{"author_name":"Cheezey","cat":"LD #27","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"September 1, 2013 3:18 pm","epoch":1378066680,"text":"Cheer up, it happens! Sometimes you just can&#8217;t really pull off a good idea for the theme and no matter what you do, you end up distracting yourself from the task. I don&#8217;t know, sometimes you are just not in the mood, you know? Already happened to me, at least! <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/>","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1377966600,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"38011","p_author":"Cheezey","p_authorkey":"21206","p_urlkey":"73627","p_title":"Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377966600","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"21206","us_name":"Cheezey","us_username":"cheezey","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>I didn&#8217;t get my game finished. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/frownie.png\" alt=\":(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>What went right:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>My art. I barely got any done, but it turned out well.<\/li>\n <li>My second idea. I like the idea, and think it could be fun if it was actually a game.<\/li>\n <li>Early code. The week before the compo, I started working on a game library. I found that having a bit of base code really helped, and whenever I needed a fairly generic feature (sprites, A*, etc) I added it to the library instead of my main code.<\/li>\n <li>I can&#8217;t think of anything else :\/<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>What went wrong:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>My first idea. After briefly brainstorming, I started implementing an impractical idea for an inexperienced dev like me. I threw it away on Saturday afternoon after bugs that I couldn&#8217;t fix got in the way and I realized how impractical it was.<\/li>\n <li>Distractions. I didn&#8217;t have any caffeine and I was exhausted and unmotivated, and even while streaming, my brain was constantly busy trying to figure out some way to distract itself from the task at hand.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>tl;dr: No caffeine, impractical idea, distractions.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>You can play my game in neverland.<\/p>","time":"August 31st, 2013 11:30 am","title":"Postmortem"}