{"author_name":"lanz","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367493060,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"42825","p_author":"lanz","p_authorkey":"20549","p_urlkey":"78460","p_title":"Maxwell Rush PRO!","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367493060","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"20549","us_name":"lanz","us_username":"lanz","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

Thank you all for voting and kind comments! .) Special for you here are POST-release version.Rate main entry<\/a>, then be free to play post-release<\/a>. It is ALOT easier, you can control demon with mouse(“new-age modern”) or with keys (“old-school hardcore”), also when you die, you restart at the level you died.<\/p>\n

Here’s little post-mortem.<\/p>\n

What went right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Timing. I did realistic estimations how much can I do in 48 hours. \u00a0Tried to keep it minimal, preferred hard-coding to soft-coding and sticked to the plan. It turned out well and I had spare time to add few features.
\n Using Box2D. It saved a lot of time with it’s pre-baked collisions and physics.
\n Had slept well. And it has a great boost on my productivity.
\n Using png images. At first my idea was to use Qt vector graphics, but I discarded this idea early and it greatly simplified content pipeline.
\n Community! I was afraid and insecure about my first entry, but got really positive comments. Thank you guys, you are great!<\/p>\n

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What went wrong.<\/strong>
\n Ui. It was a last thing to add, and integration of the level switching and different ui screens and buttons was a great hack. I wish I thought of it in the beginning.
\n Not many levels. I haven’t done level editor and hard-coded levels. With editor and level-switching framework it would be possible to add more content.
\n Game mechanics. In the beginning my idea was to use only demon’s impulse to slow down molecules. After first play-tests it became obvious that it was way to hardcore, so I was forced to rethink mechanics and to add the force-field.
\n Lack of design. You know, learning curves, difficulty progression, that kind of stuff I completely overlooked.<\/p>\n

Well, It was great experience and I hope you had fun playing my game!
\n Thanks to ludum dare staff for their hard work, and to thousands of creative artists, developers and simply good guys out there!<\/p>","time":"May 2nd, 2013 6:11 am","title":"Maxwell Rush PRO!"}