{"author_name":"renatopp","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1409751120,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"26287","p_author":"renatopp","p_authorkey":"15241","p_urlkey":"61713","p_title":"My Experience Within Ludum Dare 30","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1409751120","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15241","us_name":"renatopp","us_username":"renatopp","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"<p>I made a post in my blog telling my experience within this ludum dare.<\/p>\n <blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/guineashots.com\/2014\/09\/03\/my-experience-within-ludum-dare-30\/\">http:\/\/guineashots.com\/2014\/09\/03\/my-experience-within-ludum-dare-30\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <h2>TL;DR version:<\/h2>\n <ul>\n <li>I made a game based on <strong>behavior trees<\/strong>, a technique for game AI which I implemented from scratch (spent &gt;20h on it);<\/li>\n <li>The game is about <strong>connecting people<\/strong>;<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>GOOD:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>First Ludum Dare that I didn&#8217;t change the plan in the half of the compo!<\/li>\n <li>Behavior Tree worked very well and there were no relevant bug at the final version of the game;<\/li>\n <li>Despite the time I spent on it, the visual of the game is pretty good;<\/li>\n <li>There are very few games on Ludum Dare that uses AI as this one, I&#8217;m very proud of it;<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>BAD:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Constant fear of failing to finish it;<\/li>\n <li>Very hard to model behavior trees programatically;<\/li>\n <li>VERY hard to debug behavior trees without visual helper;<\/li>\n <li>Mechanics is incredible boring and repetitive;<\/li>\n <li>I couldn&#8217;t finish several aspects of the game, but the worse was the sound and not fixing the crap mechanics;<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/banner800x300.png\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-391116 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/banner800x300-550x206.png\" alt=\"banner800x300\" width=\"550\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/banner800x300-300x112.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/banner800x300-550x206.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/banner800x300.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <h3 style=\"text-align: center\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=15241\">VIEW LUDUM DARE ENTRY <\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/guineashots.com\/love-craft\/\">PLAY LOVE CRAFT<\/a>)<\/h3>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/behavior-tree\/\" rel=\"tag\">behavior tree<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/game-jam\/\" rel=\"tag\">game jam<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/love-craft\/\" rel=\"tag\">love craft<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ludum-dare-30\/\" rel=\"tag\">ludum dare 30<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/post-mortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">post-mortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"September 3rd, 2014 8:32 am","title":"My Experience Within Ludum Dare 30"}