{"author_name":"Chaoslab","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1431049320,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"17431","p_author":"Chaoslab","p_authorkey":"5609","p_urlkey":"52735","p_title":"Bubbles and Slugs Retrospective!","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1431049320","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5609","us_name":"Chaoslab","us_username":"chaoslab","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p>Hello fellow entrants.\u00a0 Here is a small retrospective of my <a title=\"Bubbles and Slugs\" href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&amp;uid=5609\" target=\"_blank\">Bubbles and Slugs<\/a> submission.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/PNhQVBw\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PNhQVBwl.png?1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p><strong>Good things<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>First completed arcade entry.<\/li>\n <li>Felt like I delivered a complete game and I am still playing it.<\/li>\n <li>Just kept moving (even if you don&#8217;t like the theme or things are going slowly).<\/li>\n <li>Stuck to core simple concepts, just get some bubbles and slugs up and about.<br \/>\n Then gave them something to eat and something to eat them!<\/li>\n <li>The most relax Ludum I have had.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Things to work on<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Check for stability on machines that have never had any develop applications installed.<\/li>\n <li>Making something with more content next time (Only 8 levels).<\/li>\n <li>Would of nice to have the game playable earlier.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Skipped Best Practice<br \/>\n <\/strong>Even though it did not matter in the end I did not follow some of my standard advice,\u00a0 such as&#8230;<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Push momentum early and get it playable asap. (not playable till the last 24 hours)<\/li>\n <li>General design on paper and have an overall plan. (two pages of sparse notes)<\/li>\n <li>Do \/ Code the game only.\u00a0 Just keep pushing hard. (some leisure time in first 2 days).<\/li>\n <li>Work through most of that final night (slept as normal).<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Unexpected things learned<br \/>\n <\/strong>Themes can be a pain and if they are just make fun of it! Joke and laugh at it.\u00a0 Pretty soon you will have something to work with that amuses you.<\/p>\n <p>Regardless of pace things worked out in the end.<\/p>\n <p><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 7th, 2015 8:42 pm","title":"Bubbles and Slugs Retrospective!"}