n\nSo I came up with this idea of trying to keep a dying character alive by tending to it's need. And it somehow turned out into a retirement home management game. I know it sound dull... & to be honest... it kinda is ^^\n\n![06.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8a9.png)\n\nThe game is not half as fun as it should be, it's not properly balanced & it's missing a lot of the features I had in mind (Overscoping is a real plague).\nBUT it's playable and it basically do what I was aiming for.\n\n![07.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8ad.png)\n\nI'm honestly proud that I managed to pull off that much in just 48h with initially almost 0 knowledge on how to properly design music or make proper sounds (not saying it sound awesome... but it's not awfull... so that's a win).\n\nAnyway... If that got you curious. Feel free to give it a go & don't hesitate to leave feedbacks.\n\n![04.png](\/\/\/raw\/b60\/04\/z\/4a8ab.png)\n\nI'll probably post a post-jam update (yes... I'm frustrated about all the missing features in that game... again, overscoping is a plague :p)\n\nIf you made it so far in this post... well.. don't you have anything better to do ? Go play some games ! And don't forget to leave feedbacks !\n\nCheers ! :)\n","title":"So... I made a retirement home management game...","wayback_source":[]}