{"author_name":"FacticiusVir","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1439558340,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"16946","p_author":"FacticiusVir","p_authorkey":"8404","p_urlkey":"52244","p_title":"Experimental Work Cycle","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1439558340","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8404","us_name":"FacticiusVir","us_username":"facticiusvir","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"<p>During previous LD events, I&#8217;ve tried to plan my weekend around getting just enough sleep that I can finish the event, but spend as much time as I can working. I usually aim to get ~8 hours sleep, with the other 40 hours working, and split the compo into two &#8220;days&#8221; &#8211; Saturday runs from the event start (~2am over here) until some time Saturday evening, then Sunday is from whenever I wake up till ~5am Monday, when all the submission and early voting is done.<\/p>\n <p>But instead of working two-ish days which are 20-30 hours long and difficult to plan around, why not split those 40 total working hours into a regular working week? By standard planning assumptions, you&#8217;ll have five days of eight hours with 75-80% velocity &#8211; so about 6 hours of useful work and 2 hours staring out a window or gurning at Facebook. I&#8217;ve sketched up a working schedule that I&#8217;ll try out this event:<\/p>\n <table>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>2am<\/td>\n <td>Event Start &#8211; Day One<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>3am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>4am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>5am<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>6am<\/td>\n <td>Day One Afternoon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>7am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>8am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>9am<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>10am<\/td>\n <td>Day Two<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>11am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>12pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>1pm<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>2pm<\/td>\n <td>Day Two Afternoon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>3pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>4pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>5pm<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>6pm<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>7pm<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>8pm<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>9pm<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>10am<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>11pm<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sat<\/td>\n <td>12am<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>1am<\/td>\n <td>Sleep<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>2am<\/td>\n <td>Day Three<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>3am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>4am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>5am<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>6am<\/td>\n <td>Day Three Afternoon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>7am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>8am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>9am<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>10am<\/td>\n <td>Day Four<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>11am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>12pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>1pm<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>2pm<\/td>\n <td>Day Four Afternoon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>3pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>4pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>5pm<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>6pm<\/td>\n <td>Day Five<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>7pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>8pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>9pm<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>10am<\/td>\n <td>Day Five Afternoon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>11pm<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Sun<\/td>\n <td>12am<\/td>\n <td><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Mon<\/td>\n <td>1am<\/td>\n <td>Break<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Mon<\/td>\n <td>2am<\/td>\n <td>Submission Hour<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <p>At a guess, Day One is planning &amp; prototyping, Day Two is core mechanics, Days Three-Four are content (graphics &amp; audio) and additional features and Day Five is playtesting, polish &amp; bug-fixing. Each break is a chance to stretch my legs, clear my head and check my progress, so hopefully I&#8217;ll have more time to spend on areas I usually skip (like audio) and not burn all my hours on one thing.<\/p>\n <p>Has anyone else tried a work schedule like this?<\/p>","time":"August 14th, 2015 8:19 am","title":"Experimental Work Cycle"}