{"author_name":"Milo","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346015280,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"52259","p_author":"Milo","p_authorkey":"2934","p_urlkey":"87958","p_title":"Submited","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346015280","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2934","us_name":"Milo","us_username":"milo","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

Well, I’ve run out work to do on my game (I’m gonna be honest: these graphics are about the best I can do for fish…), which means it’s time to submit! Click me if you want to see it<\/a>. The game still has a really prototype-y feel to it, which is a shame, but there’s not much to help it other than going almost back to the drawing board. I’m still proud of it though – in terms of “how much fun users will have with this” or “how pretty it looks”, it can’t hold a candle to my submission from LD23<\/a>, but in terms of how original it is, this submission wins out. I think I’ve got an interesting start, but a good execution of this idea was infeasible from the start; although I avoided anything nasty like evolutionary algorithms, I ran into having a system which is hard for users to play with. Really, there needs to be more depth in the ecosystem to pull the idea off – right now, there’s no way the herbivores will ever find a niche and live unless they drive their predators to extinction, and that’s a problem. I’d love to pursue this idea further, but it’s not a project for 24 hours.<\/p>","time":"August 26th, 2012 4:08 pm","title":"Submited"}