{"author_name":"anvoz","cat":"LD #28","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"January 6, 2014 12:46 pm","epoch":1389030360,"text":"The character sprites may not have turned out how you wanted them to be, but they looked nice, nonetheless!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1389026220,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"34014","p_author":"anvoz","p_authorkey":"30146","p_urlkey":"69558","p_title":"Tough \u2013 Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1389026220","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"30146","us_name":"anvoz","us_username":"anvoz","event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"text":"

It’s maybe too late but I feel like I’m missing something if I don’t write a post mortem for my first LD entry – Tough<\/a>. Post mortem is a kind of new term for me when I join this community, hope that I can make it correctly. I will prepare timelapse for my next LD entry too.<\/p>\n

Joining this LD was an awesome experience for me. I didn’t like this theme. I think it’s too wide because most games can be explained that they fit the theme. But in the end, I think this theme worked out pretty well. A lot of games did take on this theme with their very innovative ways.<\/p>\n

What went well:<\/strong>
\n – Finished the game in time. It’s the best thing since making this game was a new challenge for me.
\n – Picked a simple idea and built a game around it: a platformer with unexpected ending. Everything was in a reasonable scope for my first game jam.
\n – Did follow the theme and made a good twist: You only get one life, but the goal is not to keep it.
\n – Had a fun first day making the game. Even though I were working on the game until 6am of the next day, I felt no stress.
\n – Learned the first game framework engine (Phaser). I’m just a web developer and a gamer. This was a very motivative way to help me become a game maker too :).<\/p>\n

What went wrong:<\/strong>
\n – Too much time lost on making assets. But in the end, it’s still completely not as I imagined on my head. I intended to make a Franstenken-like character and some brutal wolves.
\n – Did not use the remaining time to polish up the game.
\n – The fun was hidden because of the vague gameplay.
\n – No sounds or music either.
\n – Did not pay enough attention to the rules. I were using assets of Phaser framework for some background of the game. I felt really bad about this and replaced them all one week later.
\n – With the lack of experience with basic game design and game framework usage, I got some troubles with the camera, didn’t know how to use tile map, failed to make an endless map generation and made a lot of hacky things.
\n – The source code of the game was really bad base on my own standards.<\/p>\n

What is next:<\/strong>
\n I’m satisfied with this game. I hope it will be a good starting point for me. I will stay with this idea and make it a clearer goal and a smaller map. The mechanic will be the simplest one for platformer so I can try to create a same game with a lot of game frameworks quickly. And of course, this game is an open source project.<\/p>\n

\"boot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&uid=30146<\/a><\/p>\n \n

Tags: post-mortem<\/a>, postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"January 6th, 2014 11:37 am","title":"Tough \u2013 Post Mortem"}