{"author_name":"lemmily","cat":"LD #31","comments":[],"epoch":1418581800,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"21974","p_author":"lemmily","p_authorkey":"30548","p_urlkey":"57338","p_title":"MatchCube \u2013 Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1418581800","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"30548","us_name":"lemmily","us_username":"lemmily","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"<p>So this was my first ever game jam, I decided to not pressure myself too much and allowed myself to extend into the Jam instead of just the Compo if needed. Which it was! I couldve pushed myself and completed on sunday, but I wasn&#8217;t 100% so felt it was a reasonable trade off.<\/p>\n <p>It started out pretty terrible, the theme was so broad and useless I hadn&#8217;t got a clue where to start. I got really angry and frustrated! I spent about 6 hours messing around with a simple rts-esque idea that just wasn&#8217;t going anywhere good. So decided to scrap it and start again at about 6pm(GMT) on Saturday. I&#8217;m seriously happy I did though.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>The Good:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>&#8211; my final idea was simple enough but still left me with the \u00a0feeling like I&#8217;d at least tried to be a little innovative on the whole match-3 thing.<\/p>\n <p>&#8211; I liked\u00a0the colours that I chose, I like the way they look together.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>The &#8220;meh&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>&#8211; I&#8217;d\u00a0mentally\u00a0decided that I wanted to do pixel art for this jam. So I&#8217;m a little disappointed that I didn&#8217;t get to do any pixelling under pressure!<\/p>\n <p>&#8211; The controls to the game were not quite where I wanted. However I feel I made a good choice in not spending too much time trying to figure out the camera rotations, and just settled for something workable.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>The Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>&#8211; My game idea and premise really would feel much nicer if I&#8217;d had sound and\u00a0effects involved. I think it would bring it to life a lot\u00a0more, and make it\u00a0more satisfying to get those matches.<\/p>\n <p>&#8211; Horrible initial experience,\u00a0I was angry at everyone who&#8217;d voted for the themeless theme! Eventually it worked out. Ugly mood swing though \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>I feel this went remarkably well considering I picked unity up for the first time roughly 2-3 weeks before the jam. I&#8217;m utterly grateful for the people who&#8217;ve played my game and given me some great feedback. Those feels &lt;3 thanks guys!<\/p>\n <p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-421076 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/matchCube1-150x150.png\" alt=\"matchCube1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><a title=\"MatchCube By lemmily\" href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=30548\">Try MatchCube Here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2014 1:30 pm","title":"MatchCube \u2013 Post Mortem"}