{"author_name":"glisk","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367352360,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"42931","p_author":"glisk","p_authorkey":"19092","p_urlkey":"78566","p_title":"More will follow: a post-mortem.","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367352360","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"19092","us_name":"glisk","us_username":"glisk","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<p>Well, this was my second attempt to 48h compo and the first time I finished and submitted my game.<\/p>\n <p>What to say? I think I learned some things.<\/p>\n <p>To be honest, I learned a lot from my first attempt on LD #25.<\/p>\n <p>What I thought after giving up on the last compo revealed as being true this time: first goal must be &#8220;being pragmatic&#8221;. And by &#8220;being pragmatic&#8221; I mean aiming at a target that&#8217;s reachable in 48 hours according to your skills.<\/p>\n <p>This is a good lesson, that can be extended outside the specific LD target, into the &#8220;real world&#8221;.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m not a game developer, I&#8217;m a CS student. I think I&#8217;ve got skills, but I need to work a lot on myself and to improve myself and this competition is a <strong>great way<\/strong> to do it.<\/p>\n <p>My game won&#8217;t surely win anything and won&#8217;t surely appear in the top rated games, but I don&#8217;t care at all, because designing my own game, crafting my own game,\u00a0<em>coding<\/em> my own game and seeing it coming to life was just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><i>a real pleasure<\/i><\/span>.<\/p>\n <p>And I&#8217;d like to thank you guys for making fun games, making me feel part of a cool community for 48 hours of hard work.<\/p>\n <p>Submitting my game, playing <strong>your<\/strong> games, reading and writing comments, seeing how many incredibly smart ideas you people have got about my same theme and put into your games&#8230; I loved this competition. Thank you guys!<\/p>\n <p>And, by the way, this is my game, Euler&#8217;s Inc.:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=19092\">http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=19092<\/a><\/p>\n <p>See you on next LD! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/post-mortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">post-mortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 30th, 2013 3:06 pm","title":"More will follow: a post-mortem."}