{"author_name":"CaptainKraft","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398643320,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"30670","p_author":"CaptainKraft","p_authorkey":"7617","p_urlkey":"66146","p_title":"Another Ludum Dare \u2013 I Learned Stuff","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398643320","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7617","us_name":"captainkraft","us_username":"captainkraft","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"

I’ve done a few LD compos in the past. Also one Jam in order to work with a friend. Each time I do them I learn something and this time was no different. Although I didn’t get as much out of this one as I have the previous ones.<\/p>\n

My compo started off very slowly. For some reason the theme just wasn’t inspiring any interesting ideas. After two hours of wasted thinking I just went with a mechanic that I wanted to try out in a game. Making it fit the theme came a bit later and it’s a stretch to say the least.<\/p>\n

Check out the game<\/a> if you have a few minutes.<\/p>\n

In Kamikaze Dive Bomber you manipulate the internals of your ship (there’s the theme connection – beneath the surface of your ship) which determines what weapon you have for that round. Unfortunately I only had time to get three weapons in the game, but they are all pretty different in the strategy that you have to use to win, which is what I was going for.<\/p>\n

Even though the game didn’t turn out as fun as I had hoped and I had virtually no time for polish, I still consider this one a success. It has been too long since I had time to sit down and just make a game for a weekend. That will change soon since Summer is on the way, and this was a great way to get back in the swing of gamedev.<\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2014 7:02 pm","title":"Another Ludum Dare \u2013 I Learned Stuff"}