{"author_name":"Vennril","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"Datw","time":"August 27, 2012 9:59 am","epoch":1346079540,"text":"Yeah, I now know why they say to use tools that you know how to use, hehe.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1346078940,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51880","p_author":"Vennril","p_authorkey":"15816","p_urlkey":"87578","p_title":"Final thoughts","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346078940","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15816","us_name":"Vennril","us_username":"vennril","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/08\/27\/final-thoughts\/screen01-35\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-175966\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-175966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screen014-550x378.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screen014-300x206.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screen014-550x378.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screen014.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n <p><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=15816\" target=\"_blank\">Play the game<\/a><\/p>\n <p>After getting some well-deserved sleep, I settled my thoughts and want to share them =)<br \/>\n It was my first LD, and a really fun one too! The theme felt pretty complex at first,\u00a0but luckily it didn&#8217;t take long to get an idea that was doable in 48h.<\/p>\n <p><strong>The good parts:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Although it&#8217;s always tempting to try new tools for a new project, I followed the advice to get into\u00a0an environment I&#8217;m comfortable with. That probably saved me a lot of time and stress. Nice!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <ul>\n <li>The ideas came pretty naturally as I made the game.<\/li>\n <li>My motivation was at a constant high level, thanks to all the nice people in the chats!<br \/>\n That ensured a happy mood too. Especially when you&#8217;re at the boring part of wrapping things up and upload stuff,\u00a0and then someone posts an hilariously over-the-top game, that makes you laugh so hard you wake up the neighbors!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <ul>\n <li>I&#8217;m overall pretty happy with the outcome.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>The bad parts:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I wish I had more time to add some more levels and mechanics, but you can do just so much in 2 days.\u00a0Post compo version? Maybe.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <ul>\n <li>I wish there was sound. I just can&#8217;t do it. No chance. Uh-uh.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>So thanks everyone for the good time &#8211; and now back to playing\/rating! =)<\/p>","time":"August 27th, 2012 9:49 am","title":"Final thoughts"}