{"author_name":"Komradus","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367371200,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"42911","p_author":"Komradus","p_authorkey":"11076","p_urlkey":"78546","p_title":"Yet another post mortem","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367371200","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"11076","us_name":"komradus","us_username":"komradus","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

So this was an interesting dare.<\/a><\/p>\n

The theme made for a very difficult start to the weekend and I was simply not ready.<\/p>\n

I’m usually really good with coming up with an idea at the very least, but this time was different. I kept thinking of totally new things, none of which were amazing.<\/p>\n

I spent the first two hours drafting my first idea, and the next six working on it before hitting a snag and deciding that no, this idea will not do.\u00a0Panicking\u00a0I began a new project based on a backup idea I had from a while back. But that turned out just as bad with me abandoning it just after the 24 hour mark.<\/p>\n

Just when I was ready to give up a new idea hit me, not bad I thought, and got to work. If this was a\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0film, there’d be a montage scene for my next six hours, where I powered through and coded like a madman. With under 12 hours to go I had the basis for my game and just needed some graphics, sounds, and UI.<\/p>\n

This was my first major attempt at making a game without a large engine (such as Unity), using Processing <\/a>for graphics (Java) all I had to do was…everything else. And it was a blast.<\/p>\n

Things that went right:<\/p>\n