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Ludum Dare entry

This is the postmortem of my first LD entry, “Exit”. I worked a lot on the game and the result wasn’t as bad as I expected so let’s see what went right and what didn’t.

What went right:

• I finished the game
• I had time to do enough stages
• The animated background was a good idea and makes the game nicer
• Plenty of planification before starting
• I took breaks that allowed me to work more focused, not more than the necessary, I didn’t loose much time
• The “thing” that talks to you through the game, it was going to be a different thing and ended up being a jerk that makes the game better
• Level design, I was afraid of not being able to come up with ideas to create the levels but I was inspired
• Friends support, raising my morale and giving me realtime feedback

What went wrong:

• I panicked a bit in the last hours
• No music
• I’m not very happy with the block graphics
• Some collisions and minor bugs
• I forgot a bit about the theme as I had new ideas
• I feel like I should have been more creative
• Maybe a simpler idea could have been better
• Some problems that made me spend time and end up with a messy source

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