{"author_name":"Rose","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346081340,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"51873","p_author":"Rose","p_authorkey":"7352","p_urlkey":"87571","p_title":"Poggle Island Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346081340","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7352","us_name":"Rose","us_username":"rose","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=7352\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-176086\"><img class=\" wp-image-176086 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Picture-92.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Picture-92-550x393.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Picture-92.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p style=\"text-align: left\">This is Poggle Island! The purpose of the game is to breed a target creature. Doing that means eliminating creatures you don&#8217;t want from the gene pool, either by making the climate inhabitable for them or sniping them with lightning bolts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=7352\">Play and rate it here<\/a>!<\/p>\n <p style=\"text-align: left\">Good<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I made a very polished game in 48 hours! On Saturday night, I had the gameplay down but was worried that the game wasn&#8217;t very fun. Should I try to make some big gameplay changes or stick with what I had? With just 12 hours left, I decided to keep the gameplay but focus on polish. I think that was a better idea than starting some whole new game features that might not be done in time.<\/li>\n <li>At the last minute, I added the pile of bones when a Poggle dies. I think that was a great thing to add, because it emphasizes the humorous aspect of killing off groups of small, cute animals.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Bad<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>The theme. I couldn&#8217;t really think of any very interesting ideas. On the other hand, then one I did use follows the theme very closely. (Less fit organisms die due to environmental changes.)<\/li>\n <li>Not playtesting! I always think that I need graphics in order to test the game, so I spend hours on the graphics before I even know if the game is fun. In the future I have to use placeholder graphics and nail down fun gameplay before I get started on the art.<\/li>\n <li>If I had just a tiny bit more time, I would have tweaked when Poggles mate so that it was a bit more consistent and\u00a0manageable&#8230;<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Unexpected benefit:\u00a0Reminiscing\u00a0about some great old computer games, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welovedosgames.net\/resizeimagereal.php?PLAATJE=images\/games\/tt2.png&amp;w=640&amp;h=480\/\">Fripples<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/puzzle\/genetics.htm\">Mixed Genetics<\/a>. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld24\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld24<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/post-mortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">post-mortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 27th, 2012 10:29 am","title":"Poggle Island Postmortem"}