{"author_name":"Nate","cat":"LD #32","comments":[{"author_name":"Catwheel","time":"April 28, 2015 10:35 pm","epoch":1430278500,"text":"I would love to have seen your metroidvania game. It’s too bad you decided to drop it. It might have been a nice chance to practice some world design. :3","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1430269320,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"17563","p_author":"Nate","p_authorkey":"504688","p_urlkey":"52867","p_title":"Hacked Post-Mortem (How I screwed up)","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1430269320","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504688","us_name":"Nate","us_username":"Nate","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"

This was my first Ludum Dare entry. Let’s just say I was totally unprepared.<\/p>\n

I was a little disappointed when the theme was announced (I was hoping for companion). ‘Unconventional weapon’ seemed very mechanics based. Normally that would be fine for a programmer like me, but I tend to get over-ambitious.\u00a0I started making a metroidvania game with a one-shot slingshot. All was progressing fine until I had to start creating the world. It was then that I remembered how bad I am at world design. It didn’t help that I was using a new unfamiliar tile-generating software.<\/p>\n

Saturday night I realized I would not be able to finish on time. I was devastated. I had been anticipating Ludum Dare for so long, but now I had blown it. I spent some time sulking and pouting like a two-year-old. Then I thought of an idea: why not make a tiny little game? I mean, it’s better than nothing right? I didn’t have much time, but I was able to whip together Hacked<\/a>\u00a0pretty quick.<\/p>\n

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

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Hacked is just a simple typing game. I had a little time left over so I added a bit of a story, some prettier art, and little firewall turrets. It wasn’t the game I wanted to make, but Hacked isn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.<\/p>\n

So let’s break down Hacked.<\/p>\n

What’s bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Too simple<\/p>\n

-Balancing issues<\/p>\n

-Poor\u00a0pacing<\/p>\n

-No music<\/p>\n

-Lots of little bugs<\/p>\n

What’s good:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Addictive gameplay<\/p>\n

-Neat concept<\/p>\n

-Okay-ish art<\/p>\n

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

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Overall, I think this LD was a success. At least I learned a lot. LD33, here I come!<\/p>\n

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Play Hacked here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&uid=50898<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>","time":"April 28th, 2015 8:02 pm","title":"Hacked Post-Mortem (How I screwed up)"}