{"author_name":"pl0xz0rz","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1356728760,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"47359","p_author":"pl0xz0rz","p_authorkey":"17850","p_urlkey":"83022","p_title":"Escape of the Blob Monster postmortem","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1356728760","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"17850","us_name":"pl0xz0rz","us_username":"pl0xz0rz","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>Although it wasn&#8217;t my first game, it was my first LD. My first game was in HTML5 too, for a jam in two weeks, it was a TD with physics and A* pathfinding, made from scratch. It was completely broken, buggy and with bad programmer art.<\/p>\n <p>However, I&#8217;m writing the postmortem for anoher game, a platformer. I couldn&#8217;t make a timelapse, as it missed the first 4 hours (programming,music,some art), and the last 2 hours(uploading the game somewhere). The link is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=17850\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n <p><strong>Stuff that went well:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Knowledge of HTML5 and Javascript.<\/li>\n <li>It was playable by the deadline<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Stuff that went wrong (unavoidable)<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Time. The first day was completely killed, and the second day, I was too tired to think straight. That probably caused the bugs.<\/li>\n <li>For some reason, my laptop keyboard broke. It was just after uploading it for the first time. Then I somehow managed to fix the mute button bug at least on Mozilla Firefox, but gave up, as typing i dfficult with a broke keybord.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Stuff that went wrong (avoidable)<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Writing collision detection from scratch. Do not try this at a 48h compo.<\/li>\n <li>Lack of audio skilz.<\/li>\n <li>Bad programer art (it was supposed to be placeholder, but as it was nearing deadline, I had to make cuts).<\/li>\n <li>The controls bug. I tried to do something cool with them, but failed trying. However, fixing that bug would probably make the game evr more borng.<\/li>\n <li>Wrong hardcoded values (too weak gravity, too strong stiction to ground, too much control in the air, too weak hardness of the protagonist<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld25\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld25<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 28th, 2012 4:06 pm","title":"Escape of the Blob Monster postmortem"}