{"author_name":"jab","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408983840,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"26752","p_author":"jab","p_authorkey":"40460","p_urlkey":"62184","p_title":"Space Mail \u2013 The post mortem","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408983840","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"40460","us_name":"jab","us_username":"jab","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"

Welcome to the\u00a0post mortem of Space\u00a0Mail.<\/strong>\u00a0The game that pits you against the odds in the ultimate space mail sorting\u00a0puzzle.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Firsts<\/span>
\n <\/strong><\/h2>\n

This was my first LD48<\/strong> entry and my first time making a complete game using\u00a0Unity. It was also the first time I’ve made a spacey game.<\/p>\n

Concept<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

After having many ideas about planets and connecting planets ect. I decided on an idea about mail and connecting mail.<\/p>\n

\"Sick<\/p>\n

This was my game design doc.<\/p>\n

The idea\u00a0was to have ships carry in\u00a0alien mail\u00a0<\/em>and the player would\u00a0use conveyor belts to direct it to the correct output shaft.<\/p>\n

Development<\/span><\/h2>\n

I originally starting making the game in the Unity 4.6 beta. Bad move. After spending quite sometime getting a fancy UI going (Very easily done in new Unity) I realised that Unity doesn’t, obviously, ship the beta unity player to people. Thankfully I was able to open my project the the last stable release without any issues, I just had to remake the UI.<\/p>\n

Unity made a nice change from my usual game development.<\/p>\n

The Game<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Sick
\n The finished game.<\/p>\n

It’s a bit too hard, buggy and has a crap GUI. But it’s the first game I’ve actually completed in a long time.\u00a0It was also, up until recently, impossible to win the game. I had spent\u00a0all my time developing the game and left none for actually testing it plays well from start to end. Something I’ll do differently next time…<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n

LD48 was a stressful but fun experience! I’d highly recommend it to anyone who feels their current project is losing steam.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2014 11:24 am","title":"Space Mail \u2013 The post mortem"}