{"author_name":"Elforama","cat":"LD #28","comments":[],"epoch":1387142340,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"34947","p_author":"Elforama","p_authorkey":"23982","p_urlkey":"70499","p_title":"First Ludum Dare!","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1387142340","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"23982","us_name":"Elforama","us_username":"elforama","event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"text":"<p>Hi everyone, this was my first time participating in this event. I&#8217;ve never made a full game in a single day before (had to cut it short), and I must say, it was a lot of fun. I&#8217;m looking forward to the next one.<\/p>\n <p>A few things I learned while doing this:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Having such a small time limit really makes progress happen fast. No time to think of the &#8220;best&#8221; way to do something speeds things up A LOT.<\/li>\n <li>What ever I coded, I used (if it worked). Besides I few exceptions, I didn&#8217;t have time to rework anything.<\/li>\n <li>If something didn&#8217;t work, I tossed it. Not spending a day to figure why something wont work makes things more fun!<\/li>\n <li>You can do a lot with a white circle and white square texture.<\/li>\n <li>Making good character controls is hard!<\/li>\n <li>The theme really made me think outside the box. I find being forced a theme to work with can produce some very interesting results. Or else I may gravitate to the &#8220;same old&#8221;<\/li>\n <li>So many other people working at the same thing at the same time = TONS of energy and motivation to work hard.<\/li>\n <li>Puzzles are hard to make in games without being too easy, (or maybe that&#8217;s just because I obviously know the solution), I hope my last level can trip some people up for at least their first try.<\/li>\n <li>Animations make a game so much more lively, I should have cut out a level to add time for more animations.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Here is an image from the second level.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-12-15-00.56.16.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-317924\" alt=\"Screenshot 2013-12-15 00.56.16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-12-15-00.56.16-300x187.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-12-15-00.56.16-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screenshot-2013-12-15-00.56.16-550x343.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Hope you enjoy the final result: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&amp;uid=23982<\/p>","time":"December 15th, 2013 4:19 pm","title":"First Ludum Dare!"}