{"author_name":"ThatSamu","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346042220,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51964","p_author":"ThatSamu","p_authorkey":"505612","p_urlkey":"87662","p_title":"\u2026and its gone.","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346042220","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505612","us_name":"ThatSamu","us_username":"ThatSamu","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>Finally it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n <p>This was my first Ludum Dare and I&#8217;m pretty happy with the <a title=\"end result\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14709\">end result<\/a>. Even though it was a bumpy road.<\/p>\n <p>After the first ~35 hours, I realized that my game-idea was dull and needed way more work that I could&#8217;ve been able to do in the remaining time. So I kinda lost motivation and died inside. I decided that I was gonna skip the submitting and just play games you guys created. But after couple of hours of hard self-evaluation, I decided to try one more time. I had already finished a randomly generating dungeon algorithm and the arts for it. And thought I&#8217;d build something simple around that.\u00a0That&#8217;s when I got the idea of &#8220;Dusty Balls&#8221; ;).<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>In Dusty Balls, player tries to move as many balls through the underground temple dungeons without hitting any hazards on the way.<br \/>\n As the game progresses, dungeons get longer( and spikier ) but most importantly the amount of balls you have to control at the same time, increases.<br \/>\n You see, each ball moves whenever you use your movement controls, so the game gives you a slight brain hurt, especially in the later levels ( there is total of 9 levels in game, which means the last level will have 9 balls bouncing around at the same time. You do have 9 pairs of eyes, right?)<\/p>\n \n <style type='text\/css'>\n #gallery-1 {\n margin: auto;\n }\n #gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n float: left;\n margin-top: 10px;\n text-align: center;\n width: 33%;\n }\n #gallery-1 img {\n border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n }\n #gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n margin-left: 0;\n }\n \/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n <\/style>\n <div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-175063 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sc3.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sc3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"sc3\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sc2.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sc2-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"sc2\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sc1.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sc1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"sc1\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n <\/div>\n \n <p>I&#8217;m pretty happy the way I got the controls done, they feel very intuitive.<\/p>\n <p>I think my personal best score is around 25 at the moment. Tell me if you can get close to 45, which is really, I mean REALLY kinda fricking hard. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m totally gonna try and find time to participate to Ludum Dare in the future, I really like the atmosphere you guys have in your community.<\/p>\n <p>Thanks guys, and let the fun begin.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14709\">http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14709<\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 26th, 2012 11:37 pm","title":"\u2026and its gone."}