Empirical Programming
Programming to me usually means, think about the problem, sketching it out, thinking some more, doing some tweaks, coming up with neat ideas and succinct methods. As an LD virgin however I have discovered that the compo is madness.
Slap in some code, does the result look ok? No? Just throw in some more magic numbers. OK now? No, but it doesn’t crash so bugger it. Is there a switch statement in Lua? What??? Now you tell me?? Slap in 40 nested if statements instead. Sorted.
Taking a 5 minute break atm because some text won’t line up with some other text but I can’t think why because my head is full of pixels and a funny farty sounding effect.
Help me!
Comments
Crown Games
28. Aug 2016 · 20:43 UTC
I remember my First LD. My entry was the crappiest thing I could possibly imagine, and I used all 48 hours! You get used to it though and begin to make better games as you compete more and more in Ludum Dare