{"author_name":"francois","cat":"October Challenge 2012","comments":[],"epoch":1351040340,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51195","p_author":"francois","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"86888","p_title":"Just submitted my game!","p_cat":"October Challenge 2012","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1351040340","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>October was an exciting ride and everything ended up going smoothly:\u00a0I made my game and my dollar for the LD October Challenge 2012!<\/p>\n <p><strong>Project highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>October 1st: Settled early on on creating a cross-platform puzzle game: HTML5 was a no-brainer<\/li>\n <li>October 2nd to 5th: Ended up choosing the MelonJS framework and got up to speed in a few days<\/li>\n <li>October 8th to 12th: Made the game as fast as I could and iterated on game flow to make it fun<\/li>\n <li>October 15th to 19th: Continued game balancing, changed some assets and looked around for sponsors<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>The game: <\/strong><\/p>\n <p>http:\/\/nine-software.com\/game\/gem-breaker\/<\/p>\n <p><strong>What it is about:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>Find the key buried in a mountain of gems! Careful, you can only remove gems which color matches the background.<\/p>\n <p>As levels go, more gems cover the ground. Act quickly and swiftly!<\/p>\n <p><strong>What it looks like:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/10\/23\/just-submitted-my-game\/gem-breaker-thumb\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-186278\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-186278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Gem-Breaker-Thumb-300x224.png\" alt=\"Gem Breaker Thumbnail\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Gem-Breaker-Thumb-300x224.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Gem-Breaker-Thumb.png 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p><strong>Controls:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>Mouse-clicks on desktops, touches on smart handheld devices.<\/p>\n <p><strong>Postmortem \/ Lessons learnt:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>Lacking artistic skills, I did what I could with free assets. The bar will be raised for future jams, I believe games need to look as good as the gameplay is.<\/p>\n <p>Game balance is not there yet, not that it gets boring fast but it feels too linear for now.<\/p>\n <p>There is no story around the game, I tried something with the tutorial but no artistic assets meant little freedom to create an enticing tale.<\/p>\n <p><strong>Feedback:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>This is my first game making endeavour and any comment or advice you could give me is greatly appreciated. Drop me a line anytime.<\/p>\n <p>@francoispenel<\/p>","time":"October 23rd, 2012 7:59 pm","title":"Just submitted my game!"}