{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1428891120,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"21135","p_author":"GAFBlizzard","p_authorkey":"12278","p_urlkey":"56481","p_title":"Lessons learned from LD31","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1428891120","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"12278","us_name":"GAFBlizzard","us_username":"gafblizzard","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"

I made some notes, mostly from the last Ludum Dare, LD31.<\/h2>\n
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  1. With HTML and swfobject.js, there seems to be no way to get initial mouse and
    \n keyboard focus without using wmode = “opaque” or possibly “window”, both of
    \n which apparently have performance problems.\u00a0 If you use wmode = “direct” for
    \n embedding Flash, people will have to click the flash video first for Flixel,
    \n and that click will apparently get ignored.\u00a0 Modifying Flixel might be one way
    \n to fix it.\u00a0 I just worked around it by making the game initially pause so there
    \n is a big arrow that makes it sort of obvious people need to click.<\/li>\n
  2. Sometimes FlashDevelop seems to stop detecting compile errors, but when you
    \n run the standalone Flash player, it will freeze without doing anything.\u00a0 In
    \n this situation, if you close the Flash player and restart FlashDevelop, the
    \n next time you compile the error(s) should be properly detected.<\/li>\n
  3. The standalone Flash player seems to have a bit of lag playing sound effects.
    \n However, playing the game in FireFox seems to make it better, so don’t panic!<\/li>\n
  4. The “0.2” master volume in BFXR seems to work with 22 volume on my computer.
    \n However, BFXR annoyingly seems to reset the master volume with each new sound,
    \n so be very careful if you are wearing headphones.<\/li>\n
  5. If I do something silly with a title\/menu page like making it a minigame, some
    \n people may like it, but other people may be annoyed by it.\u00a0 My conclusion is
    \n that I should include a skip button or keypress in that case so the people who
    \n get annoyed can jump straight to gameplay.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Also, here is my previous lessons learned post for reference:\u00a0 http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/12\/05\/lessons-learned-from-last-time\/<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 12th, 2015 9:12 pm","title":"Lessons learned from LD31"}