{"author_name":"joekinglake","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1378638060,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"37931","p_author":"joekinglake","p_authorkey":"14924","p_urlkey":"73547","p_title":"10SecTD Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1378638060","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"14924","us_name":"joekinglake","us_username":"\/author\/joekinglake\/","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p><a title=\"Play Here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-27\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14924\" target=\"_blank\">Play Here<\/a><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen_F_01.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-295550\" alt=\"Screen_F_01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen_F_01-280x300.png\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Tools Used:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Flash<br \/>\n FlashDevelop<br \/>\n <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Audacity<\/span><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><b>Summary:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">This was definitely not my first games jam game, in fact i&#8217;ve done quite a few including but not limited to: Global Games Jam, Brains Eden, GameHack and more. However, this is my first games jam that i participated in alone, if you don&#8217;t include the NanoLD which was only 48 minutes long! I&#8217;m a designer by day and at jams I only usually do design and code, this time i enjoyed getting my hands dirty with the art side of things. I also had some fun editing foley sounds in audacity which i\u00a0haven&#8217;t\u00a0done since my first year in University!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><b>What Went Well:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><i>Fast Pace<\/i>: I have had a fair bit of good feedback relating to the pace. The objective i set myself was to create a fast paced turret defense game, i&#8217;m pretty happy with the pace.<\/li>\n <li><i>Art<\/i>: I haven&#8217;t really done much art in the past so it was nice to try my hand at it, i&#8217;ve had some pretty positive feedback relating to it too. I&#8217;m happy with how it fits with the style of the game.<\/li>\n <li><i>Length<\/i>: The length of the game is over 5 minutes (assuming you reach the end). I aimed to make a game that it was easy to fill with content once I had a solid base to work with.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><i>Theme<\/i>: Initially i really struggled to come up with an idea for the theme but overall i&#8217;m very happy with how it relates to the theme and i think it&#8217;s pretty clear.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><i>Strategy<\/i>: I wanted to make a game where players had to think about their actions. I think so far there is a basic necessity for planning, but this definitely relates to the balancing and it needs some improvement.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><b>What Didn&#8217;t Go So Well:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><i>Balancing<\/i>: The game is very unbalanced at the moment, I struggled to find time near the end to balance the game so there&#8217;s a lot of issues relating to the difficulty curve.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><i>Estimation<\/i>: I was constantly battling with issues relating to the turrets and enemies. I&#8217;ve never made a tower defense game and i definitely underestimated a few of the aspects.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><i>Time Management<\/i>: I wasn&#8217;t able to start until a good 12-13 hours after the theme was announced, it was 2 in the morning when it was announced and i was otherwise occupied in the morning. I also had work early Monday which meant making sure i had a reasonable sleeping pattern unlike previous jams I&#8217;ve attended! This meant that I didn&#8217;t get as long to work on the game as i&#8217;d like.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><i>Originality<\/i>: This definitely wasn&#8217;t an overly innovative idea, even though i got to try some new things and i really enjoyed the jam i think i&#8217;d like to try something a little different next time.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Thanks everyone for the delightful feedback, i&#8217;ve really enjoyed Ludum Dare and am looking forward to the next one already <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>Shameless plug: There&#8217;s a few in-dev screenshots on my new blog <a href=\"http:\/\/joekinglake.blogspot.nl\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>","time":"September 8th, 2013 6:01 am","title":"10SecTD Postmortem"}