{"author_name":"Puffi","cat":"October Challenge 2012","comments":[],"epoch":1351787400,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51144","p_author":"Puffi","p_authorkey":"5300","p_urlkey":"86837","p_title":"October challenge completed!","p_cat":"October Challenge 2012","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1351787400","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5300","us_name":"puffi","us_username":"puffee","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>Had my first sales today via Ubuntu Software Centre which felt really good, a day late, but I&#8217;m still happy!<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve really slacked on &#8220;marketing&#8221; the game as we&#8217;ve been crunching at work, but hopefully in next few weeks I can make proper demo version and port the game to windows (note to self: how come I&#8217;m always able to blame work for my slacking).<\/p>\n <p>Getting the game published in the Software Centre was simple and the review process was really fast (wish other platforms would work as well).<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve been toying with the idea of porting the game for Android, but I have not done any research about that yet (never done any mobile development).<br \/>\n The game is written in fairly standard C++ (uses some POSIX libraries) and SDL, and AFAIK that combo should work decently well on Android.<\/p>\n <p>The games October challenge submission is here: <a title=\"Tiny Puzzle Garden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/october-challenge-2012\/?action=preview&amp;uid=5300\">Tiny Puzzle Garden<\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Thanks for the fun event and good luck with your sales everyone!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/challenge\/\" rel=\"tag\">challenge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/completed\/\" rel=\"tag\">completed<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/first-sale\/\" rel=\"tag\">first sale<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/october\/\" rel=\"tag\">october<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/tiny-puzzle-garden\/\" rel=\"tag\">tiny puzzle garden<\/a><\/p>","time":"November 1st, 2012 11:30 am","title":"October challenge completed!"}