{"author_name":"ddionisio","cat":"LD #25","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 17, 2012 1:41 pm","epoch":1355769660,"text":"“I drank 12 energy drinks for the span of 2 days.”
\n This is the bad habbit, not the breaks I guess \ud83d\ude09","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1355769180,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"47665","p_author":"ddionisio","p_authorkey":"17724","p_urlkey":"83330","p_title":"My LD #25 48-hour Mini Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355769180","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"17724","us_name":"ddionisio","us_username":"ddionisio","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

What Went Right<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Previous knowledge of using Unity3D and its various 3rd party libraries.<\/li>\n
  2. Able to get plenty of experience from a previous Game-Jam (GitHub Game-Off 2012)<\/li>\n
  3. Game Idea was not overly ambitious. \u00a0I started brainstorming with the potential 12 themes, this helped me pin down certain game mechanics that will work on multiple categories. \u00a0I was able to start the project right away. \u00a0On the downside, I was still at work when the compo began…got stuck in traffic, then finally got home.<\/li>\n
  4. Did not encounter major bugs.<\/li>\n
  5. Planned out the entire technical design before starting, really helped gage my progress.<\/li>\n
  6. Ready-made palettes for making pixel sprites. \u00a0Prior experience helped me make semi-decent art faster.<\/li>\n
  7. Ready-made food, snacks, beverages, energy drinks. \u00a0I literally spent the entire weekend indoors.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    What Went Wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Took too many breaks. \u00a0Day-job habbit \":)\"<\/li>\n
    2. Did not sleep on the first day. \u00a0Even though this made it possible for me to get the game ‘complete’, I consider it a bad thing.<\/li>\n
    3. My first time trying out the tile system in 2D Toolkit. \u00a0I had this grand idea of making a large map for the game…For some reason I was having trouble getting something to work nicely. \u00a0Plus, editing the map was a bit difficult for me. \u00a0I spent too much time fooling around with this feature.<\/li>\n
    4. Some game mechanics just didn’t work. \u00a0The “guard” is suppose to deflect projectiles but never got to making projectiles.<\/li>\n
    5. Game pacing and balance. \u00a0This is the kind of thing I never get a chance to do every time I make a game for a short time. \u00a0It’s a designer experience I need to hone more.<\/li>\n
    6. No audio. \u00a0Always the one thing that I put aside until the last minute. \u00a0Also, robots don’t make good music (cgmusic).<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

      Other Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n