{"author_name":"ladybenko","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1429558320,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"18195","p_author":"ladybenko","p_authorkey":"547","p_urlkey":"53509","p_title":"Metal vs Hipsters: Lessons learned","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1429558320","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"547","us_name":"ladybenko","us_username":"\/author\/benko\/","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p><em>Metal vs Hipsters<\/em> is my entry for the compo. I went solo and had a blast! You can <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&amp;uid=547\">play and rate the game here<\/a> <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><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-32\/?action=preview&amp;uid=547\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-457089 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-02.13.19-550x306.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-20 at 02.13.19\" width=\"550\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-02.13.19-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-02.13.19-550x306.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-02.13.19.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>I created a <a href=\"http:\/\/belenalbeza.com\/ludum-dare-32-post-mortem\/\">full post-mortem<\/a> at my blog, but here&#8217;s the &#8220;lessons learned&#8221; extract. Once I have time I will upload all the images to copy the log, which I think is quite interesting!<\/p>\n <h2 id=\"whatwentwrong\">What went\u00a0well<\/h2>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>No junk food<\/strong> or energy drinks. Also, <strong>clean and tidy environment<\/strong> (I was cleaning up on the go, so no dishes piling up in the sink, etc.).<\/li>\n <li>Went for a <strong>more simple idea<\/strong> that last time (still not simple enough).<\/li>\n <li>Achieved a <strong>consistent graphic style<\/strong> in the game. People seem to like it!<\/li>\n <li><strong>Took Monday off.<\/strong> This allowed me some extra 4 hours, and the game got so much better in these 4 hours\u2026<\/li>\n <li><strong>Capture some GIF&#8217;s<\/strong> of the game and tweeted the whole process. This allowed my friends to give me lots of encouragement! And also it made much easier to compile the log here.<\/li>\n <li>I was tired, but I managed to be <strong>stress-free<\/strong> the whole time. I credit this to the food \/ environment \/ workouts.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <h2 id=\"whatwentwrong\">What went wrong<\/h2>\n <ul>\n <li>I lost almost an hour <strong>setting up the code<\/strong> environment! I should have done this in advance.<\/li>\n <li>The idea was <strong>not simple enough<\/strong>. Well, the gameplay itself is simple, but it isn&#8217;t much juicy. It really needed more stuff, and I didn&#8217;t have the time for it. I should have thought on just one core mechanic that didn&#8217;t need anything else to be fun.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Lack of proper audio skills!<\/strong> It really showed up in this competition. I reallly need to learn how to create music.<\/li>\n <li>Complicated art. This lead to <strong>non-animated sprites<\/strong>. Always bad choice <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/frownie.png\" alt=\":(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <h2 id=\"toolsandtech\">Tools and tech<\/h2>\n <p>This is a very unexpensive setup. If you&#8217;ve never done game dev before, please consider give it a try!<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Regular HTML 5 game. I used the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phaser.io\/\"><strong>Phaser<\/strong> game framework<\/a> and I&#8217;m pretty happy with it. Great performance, great documentation. It even runs in mobile browsers.<\/li>\n <li>JS libs and tools: <strong>Gulp<\/strong> for automation (live reload, local server, deployment, etc.). <strong>Browserify<\/strong> for modules.<\/li>\n <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfxr.net\/\"><strong>BXFR<\/strong><\/a> for sound effects and <strong>Garageband<\/strong> for the main song.<\/li>\n <li>A small <strong>Wacom tablet<\/strong> and <strong>Pixelmator<\/strong> for the art.<\/li>\n <li><strong>LICEcap<\/strong> to capture animated GIF&#8217;s &lt;3<\/li>\n <li><strong>Atom<\/strong> with vi key-bindings as text editor.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>And tons of heavy metal! \\m\/<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld32-imin\/\" rel=\"tag\">#LD32 #I'mIn<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 20th, 2015 2:32 pm","title":"Metal vs Hipsters: Lessons learned"}