{"author_name":"bndwagn_junglst","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1377637740,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"38213","p_author":"bndwagn_junglst","p_authorkey":"502952","p_urlkey":"73830","p_title":"Late to the party","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377637740","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"502952","us_name":"bndwagn_junglst","us_username":"bndwagn_junglst","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>I sorta kinda had something running by the deadline, but the truth of the matter is that I absolutely <strong>hated<\/strong> &#8211; and still hate &#8211; the way it looks and plays.  I ran out of time, cut features willy-nilly, didn&#8217;t even manage to get screen transitions or good-looking particles in, made my own artwork (go play it, you&#8217;ll see why this wasn&#8217;t a good idea), and ran through about seven different ideas before I finally settled on something I liked &#8211; but by then, there wouldn&#8217;t have been enough time to finish it, thus the lame rubbish below.  I had originally planned to simply highlight the directory, press Shift+Delete, and never look back, but my girlfriend, wonderfully kind and supportive as she is, convinced me that it was worth rescuing and posting, so here you guys go.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/illegal-instruction.org\/games\/test_subject_17_win32.zip\" title=\"Test Subject #17 for Windows\">Test Subject #17 for Windows<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/illegal-instruction.org\/games\/test_subject_17_src.tar.gz\" title=\"Test Subject #17 C source\">Test Subject #17 C source<\/a> (requires Allegro 4.2.x or 4.4.x, AllegroGL and DUMB)<\/p>\n <p>The obligatory screenshots:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025533_1366x768_scrot.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025533_1366x768_scrot.png\" alt=\"2013-08-28-025533_1366x768_scrot\" width=\"799\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-291185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025533_1366x768_scrot-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025533_1366x768_scrot-550x413.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025533_1366x768_scrot.png 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025614_1366x768_scrot.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025614_1366x768_scrot.png\" alt=\"2013-08-28-025614_1366x768_scrot\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-291186\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025614_1366x768_scrot-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025614_1366x768_scrot-550x412.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-28-025614_1366x768_scrot.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Right, postmortem.<\/p>\n <p><strong>The good:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Started out motivated, actually was fairly productive for the first twelve hours.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>The doubleplus ungood:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Too many design changes.<\/li>\n <li>Too much procrastination.<\/li>\n <li>Should not have gone from scratch (personally, I prefer this, as I feel it&#8217;s more in the spirit of how a 48h competition should be done, but let&#8217;s face it, Unity wins competitions, speed-coding doesn&#8217;t).<\/li>\n <li>Fell out of love with the game when it was 80% &#8216;complete&#8217;<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>And there you have it.<\/p>","time":"August 27th, 2013 4:09 pm","title":"Late to the party"}