{"author_link":"\/users\/nicknickolas","author_name":"NickNickolas","author_uid":"nicknickolas","comments":[],"epoch":1744062043,"event":"LD57","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":413179,"likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"210619","p_author":"NickNickolas","p_authorkey":"1411847","p_urlkey":"450229","p_title":"I finished the game AND IT WAS HARD!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD57","p_time":"1744062043","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1411847","us_name":"NickNickolas","us_username":"nicknickolas","event_start":"1743811200","event_key":"111","event_name":"Ludum Dare 57"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":406845,"_trust":1,"author":411847,"body":"![Cover.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7c8\/46\/z\/6a7b9.jpg)\nNot my first jam, but my first Ludum Dare. And I want to say that it was very hard, but it\u2019s nice that I finished what I wanted to do. I\u2019ll definitely be working on this game after the jam, because I liked the idea.\nThe game is something of a tactical point capture game.\n![Screen1.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7c8\/46\/z\/6a7be.jpg)\nThere are currently five levels in the game. Three classes of soldiers, and it\u2019s a finished experience that I\u2019m happy with, I hope you enjoy it too. The hardest part was working on such a large scale in such a short time, and I still have tons of ideas for the game itself, but I don\u2019t have the energy or time to add them to the game).\n![Screen2.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7c8\/46\/z\/6a7c2.jpg)\n\nIn the game you have to create squads, hold points and advance deep into the city. \nIt was a great experience despite the challenges, which were mostly due to the size of the game. \nAlso the first version that I uploaded contained a bunch of bugs, I'm sure they are still not few, but all critical I hope I fixed.\nHonestly I am so tired i can barely finish writing these lines, sorry for the bugs, I\u2019m off to play your games.\n\nP.S.A couple words about the visual style, the whole game is assembled from various stock photos that I postprocessed and assembled into collages.  I didn't use any A.i. \n\nYou can play here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/deep-we-go-done\nor here: https:\/\/nicknickolas.itch.io\/deep-we-go","comments":0,"created":"2025-04-07T16:22:07Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":413179,"love":4,"love-timestamp":"2025-04-07T23:05:19Z","meta":[],"modified":"2025-04-07T23:05:19Z","name":"I finished the game AND IT WAS HARD!","node-timestamp":"2025-04-07T21:46:06Z","parent":412382,"parents":[1,5,9,406845,412382],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/deep-we-go-done\/i-finished-the-game-and-it-was-hard-1","published":"2025-04-07T21:40:43Z","scope":"public","slug":"i-finished-the-game-and-it-was-hard-1","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1297197},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"413179","n_urlkey":"450229","n_parent":"412382","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/deep-we-go-done\/i-finished-the-game-and-it-was-hard-1","n_slug":"i-finished-the-game-and-it-was-h","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"411847","n_created":"1744042927","n_modified":"1744067119","n_version":"1297197","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/deep-we-go-done\/i-finished-the-game-and-it-was-hard-1","text":"![Cover.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7c8\/46\/z\/6a7b9.jpg)\nNot my first jam, but my first Ludum Dare. And I want to say that it was very hard, but it\u2019s nice that I finished what I wanted to do. I\u2019ll definitely be working on this game after the jam, because I liked the idea.\nThe game is something of a tactical point capture game.\n![Screen1.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7c8\/46\/z\/6a7be.jpg)\nThere are currently five levels in the game. Three classes of soldiers, and it\u2019s a finished experience that I\u2019m happy with, I hope you enjoy it too. The hardest part was working on such a large scale in such a short time, and I still have tons of ideas for the game itself, but I don\u2019t have the energy or time to add them to the game).\n![Screen2.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7c8\/46\/z\/6a7c2.jpg)\n\nIn the game you have to create squads, hold points and advance deep into the city. \nIt was a great experience despite the challenges, which were mostly due to the size of the game. \nAlso the first version that I uploaded contained a bunch of bugs, I'm sure they are still not few, but all critical I hope I fixed.\nHonestly I am so tired i can barely finish writing these lines, sorry for the bugs, I\u2019m off to play your games.\n\nP.S.A couple words about the visual style, the whole game is assembled from various stock photos that I postprocessed and assembled into collages.  I didn't use any A.i. \n\nYou can play here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/deep-we-go-done\nor here: https:\/\/nicknickolas.itch.io\/deep-we-go","title":"I finished the game AND IT WAS HARD!","wayback_source":[]}