{"author_name":"crazya","cat":"LD #32","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"May 1, 2015 9:13 pm","epoch":1430532780,"text":"I’m glad you wrote this up! This was definitely up there as one of my favorite entries!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"crazya02","time":"May 1, 2015 9:17 pm","epoch":1430533020,"text":"Boop! Added a quick bit on the development process.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1430532540,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"17532","p_author":"crazya","p_authorkey":"504457","p_urlkey":"52836","p_title":"Quality Television: The Postmortem!","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1430532540","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504457","us_name":"crazya","us_username":"crazya","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"

\"MAINSCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So I’d say enough time has elapsed since I released\u00a0Quality Television<\/a>\u00a0for me to look back on it. The concept is simple yet silly: your only weapon is a television, and placing it anywhere will hypnotize any guards caught in its entrancing rays. Developing this thing was a lot of fun, as you might imagine! First up, the development process:<\/p>\n

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  1. First afternoon- Brainstorming! It actually only took about 5 minutes of brainstorming for this idea to pop into my head. My first idea was a JRPG where you use words as a weapon, but I’m terrible at JRPG design. My next idea was BANANARANG!, which is exactly what it sounds like, but that seemed too indistinguishable (mechanically speaking) from a normal boomerang. Then I hit upon the TV idea, loved it, and started prototyping. It was all engine work today, but not much else.<\/li>\n
  2. Second day- I made a phenomenal amount of progress on the second day; most of the content you see in game is from this stage of development. Level design was top priority, and I finished all but level 8 (which was a story level more than anything else).<\/li>\n
  3. Final hours- From here was the aforementioned level 8, the beginning and ending sequences, and sound and music. I wasn’t as productive here as I was the previous day, but I’d say I’m pretty happy with how complete the game feels.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    I guess I’ll go straight to what went well and what didn’t:<\/p>\n

    PROS:<\/strong><\/p>\n