{"author_name":"Neonlare","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346002200,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"52432","p_author":"Neonlare","p_authorkey":"1913","p_urlkey":"88133","p_title":"LD 48 \u2013 Missing Links indeed (White Flag)","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346002200","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1913","us_name":"Neonlare","us_username":"neonlare","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;ve been tearing away at code for the past 30 hours, gone through 3 different prototypes for a game befitting of this theme and I&#8217;m just, stumped. I know for sure I won&#8217;t be able to make the deadline sadly, but it certainly has opened a few things I have to work on. There are two major points as to why I&#8217;ve just crashed and burned this time around, it&#8217;s a little sad for me, as I had made it like a ritual of mine to try and participate within every LD from my first one &#8211; Enemies as Weapons. Oh well, ya live, ya learn, ya rise again. D:<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Out of all the factors, these two were the ones that effectively killed me this time around. I&#8217;ll see you guys around for next LD!<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Menu Logic &#8211; Something that has evaded me for the longest time, I usually struggle the most with menu management. This was the downfall of most of my projects for this LD, and it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll definitely have to work up and polish before participating in a theme as complex as Evolution.<\/li>\n <li>Theme Complexity &#8211; Evolution wasn&#8217;t really a theme I was expecting to see for this LD, so it did surprise me to see it come on up. That and the involved complexity of involving Evolution as an intrinsic gameplay mechanic is another one of those project killers for me sadly. As I worked further on my projects I had less and less time to implement this system in, and I did not want to do another Metroidvania esque platformer as I had already created one of those before for LD &#8211; Escape.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Good luck to everyone and I hope your projects have gone smoother than mine! Have fun!<\/p>","time":"August 26th, 2012 12:30 pm","title":"LD 48 \u2013 Missing Links indeed (White Flag)"}