{"author_name":"Tuism","cat":"LD #31","comments":[],"epoch":1418203200,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"22234","p_author":"Tuism","p_authorkey":"35114","p_urlkey":"57601","p_title":"Stuff I learned & applied this LD31: Restrictions, Goals, Getting people to play, and a bonus gamepl","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1418203200","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"35114","us_name":"Tuism","us_username":"\/author\/tuism\/","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/twoplusgames.com\/no-more-boxes-ludum-dare-31-how-to-maximise-a-game-jam-restrictions-learnings-getting-players\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote quite a bit<\/a> on my experiences on LD31, which boiled down to these points:<\/p>\n <ol>\n <li>Restrictions are good &#8211; and why this theme was pretty awesome for me.<\/li>\n <li>I set out with a few learning goals, and this is how I applied them.<\/li>\n <li>Things to keep in mind to\u00a0get more\u00a0people to play your game.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/twoplusgames.com\/no-more-boxes-ludum-dare-31-how-to-maximise-a-game-jam-restrictions-learnings-getting-players\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linking to my post<\/a>\u00a0so as to not\u00a0over-spam the LD feed with wall of text, but I think it&#8217;s really worth a read, because I learned a fair bit and I think these are good things for everyone to think about as jammers!<\/p>\n <p>Then, a sweet gameplay video for my game <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=35114\" target=\"_blank\">No More Boxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_RNVEmXpps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n <p>And a little look at the characters of No More Boxes <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:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=35114\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/twoplusgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NoMoreBoxesCharacters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-31\/?action=preview&amp;uid=35114\" target=\"_blank\">Please give No More Boxes a play! \ud83d\ude00<\/a><\/h2>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/game-jam\/\" rel=\"tag\">game jam<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/learning\/\" rel=\"tag\">learning<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/no-more-boxes\/\" rel=\"tag\">No more boxes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/players\/\" rel=\"tag\">players<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/restrictions\/\" rel=\"tag\">restrictions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/steven-tu\/\" rel=\"tag\">Steven Tu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/tuism\/\" rel=\"tag\">tuism<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/twoplus-games\/\" rel=\"tag\">Twoplus Games<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/unity3d\/\" rel=\"tag\">unity3d<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 10th, 2014 4:20 am","title":"Stuff I learned & applied this LD31: Restrictions, Goals, Getting people to play, and a bonus gameplay video :D"}