{"author_name":"geekygenius","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"sfernald","time":"August 27, 2012 2:10 am","epoch":1346051400,"text":"I would say don&#8217;t edit your game unless there is an important bug fix that might hinder playing the game. I think this generally has been way we have handled it over the years. You can release new ports of you pr game whenever as well. Generally, people are rating the games now so everyone shouldn&#8217;t be updating their games all the time.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 27, 2012 2:10 am","epoch":1346051400,"text":"How many LOC do you have? I&#8217;ve spewed out exactly 899 (incl. empty lines) during these 2 days.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1346050680,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"51943","p_author":"geekygenius","p_authorkey":"6529","p_urlkey":"87641","p_title":"Post Compo-Thoughts","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346050680","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"6529","us_name":"geekygenius","us_username":"geekygenius","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>Wow! That was an\u00a0interesting\u00a048 hours. \u00a0I had to change game ideas once,\u00a0because\u00a0my first one sucked&#8230; but the other was was good. And, I finished (just barely) in time! I&#8217;ve learned so much about games, mostly the Slick2D API.<\/p>\n <p>Anyways, I felt I would share my thoughts on a few topics surrounding the Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Editing your game after submitting is ok, as long as you don&#8217;t change the gameplay. I think that doing things that help\u00a0play-ability\u00a0is ok. Things like changing a few lines so your code works on someone else&#8217;s computer is fine by me, as long as it\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0change gameplay. Performance\u00a0improvements\u00a0aren&#8217;t as ok, but if\u00a0your\u00a0game is running at a low enough fps, that its\u00a0noticeable, its fine also.<\/li>\n <li>Evolution is a tricky theme. From what little I&#8217;ve seen, there aren&#8217;t that many\u00a0original\u00a0interpretations of the theme. If I see one, I&#8217;ll rate it 5 stars, otherwise, I&#8217;ll rate it based off of how important and evolution based\u00a0gameplay\u00a0mechanics are.<\/li>\n <li>Most lines of code should be an\u00a0official\u00a0award.<\/li>\n <li>Devs should test their browser-only games on all browsers.<\/li>\n <li>I like getting comments, so I give them!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Please feel free to\u00a0shear\u00a0your thoughts on my ideas, or add your own.<\/p>\n <p><a title=\"[Mandatory Game Link]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=6529\">[Mandatory game link]<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 27th, 2012 1:58 am","title":"Post Compo-Thoughts"}