{"author_name":"Dax","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1336764840,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"55806","p_author":"Dax","p_authorkey":"7756","p_urlkey":"91524","p_title":"Link post mortem (LD23)","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1336764840","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7756","us_name":"Dax","us_username":"dax","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>This is my second particpiation at the Ludumdare and I&#8217;m really happy with my entry.<\/p>\n <p>This time I had decided to create a puzzle game before the beginning of the contest, I really wanted to find simple mechanisms because at my previous LD, I was aiming too far.<\/p>\n <p>Once the theme has been revealed, I started to create all my needs for the story without really thinking at my game (the states, the context, &#8230;)<\/p>\n <p>Once the console interface was done for the story, I started to thing about puzzle games in a 2D map that could be considered as a tiny world.<\/p>\n <p>Then the idea came and I made this game where you need to connect all the block with the same color together.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Each time I work on a game (not only for the LD), I prefer to have something polished instead of something with a lot of bugs, that&#8217;s why sometimes I&#8217;m cuting some features.<\/p>\n <p>When I say polish, I mean my game has a menu, a story, a way to exit, even a save file, &#8230; it&#8217;s all this little point that I really care about but that are not enough rewarded in the way to judge games for LD.<\/p>\n <p>My biggest problem after the graphics is the music, I never know how to use softwares so I do nothing. I will try to find a way to add easily some musics to my gnext game \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Thanks for reading, if you wan to play, it&#8217;s here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-23\/?action=preview&amp;uid=7756\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/123793\/7756-shot2.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/123793\/7756-shot2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"May 11th, 2012 2:34 pm","title":"Link post mortem (LD23)"}