{"author_name":"damien","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1377441420,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"39291","p_author":"damien","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"74909","p_title":"Giving up for this one","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377441420","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>&#8230; But I plan on taking the next one successfully \u00a0<img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>The game current state is:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>There are no &#8220;finished&#8221; asset<\/li>\n <li>Items action binding is very, very far from being done, which is a shame when the main part of the game relies on these mechanics<\/li>\n <li>Still no sound<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>There are not so many things that I wanted to to in this game; I had a story I kinda liked, I was pretty quick to find what to do with the &#8220;10 seconds&#8221; theme.<\/p>\n <p>What was &#8211; I think &#8211; the major mistake I made was to think I could do a full game from scratch with little experience with the language I choose &#8211; was haxe, even though it&#8217;s far from being a cryptic language -, and without preparing any lib of any kind.<\/p>\n <p>This was a silly move, and the time lost to the scene managing, generic event handling and such, got me into big trouble without noticing it at first.<br \/>\n <strong>&#8211; It&#8217; ok, I got time.<\/strong><br \/>\n <strong>&#8211; Well, no my dear, you&#8217;ve been a bit too optimistic.<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>I also found myself being way too slow for getting anything done correctly code-wise, which is a problem when you have this little amount of time <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>I have some time to decently\u00a0prepare the next LD, build up more skill on haxe, and be faster than I was this time.<\/p>\n <p>Congratulations to the people who finished their games, and good luck to those still working on it!<\/p>\n <p>Cheers.<\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2013 9:37 am","title":"Giving up for this one"}