{"author_name":"rot13","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1378217580,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"37975","p_author":"rot13","p_authorkey":"25958","p_urlkey":"73591","p_title":"magnet. postmortem","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1378217580","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"25958","us_name":"rot13","us_username":"rot13","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>It was the first LD I patricipated in, and I&#8217;m quite satisfied with the game I made. I found the theme a bit too constraining, though I managed to get an idea of my game fairly quickly. So, without breaking everything in good and bad aspects:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Graphics.<\/strong> My programmer art really sucks so I went for a minimalist graphical style. My inspiration was Super Hexagon which manages to look really good without having sophisticated graphics. I think my game looks quite well, and that&#8217;s mainly due to particles flying everywhere.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Music.<\/strong> In short, there&#8217;s none. I found out I couldn&#8217;t make a good-sounding soundtrack and I didn&#8217;t want to resort to autotracker.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Gameplay. <\/strong>It&#8217;s unoriginal and repetitive, as it&#8217;s just your everyday top-down arena shooter. Magnet phase makes things a lot more interesting, though I got comments saying that it&#8217;s confusing.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Scope.<\/strong> I didn&#8217;t pick a complex idea, so I was sure that I could complete it in 48 hours. I was right about it, almost all mechanics were done during the first day.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Taking part in an LD was a great experience, and most of all a fun one. Looking forward to next compo!<\/p>\n <div style=\"width: 569px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-27\/?action=preview&amp;uid=25958\"><img class=\"  \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/273708\/25958-shot0.png\" width=\"559\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the screenshot to play my game!<\/p><\/div>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"September 3rd, 2013 9:13 am","title":"magnet. postmortem"}