{"author_name":"Jonochrome","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398840060,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"30157","p_author":"Jonochrome","p_authorkey":"36840","p_urlkey":"65627","p_title":"Postmortem Ghostboredom","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398840060","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"36840","us_name":"Jonochrome","us_username":"jonochrome","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"<p>So, here&#8217;s how my first Ludum Dare went and how I feel about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29\/?action=preview&amp;uid=36840\">Scary Ugly Face<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p><strong>The Good:<\/strong><br \/>\n &#8211; My game turned out pretty much how I wanted it.<br \/>\n &#8211; I had a great time planning it out and throwing it together.<br \/>\n &#8211; The response so far has been more encouraging than I could have imagined!<\/p>\n <p><strong>The Bad:<\/strong><br \/>\n &#8211; I made Scary Ugly Face in 24 hours and slept only 1.5 of those hours because I had no clue how to manage my time, and then I was burnt out and did nothing for the next 24 hours.<br \/>\n &#8211; The people who say it isn&#8217;t much of a game are right.\u00a0 There aren&#8217;t many interactive elements because I&#8217;m not great at programming. To be fair, it&#8217;s a story-focused game, so all the gameplay needed to do was put you into the shoes of the characters, but if I were to change anything about Scary Ugly Face, I&#8217;d try to make it feel more like a game.<\/p>\n <p><strong>The Ugly<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/well.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/well.png\" alt=\"well\" width=\"149\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ve &#8220;learned&#8221; much from this experience (aside from how Ludum Dare is pronounced), but I&#8217;ve been reminded of just how awesome, creative, talented, and inspiring the game dev community is.<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 30th, 2014 1:41 am","title":"Postmortem Ghostboredom"}