{"author_name":"Omiya Games","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1368159300,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"42664","p_author":"Omiya Games","p_authorkey":"20557","p_urlkey":"78299","p_title":"Unexpectedly Useless Things","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1368159300","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"20557","us_name":"Omiya Games","us_username":"\/author\/taro\/","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

[Cross posted from Omiya Games<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n

Before I go any further, I wanted to make a quick mention that Omiya Game’s (the game studio that currently consists of only me) latest mobile game, Touch Yoga<\/strong><\/a> was just published on the Barnes & Noble NOOK HD tablets<\/a>! Don’t have one? It’s also available on the iPhones, iPads, iPods<\/a>, Androids<\/a>, and even Amazon Kindle Fire HD<\/a> tablets.<\/p>\n

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Anyways, I digress. To compliment the unexpectedly useful things<\/a> list, I now talk about things I thought were going to be useful, but weren’t.<\/p>\n

Pen & Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n

I expected myself to doodle and draw a lot of pictures. \u00a0Instead, I leave as the cleanest paper yet.<\/p>\n

\"graphPaper\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At least it came with a free Mario figure. And speaking of doodling…<\/p>\n

Wacom Tablet<\/strong><\/p>\n

My wacom tablet was left untouched on top of my printer. The latter which was also useless, but that was expected for this event.<\/p>\n

\"wacom\"<\/a><\/p>\n

No love for the poor guy.<\/p>\n

Fossil Wiki<\/strong><\/p>\n

I ended up using the Wiki more than the tablet and the notepad, but only for two things: first, the 30 minute game brainstorming.<\/p>\n

\"LudumDareProgress1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And coming up with the game’s title<\/p>\n

\"wiki\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fun fact: the second best contender for The Sentient Cube<\/strong><\/a> title was, indeed, The Artist’s Pornography<\/em>. I decided against it for an obvious reason.<\/p>\n

Unity’s Pre-installed Scripts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seriously, I ended up using only 2 scripts in the end product: one for the water refraction, and the edge detecting post-image effect. Everything else? Illegibly coded and completely impractical for the game.<\/p>\n

\"unityDefaultScripts\"<\/a><\/p>\n \n

Tags: Amazon<\/a>, android<\/a>, fossil<\/a>, iOS<\/a>, iPad<\/a>, iphone<\/a>, iPod<\/a>, Kindle Fire HD<\/a>, Mario<\/a>, Nook<\/a>, NOOK HD<\/a>, paper<\/a>, pen<\/a>, The Sentient Cube<\/a>, Touch Yoga<\/a>, wiki<\/a><\/p>","time":"May 9th, 2013 11:15 pm","title":"Unexpectedly Useless Things"}