{"author_name":"Bobrocket","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355664180,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"48390","p_author":"Bobrocket","p_authorkey":"10241","p_urlkey":"84065","p_title":"My postmortem of StarRunner","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355664180","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10241","us_name":"Bobrocket","us_username":"bobrocket","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>So, as I&#8217;ve finished my entry and you can view it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=10241\" target=\"_blank\">here,<\/a> I figured I should recap on everything. (View the leaderboards <a href=\"http:\/\/project-unknown.com\/scoreset.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n <p>StarRunner is a game where you play as an intergalactic thief who is being chased by the intergalactic police, only to find they&#8217;ll never stop.<\/p>\n <p>What went right:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I fixed most, if not all bugs.<\/li>\n <li>I knew what I was doing from the start.<\/li>\n <li>It was fairly simple.<\/li>\n <li>Music turned out surprisingly well.<\/li>\n <li>Simple concept can make a fantastic game.<\/li>\n <li>Arcade style = pretty cool.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>What went wrong:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>My game hardly fits the theme (I discovered this as I was finishing up, felt quite bad in the end).<\/li>\n <li>My code isn&#8217;t the most user-friendly, however I did try my hardest.<\/li>\n <li>My sprites were slightly inaccurate (white spaces, did help a bit) and some things are off-center.<\/li>\n <li>Original animation test failed, so I removed all code for that.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>What to improve:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Word filtering for the leaderboard &#8211; while FUK and ASS might be good players, not everyone likes swearing.<\/li>\n <li>Make my code more user-friendly.<\/li>\n <li>Sleep more.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>This was my first ludum dare and it was <strong>fantastic!<\/strong> Thanks for the great experience.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"December 16th, 2012 8:23 am","title":"My postmortem of StarRunner"}