{"author_name":"Sheepolution","cat":"LD #31","comments":[],"epoch":1419896760,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"21694","p_author":"Sheepolution","p_authorkey":"505096","p_urlkey":"57051","p_title":"One Act \u2013 Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1419896760","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"

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Post Mortem<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Information<\/h2>\n
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  • Start: 10 AM ( 4 AM EST )<\/li>\n
  • End: 3 AM ( 9 PM EST )<\/li>\n
  • Time spend sleeping: ~12 hours<\/li>\n
  • Software used: Sublime Text 3, Aseprite, Pixitracker<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n

    Intro<\/h2>\n

    So I’m kinda late with this, but with the results showing up, I thought I might as well do a quick post mortem.<\/p>\n

    Idea<\/h2>\n

    The entire game on 1 screen was not the most popular theme, was it? I really disliked the theme myself. I tried to think of a way to implement the theme in a clever way, and came up with a theater. A theatre has the limitation of having only “1 screen”. So I went with that. I’m not sure anymore what it was, but I was in a rather bad mood at the time, maybe because of the theme. Anyway, I didn’t really feel like making a game. I wasn’t enjoying myself. But I have a combo of 9 Ludum Dare games, this would be my 10th. I’m not going to let a bad mood break that combo. So I sat through it, and eventually found the enjoyment I knew from participating in Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n

    As soon as I got the idea, and had it worked out a bit, I realized how similar this was to one of my previous Ludum Dare games, One Take. You play something according to a script, and get a review for it. Instead of trying to hide that, I decided to accept that fully, and make use of it. I decided to make a sequel (or rather prequel) to One Take. While\u00a0making the game I wasn’t really sure if this was the right thing to do. One Take got #1 Overall, and I thought people might think I want to use that to my advantage. All by all I kept going, and finished a game I’m happy with.<\/p>\n

    What went right?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    • I got the idea rather quick<\/li>\n
    • I didn’t get any super big bugs that annoyed me for hours (though I think there still is one in the game.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n

      What went wrong?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      • I still suck at programming, the code was a big mess.<\/li>\n
      • I wasted a lot of time on Twitter and xChat, I always ended my livestream quickly as I felt it wasn’t working. I’m going to try to focus on the game only next time.<\/li>\n
      • Trying to come up with acts. I might have been able to make a 4th act, had I worked harder, but I wouldn’t know what to do as 4th act. There aren’t many famous plays besides Romeo & Juliet and Waiting for Godot. Like, maybe Hamlet. But there isn’t a particular famous scene in Hamlet.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n

        In the end<\/h2>\n

        With a bad theme, and a concept that is similar to an old one (of mine), I wasn’t enjoying this Ludum Dare as much as the other LDs, but still had quite some fun.<\/p>\n

        Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed the game!<\/p>","time":"December 29th, 2014 6:46 pm","title":"One Act \u2013 Post Mortem"}