{"author_link":"\/users\/ardorugus","author_name":"ardorugus","author_uid":"ardorugus","comments":[],"epoch":1649431617,"event":"LD50","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":291741,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"165620","p_author":"ardorugus","p_authorkey":"1058432","p_urlkey":"391329","p_title":"Why CUSSMUSS made JAM instead of EXTRA","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD50","p_time":"1649431617","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1058432","us_name":"ardorugus","us_username":"ardorugus","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":4,"author":58432,"body":"[**Ardskape**](https:\/\/ardskape.itch.io\/) here. Art-hous-ish weirdos who decided to inject some cone-headed fun. \n\nWith a moral on friendship, of course.\n\nWe had few concepts in mind, choosing between rhythm game, terrain flipper and puzzle clicker. \n\nThe main problem was, we mastered some visual coding, yet this time we decided to actually code. Which means, we wanted to try very different playground, far from our expertise, knowingly spending less time on what we do best: narrative and music\/sound design (with a beat of mystery).\n\n![TrumpwithMushrooms_s.png](\/\/\/raw\/044\/e\/z\/4d89b.png)\n\n____\n\n\"Hey, what are we gonna make this time?\"\n\n\"Let's do somethin' fun and stupid!\"\n\n\"Wait, not deep or what the F* is going on?\"\n\n\"Aye! The very F*ing wicked weirdness that bangs our minds!\"\n\n\"Like Moose from rehab itching for the ice cone that has Goose sitting in a tire?\"\n\n\"Goose with a snake tongue!\"\n\n\"Maybe the ice cone is somehow dear to Moose...\"\n\n\"Deer!\"\n\n\"No doe! Moose and Goose, it's final. We're not building the stairway of ideas to delayness.\" \n\n\"Oh, well. I'm drawing now.\"\n\n\"Aye. Me... coding.\"\n\n____\n\n![GooseMooseChase1.png](\/\/\/raw\/044\/e\/z\/4d89e.png)\n\nSometimes you really need to get into these C# scripts to actually understand how things work. And how different is the flow of time from the programmer's point of view. \n\nWe've been **delayed**. So, we had to finish our JAM in 2 days.\n\nBoth being perfectionists, we struggled if to publish, yet we made it playable in time. We believe, every effort should be presented. There are times you just shouldn't **delay the inevitable**.\n\nWe're listening to you to harness our skills and develop further, based on the concept you see, or intriguing else.\n\nThe fun part is level design, for it's based on the photos we took one early morning of the snowy spring in the countryside, hunting for the fittiest slopes. More on this next log.\n\nTry our little funny chase of Moose and Goose in [**Cussmuss: the ice cone fuss**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/cussmuss-the-ice-cone-fuss)!\n\nJust **two minutes of gameplay** and **light rhyming** there for the **better mood**.\n\nSlainte!\n\nP.S.\n\nFun fact. We **always** play games + **review** in return.","comments":0,"created":"2022-04-08T14:55:55Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":291741,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2022-04-08T16:16:29Z","meta":[],"modified":"2022-04-08T16:16:29Z","name":"Why CUSSMUSS made JAM instead of EXTRA","node-timestamp":"2022-04-08T15:54:17Z","parent":276578,"parents":[1,5,9,276397,276578],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/cussmuss-the-ice-cone-fuss\/why-cussmuss-made-jam-instead-of-extra","published":"2022-04-08T15:26:57Z","scope":"public","slug":"why-cussmuss-made-jam-instead-of-extra","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":905178},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"291741","n_urlkey":"391329","n_parent":"276578","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/cussmuss-the-ice-cone-fuss\/why-cussmuss-made-jam-instead-of-extra","n_slug":"why-cussmuss-made-jam-instead-of","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"58432","n_created":"1649429755","n_modified":"1649434589","n_version":"905178","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/cussmuss-the-ice-cone-fuss\/why-cussmuss-made-jam-instead-of-extra","text":"[**Ardskape**](https:\/\/ardskape.itch.io\/) here. Art-hous-ish weirdos who decided to inject some cone-headed fun. \n\nWith a moral on friendship, of course.\n\nWe had few concepts in mind, choosing between rhythm game, terrain flipper and puzzle clicker. \n\nThe main problem was, we mastered some visual coding, yet this time we decided to actually code. Which means, we wanted to try very different playground, far from our expertise, knowingly spending less time on what we do best: narrative and music\/sound design (with a beat of mystery).\n\n![TrumpwithMushrooms_s.png](\/\/\/raw\/044\/e\/z\/4d89b.png)\n\n____\n\n\"Hey, what are we gonna make this time?\"\n\n\"Let's do somethin' fun and stupid!\"\n\n\"Wait, not deep or what the F* is going on?\"\n\n\"Aye! The very F*ing wicked weirdness that bangs our minds!\"\n\n\"Like Moose from rehab itching for the ice cone that has Goose sitting in a tire?\"\n\n\"Goose with a snake tongue!\"\n\n\"Maybe the ice cone is somehow dear to Moose...\"\n\n\"Deer!\"\n\n\"No doe! Moose and Goose, it's final. We're not building the stairway of ideas to delayness.\" \n\n\"Oh, well. I'm drawing now.\"\n\n\"Aye. Me... coding.\"\n\n____\n\n![GooseMooseChase1.png](\/\/\/raw\/044\/e\/z\/4d89e.png)\n\nSometimes you really need to get into these C# scripts to actually understand how things work. And how different is the flow of time from the programmer's point of view. \n\nWe've been **delayed**. So, we had to finish our JAM in 2 days.\n\nBoth being perfectionists, we struggled if to publish, yet we made it playable in time. We believe, every effort should be presented. There are times you just shouldn't **delay the inevitable**.\n\nWe're listening to you to harness our skills and develop further, based on the concept you see, or intriguing else.\n\nThe fun part is level design, for it's based on the photos we took one early morning of the snowy spring in the countryside, hunting for the fittiest slopes. More on this next log.\n\nTry our little funny chase of Moose and Goose in [**Cussmuss: the ice cone fuss**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/cussmuss-the-ice-cone-fuss)!\n\nJust **two minutes of gameplay** and **light rhyming** there for the **better mood**.\n\nSlainte!\n\nP.S.\n\nFun fact. We **always** play games + **review** in return.","title":"Why CUSSMUSS made JAM instead of EXTRA","wayback_source":[]}