{"author_name":"Chadivision","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"February 27, 2015 8:22 am","epoch":1425043320,"text":"Congrats on finishing your game! I&#8217;ll play it once I get home.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1425018960,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"21552","p_author":"Chadivision","p_authorkey":"49058","p_urlkey":"56904","p_title":"Butterbats Pre-mortem\u2026(I guess)\u2026how it really went","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1425018960","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"49058","us_name":"Chadivision","us_username":"chadivision","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsDay.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-433286\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsDay-300x169.png\" alt=\"ButterbatsDay\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsDay-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsDay-550x310.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsDay.png 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsNight.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-433287\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsNight-300x170.png\" alt=\"ButterbatsNight\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsNight-300x170.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsNight-550x312.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ButterbatsNight.png 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>I had a lot\u00a0of fun working on &#8220;Butterbats&#8221; (working title was &#8220;Flippity Flip&#8221;, but that&#8217;s just stupid), but I bit off WAY more than I could chew. \u00a0I was planning on doing this game in about two days, but I ended up spending the entire week on it. \u00a0Since the theme was &#8220;Reversed&#8221;, I&#8230;like a moron&#8230;thought, &#8220;why not reverse my workflow?&#8221; \u00a0First I&#8217;ll just do music, pixel art (which I have never really done before), and work on polish&#8230;then do the gameplay last.<\/p>\n <p>It was kind of fun doing it that way. \u00a0It caused me to end up with a more polished game, but I spent most of yesterday wondering if I would even be able to finish the stupid thing. \u00a0This is not an approach I will ever use again.<\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s not beautiful by any stretch of the imagination, but for a very first attempt at doing any form of pixel art in a game, I&#8217;m pretty pleased with it. \u00a0I used Pickle for creating the sprites, and it worked great. \u00a0It&#8217;s pretty simple, but it did everything I needed it to do.<\/p>\n <p>If anyone comes across any bugs (I&#8217;m sure there are some lurking), please let me know. \u00a0I&#8217;m considering doing an Ouya version, and I&#8217;d like to embarrass myself as little as possible in the process.<\/p>\n <p>Can&#8217;t wait to play your games also&#8230;after a big ol&#8217; bunch of sleep.<\/p>\n <p>-Chad<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"February 27th, 2015 1:36 am","title":"Butterbats Pre-mortem\u2026(I guess)\u2026how it really went"}