{"author_name":"saveferris","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355784300,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"47604","p_author":"saveferris","p_authorkey":"8186","p_urlkey":"83269","p_title":"Failure \u201cpost mortem\u201d","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355784300","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8186","us_name":"saveferris","us_username":"saveferris","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

I have watched the complete 2nd season of Downton Abbey out of block and what not, so even including the third “Game Jam” day I haven’t produced anything playable. I learned a lot about 2D collision detection though and about the versatile Chipmunk 2D physics library. It seems I’m using LD more and more for my typical dabblings into new tech – exactly contrarian to what the “Game Jam Survival Guide” tells us to do.<\/p>\n

I \u00a0put too much time into trying to solve the problem of having the first Heroine (of many) climb up the evil (player controlled, red-as-hell laser emitting, quakes inducing ruby on top of the) mountain. I also wanted to do everything with SDL\/directFB and just today switched over to cocos2d (which btw kind of sucks if you use it the way every tutorial tells you how to do it – you should use it as a View layer only – View as in MVC). So anyways nothing to show other than a screen and some sounds for making the vision a little bit tangible.<\/p>\n

So what can I take away from this for next time:<\/p>\n

– stick to the tools you already know<\/p>\n

– preferably don’t try to do anything too far up from your current level (in my case the slope collision detection)<\/p>\n

– don’t watch downloadable tv shows (in a row!)- they suck the life out of you even more so than facebook or twitter do – especially when doing a compo!<\/p>\n

– also exercise your “art” skills like drawing (with pixels) and music<\/p>\n

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Thanks, it was still worth it! I’m looking forward to be inspired for next time by playing all those awesome games by all of the finishers!<\/p>\n

I <3 Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n

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Imagine being afraid of the righteous heroines & heroes coming up from the valleys trying to kill you, while being afraid of your own powerful evil self.<\/p>\n

THE MOUNTAIN – BGM 1<\/a><\/p>\n

THE MOUNTAIN – BGM 2<\/a><\/p>\n

THE MOUNTAIN – BGM 3<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 17th, 2012 5:45 pm","title":"Failure \u201cpost mortem\u201d"}