{"author_name":"Ithildin","cat":"LD #34","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 25, 2015 11:59 am","epoch":1451062740,"text":"I made my first finished HaxeFlixel game this LD, and I can agree that in terms of 2D features out-of-the-box Unity just sucks near HF!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1451046840,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"1831","p_author":"Ithildin","p_authorkey":"15664","p_urlkey":"44613","p_title":"Fun with post mortems!","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1451046840","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15664","us_name":"Ithildin","us_username":"\/author\/ithildin\/","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"

It\u2019s been more than a week now since LD34 finished, and finally I have some free time to write the post mortem for my compo entry, “Fun with magnets!”<\/span><\/p>\n

When I learned about the themes this time I didn\u2019t give much thought to the idea of creating a game that used both of them. For \u201cgrowing\u201d, I\u2019d mostly considered farming or greedy corporations expanding out of control ideas, which were risky because of the potential to be out of scope for two days, and incorporating the two button-based mechanics would have been challenging. <\/span>
\n <\/span>Attraction\/repulsion mechanics, on the other hand, had crossed my mind during the pre-ludum brainstorming I do before the theme announcement to prepare, and I felt that mixing the idea with the two button controls had some potential and was feasible. In hindsight, there are easy ways to incorporate \u201cgrowing\u201d there as well, but I preferred to go for a simpler approach instead. <\/span>
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\n <\/span>I\u2019ve seen lots of awesome entries this time (seriously, this LD34 has an insane proportion of cool games!) proving me wrong\u00a0about mixing both, but I\u2019m satisfied enough with my entry for once to not regret it.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you decide to stop reading here, have a merry Christmas\/Winter Solstice\/Whatever rocks your boat! ;DD<\/span><\/p>\n

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Play it and rate it here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What went right<\/span><\/h2>\n