{"author_link":"\/users\/hexela","author_name":"Hexela","author_uid":"hexela","comments":[],"epoch":1759892677,"event":"LD58","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":422323,"likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"197237","p_author":"Hexela","p_authorkey":"1197134","p_urlkey":"429160","p_title":"I dont know how to ask to rate my game, so im gona yap about character design)","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD58","p_time":"1759892677","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1197134","us_name":"Hexela","us_username":"hexela","event_start":"1759449600","event_key":"112","event_name":"Ludum Dare 58"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":415614,"_trust":1,"author":197134,"body":"Usually when I plan a game, I doodle. For a collector theme I had a bunch of ideas like collecting plastic soldiers or \"collector\" as a huge barrel with water, but all these ideas were too hard to make solo due to the amount of assets. Short story shorter, I decided to make a game inspired by \"Sort the Court\" (link on itch: https:\/\/graebor.itch.io\/sort-the-court ). \nMy idea was: \"you collect taxes for the king\".\n\nI usually specialize in pixelart, but this time I wanted to make something more cartoony and less pixelarty.\n\n![1.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed41.png)\n\nI tried not to spend too much time on this stage, because I planned to fit into the COMPO time limit, but I couldn't find a design I liked.\n\n![2.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed42.png)\n\nAt some point I ended up with 2 kings instead of just one. Funny thing, I tried a bunch of ideas, but a couple of them were present from the very beginning and stayed until the final designs. These are the colors, the red hair, and a huuuge nose.\n\n![3.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed43.png)\n\nI was planning to make a couple of ending screens for lose and win conditions, but it had to be cut off, so I\u2019m gonna put it here.\n\n![4.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed45.png)\n\nSo yeah, I yapped about character design, pls give my game a try here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/crown-and-taxes \nThanks\n\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2025-10-08T06:51:06Z","created":"2025-10-08T02:32:41Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":422323,"love":7,"love-timestamp":"2025-10-08T07:55:28Z","meta":[],"modified":"2025-10-08T07:55:28Z","name":"I dont know how to ask to rate my game, so im gona yap about character design)","node-timestamp":"2025-10-08T03:04:37Z","parent":421867,"parents":[1,5,9,415614,421867],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/crown-and-taxes\/i-dont-know-how-to-ask-to-rate-my-game-so-im-gona-yap-about-character-design","published":"2025-10-08T03:04:37Z","scope":"public","slug":"i-dont-know-how-to-ask-to-rate-my-game-so-im-gona-yap-about-character-design","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1336731},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"422323","n_urlkey":"429160","n_parent":"421867","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/crown-and-taxes\/i-dont-know-how-to-ask-to-rate-my-game-so-im-gona-yap-about-character-design","n_slug":"i-dont-know-how-to-ask-to-rate-m","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"197134","n_created":"1759890761","n_modified":"1759910128","n_version":"1336731","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/crown-and-taxes\/i-dont-know-how-to-ask-to-rate-my-game-so-im-gona-yap-about-character-design","text":"Usually when I plan a game, I doodle. For a collector theme I had a bunch of ideas like collecting plastic soldiers or \"collector\" as a huge barrel with water, but all these ideas were too hard to make solo due to the amount of assets. Short story shorter, I decided to make a game inspired by \"Sort the Court\" (link on itch: https:\/\/graebor.itch.io\/sort-the-court ). \nMy idea was: \"you collect taxes for the king\".\n\nI usually specialize in pixelart, but this time I wanted to make something more cartoony and less pixelarty.\n\n![1.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed41.png)\n\nI tried not to spend too much time on this stage, because I planned to fit into the COMPO time limit, but I couldn't find a design I liked.\n\n![2.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed42.png)\n\nAt some point I ended up with 2 kings instead of just one. Funny thing, I tried a bunch of ideas, but a couple of them were present from the very beginning and stayed until the final designs. These are the colors, the red hair, and a huuuge nose.\n\n![3.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed43.png)\n\nI was planning to make a couple of ending screens for lose and win conditions, but it had to be cut off, so I\u2019m gonna put it here.\n\n![4.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/6ed45.png)\n\nSo yeah, I yapped about character design, pls give my game a try here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/crown-and-taxes \nThanks\n\n","title":"I dont know how to ask to rate my game, so im gona yap about character design)","wayback_source":[]}