{"author_name":"Jezzamon","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"January 9, 2014 9:28 am","epoch":1389277680,"text":"I&#8217;ll try to put up my daily stats later but what I can see in the analysis today is that humour is the category that tends to be most unrelated to all the rest. Theme and innovation go hand in hand so maybe that sheds some light on your trends. I also think the curves shouldn&#8217;t wiggle even though it makes them prettier, I think it tells a lie. It should only be points or max straight lines.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1389258900,"likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"33990","p_author":"Jezzamon","p_authorkey":"10217","p_urlkey":"69534","p_title":"Looking at my previous Ludum Dare results","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1389258900","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10217","us_name":"Jezzamon","us_username":"\/author\/jezzamon\/","event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"text":"<p><strong>Thoughts on this Ludum Dare &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I&#8217;m kinda disappointed, but the results seem fair.<\/li>\n <li>Best ranking: 50th for humor.<\/li>\n <li><strong>I didn&#8217;t focus on a concept and the theme enough.<\/strong>\n <ul>\n <li>My concept was you \u00a0have 1 arm but multiple tools, you have to find ways to carry tools without your arm.<\/li>\n <li>Didn&#8217;t have enough time to do that!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Instead I spent time on other things:\n <ul>\n <li>I wanted to include palette swapping and NPCs.<\/li>\n <li>I&#8217;m happy I included them, but I should&#8217;ve focused more on a concept.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>I coded everything from scratch, which made things take longer. I&#8217;m happy I did that though.<\/li>\n <li>I received a lot of nice comments <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/li>\n <li>Thanks to the 71 people who rated my game!<\/li>\n <li>If you haven&#8217;t played it, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10217\" target=\"_blank\">The Visitor<\/a>.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Thoughts on previous Ludum Dares &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>My best Entry is\u00a0<a title=\"Click to play!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10217\" target=\"_blank\">Mondrianism<\/a>, doing well in everything except humor.<\/li>\n <li>Second best would be my first entry, <a title=\"Click to play!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-23\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10217\" target=\"_blank\">The Good Ship Higgs Boson<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"Click to play!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10217\" target=\"_blank\">Super Space Goat Thief Standoff!!<\/a>\u00a0is definitely my worst entry, but I only spent a few hours on that.<\/li>\n <li>My best category has been different every time, interestingly.<\/li>\n <li>As you can see, there&#8217;s a clear trend of\u2026 um\u2026 well\u2026<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div id=\"attachment_328531\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LDPercentiles.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-328531     \" alt=\"LDPercentiles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LDPercentiles.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LDPercentiles-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LDPercentiles-550x366.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LDPercentiles.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wiggly lines everywhere!<\/p><\/div>\n <div id=\"attachment_328560\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LudumResults1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-328560 \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LudumResults1.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ooh, animated!<\/p><\/div>\n <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>See you next Ludum Dare!<\/strong><\/h2>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/post-mortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">post-mortem<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"January 9th, 2014 4:15 am","title":"Looking at my previous Ludum Dare results"}