{"author_name":"ViliX64","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1431319680,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"17370","p_author":"ViliX64","p_authorkey":"501606","p_urlkey":"52674","p_title":"Ageless Machine: Cup of Tea Post Mortem (& shameless self promotion)","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1431319680","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"501606","us_name":"ViliX64","us_username":"ViliX64","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;ve rated lot&#8217;s of games this LD. Maybe too much, but I had so much\u00a0fun playing all those unfinished titles <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-467025\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot0-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"29167-shot0-1429479916.png-eq-900-500\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot0-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot0-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-550x310.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot0-1429479916.png-eq-900-500.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n <p>The game I&#8217;ve made (<a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&amp;uid=29167\" target=\"_blank\">Ageless Machine: Cup of Tea<\/a>) was mostly misunderstood, as I&#8217;ve made\u00a0the gameplay too long (20-30 minutes). If you\u00a0haven&#8217;t played that game, it&#8217;s some sort of a pessimistic puzzle adventure about determinism.\u00a0Many people stopped playing after 3 minutes and then accused me of not following the theme.<\/p>\n <p>I followed the theme. Just finish the game.<\/p>\n <p>The confusion is\u00a0probably the worst thing on this game. Since I&#8217;m not a graphic designer, I made very \u00a0primitive graphics, that made the game even more confusing.<\/p>\n <p><img class=\" wp-image-467026 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot1-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"29167-shot1-1429479916.png-eq-900-500\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot1-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot1-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-550x310.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot1-1429479916.png-eq-900-500.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img class=\" size-medium wp-image-467027 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot3-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"29167-shot3-1429479916.png-eq-900-500\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot3-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot3-1429479916.png-eq-900-500-550x310.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/29167-shot3-1429479916.png-eq-900-500.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n <p>People complained it&#8217;s hard to distinguish what&#8217;s on the screen, etc.. They may be right.\u00a0I do shitty graphics.<\/p>\n <p>Lot&#8217;s of people\u00a0got stuck on\u00a0some particular\u00a0puzzle. That forced me to make this walkthrough, which solves all the &#8216;riddles&#8217;:<\/p>\n <p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVnVytQzJ0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n <p>Eventually, I even wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/vilix64.github.io\/?p=2\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> to explain thoroughly the story. I hope that if someone is interested in the game, I made sufficent materials to make him happy <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>The game overall became way too ambitious (I found that\u00a0after about 20 hrs of working), but there was no going back. Feel free to make your own opinion <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&amp;uid=29167\" target=\"_blank\">on the game<\/a> and let me know <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>","time":"May 10th, 2015 11:48 pm","title":"Ageless Machine: Cup of Tea Post Mortem (& shameless self promotion)"}