This turned out to be a really great weekend. \u00a0I learned a lot about what I need to learn and practice, I got my game done in half the time I thought necessary and spent a lot of time on polish, and I feel like I got more done than any previous LD I’ve done.
\n The good:<\/p>\n
I managed to spend all day the first day on task. \u00a0I had to use caffeine to do it, and I’m paying for that today, but oh well. \u00a0I got a *lot* done.<\/p>\n
My code was very reusable, with only a few exceptions. \u00a0I managed to make the second game (Ball Toss) with pretty much the same scripts as the first (Ring Toss). \u00a0Dart Throw took some re-engineering, but I managed to use most of the same scripts there, too.<\/p>\n
The game is fun! \u00a0I’ve always liked these games, but you can still never tell if it’s going to end up being as fun as you hope. \u00a0It is. \u00a0And my girlfriend agrees.<\/p>\n
The bad:<\/p>\n
I had to throw out a lot of great ideas because I simply didn’t know key elements of making them. \u00a0 They’re things that *should* be easy, but you should never do totally new things during a 48 hour compo.<\/p>\n
The above point meant that the game wasn’t nearly as ambitious as I’d have liked.<\/p>\n
Next time:<\/p>\n
I hit my goal of making a ‘fun’ game this time, finally. \u00a0Next time, I’m going to either trying for innovative or artistic. \u00a0Both of those are a big challenge for me, so I’ll need to be practicing in the mean time to be able to hit that goal.<\/p>","time":"August 26th, 2013 10:07 am","title":"10 Seconds at the Carnival \u2013 Post Mortem"}