{"author_name":"phi","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"superjoe","time":"July 28, 2013 2:33 am","epoch":1374996780,"text":"Sorry it didn&#8217;t work out. Better luck next time.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1374994020,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"42237","p_author":"phi","p_authorkey":"20723","p_urlkey":"77860","p_title":"Feeble Excuses","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1374994020","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"20723","us_name":"phi","us_username":"\/author\/phi\/","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>I love RTS games. And it seems that I love making them, too. I could have made one this week. I tried. And I failed.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/screen6.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-264017\" alt=\"screen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/screen6-300x168.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/screen6-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/screen6-550x309.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s why I didn&#8217;t manage to make a proper game for 7dRTS:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">I didn&#8217;t have time on monday.<\/span><\/li>\n <li>I just came back from an &#8220;exhausting&#8221; vacation.<\/li>\n <li>It&#8217;s been hot as hell from 9 am to 10 pm straight.<\/li>\n <li>I&#8217;m still learning to use Haxe\/NME.<\/li>\n <li>Haxe is hard to debug (I&#8217;m used to Java)<\/li>\n <li>I suck at finishing projects.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Here&#8217;s why I should have made this game a proper one:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">It&#8217;s a simple concept.<\/span><\/li>\n <li>It&#8217;s possible to code with my low level of experience.<\/li>\n <li>It&#8217;s easy to continue without a lot of refactoring.<\/li>\n <li>It doesn&#8217;t include a lot of art.<\/li>\n <li>I love Sublime Text.<\/li>\n <li>I love Haxe.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I might use it as a base for a future project, but at the moment I just need a break.<\/p>\n <p>If you want to play around with it (which I don&#8217;t think you do), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-44\/?action=preview&amp;uid=20723\">here<\/a> it is.<\/p>\n <p><strong>I&#8217;m sorry.<\/strong><\/p>","time":"July 28th, 2013 1:47 am","title":"Feeble Excuses"}