{"author_name":"KumoKairo","cat":"LD #28","comments":[],"epoch":1388485560,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"34055","p_author":"KumoKairo","p_authorkey":"26435","p_urlkey":"69600","p_title":"One Touch Of Music post-Mortem and post compo mobile version","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1388485560","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"26435","us_name":"KumoKairo","us_username":"kumokairo","event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"text":"

After the LD 28 I was very busy with my educational projects, so I’m gonna use some free time to share some thoughts about this compo with you. (compo version of the game lives here<\/a>) For those who won’t read the post – android mobile version is here<\/a><\/p>\n

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It was my first Ludum Dare to participate in and I was very excited to be a part of this event. I’d like to start with what went wrong.<\/p>\n

What went wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

The day this compo began I had to spend almost all day at the university as there was an exam for me to pass. At first I even thought that I won’t be able to create a game in time. But at the same time I had a lot of time to think the theme over. There was a swarm of thoughts but I didn’t really liked any of it until I thought of this one – a music puzzle with one-touch-to-pass-the-level<\/em>. At that time I was dead sure that it totally covers the theme so I rushed to implement it once I got home. But there was a small problem – as people started to play this game, it turned out that some of them thought it didn’t really correspond the theme. So I thought it all over and understood that those people were right. Partially. I don’t really think that it’s a witty interpretation of the theme, but it doesn’t fall out of it either.<\/p>\n

The second problem – I had an overall image of the game in my head, but I didn’t really know how it should be done until I actually started to work on it. I had no idea how the game should look and sound overall, so it was a bit confusing like “what to do next? Maybe this? Or maybe this?”<\/p>\n

The third (and the most serious) problem – there was no ready-to-use scale sounds of the piano (ridiculous). I spent several hours looking for it on all possible free sound resources but didn’t manage to find any. I found a Cello scale instead (which is good, but I really wanted the piano). I had no music making software so I couldn’t make these sound by myself.<\/p>\n

The fourth problem – GUI. Unity3D OnGUI system is a hell. You have to calculate all the rectangles, scale, align, move and animate all of it programmatically. I decided to drop it and created my own GUI system based on sprites. It’s pretty straightforward, but it’s way more effective than the OnGUI system.<\/p>\n

And I totally forgot to start recording a timelapse from the very beginning. I was working for several hours when I remembered of it.<\/p>\n

What went right<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Unity3D native 2D system really rocks! I’ve made a working prototype in no time! I had some problems with animation, I’ve never really worked with it in Unity, but overall it was pretty easy and fun to make a full 2D game in Unity3D<\/p>\n

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I really knew what I can make in 48-72 hours so I didn’t think of any impossible tasks. In fact, I was able to create even more content than I planned. On the second day I was lazy enough to play demo (and final) versions of other LD games here.<\/p>\n

I’ve made a version that I was happy with when it was about 10 hours until the main (48h) deadline. I went for a compo because I used some creative common stuff. I submitted it and started playing others games.<\/p>\n

It took some time to create a mobile version of the game (I was busy with my education again) but here it is – you can now play it on your android device! It’s free (and add-free)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.FerretSyndicate.OneTouchOfMusic
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iOS version is coming out soon.<\/p>\n

It was pretty fun for my first Ludum Dare!<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>","time":"December 31st, 2013 5:26 am","title":"One Touch Of Music post-Mortem and post compo mobile version"}