{"author_name":"benwager","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1427713740,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"21395","p_author":"benwager","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"56745","p_title":"MiniLD58 Pong Island Submitted","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1427713740","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p>I managed to submit my game last night. Annoyingly I&#8217;ve been crazy busy this week, so hardly got as much time as I wanted to work on it. Still quite happy with what I did get done though. And it was my first LD entry, so I think it was a great warm up to LD32!<\/p>\n <p>So, what did I learn?<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>You\u00a0can get a pretty\u00a0nice style going with primitive shapes and a few textures.<\/li>\n <li>You can completely transform the feeling of a game by changing camera angle.<\/li>\n <li>It&#8217;s possible to get\u00a0surprisingly close to a release worthy (mobile app maybe) game in a matter of days.<\/li>\n <li>I need to be more creative with game names.<\/li>\n <li>Consuming copious amounts of coffee seems intrinsically linked to creativity. \u00a0(Ok, ok, we all knew this one already)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Anyway,<\/p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s the link to play:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/flatcatlabs.itch.io\/pong-island?secret=TLGr3M1OxyJ31LmZ6J25iDbUo\">http:\/\/flatcatlabs.itch.io\/pong-island?secret=TLGr3M1OxyJ31LmZ6J25iDbUo<\/a><\/p>\n <p>And the link to the entry\u00a0page:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-58\/?action=preview&amp;uid=49718\">http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-58\/?action=preview&amp;uid=49718<\/a><\/p>\n <p>And here&#8217;s a link to my Twitter, because why not <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:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bennywage\">@bennywage<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Definitely going to be developing this game further. It&#8217;s been a pleasure, bring on LD32<\/p>\n <p>Viva la Ludum<\/p>\n <p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/img.itch.io\/aW1hZ2UvMjE1NzcvODU2NTQuanBn\/315x250%23\/v8jpCe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/minild58\/\" rel=\"tag\">#miniLD58<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ldjam\/\" rel=\"tag\">ldjam<\/a><\/p>","time":"March 30th, 2015 6:09 am","title":"MiniLD58 Pong Island Submitted"}