{"author_name":"rik","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"May 18, 2012 4:15 am","epoch":1337332500,"text":"Nice game! \ud83d\ude00
\n Do you have a blog, twitter or something? I can’t seem to find you anywhere. \ud83d\ude1b","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1335515820,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"55924","p_author":"rik","p_authorkey":"1070","p_urlkey":"91642","p_title":"A Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335515820","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1070","us_name":"rik","us_username":"rik","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

The good:<\/p>\n

Figured out some cool math stuff<\/b>
\n I’m not a very accomplished coder, and wondered if I could do anything ‘odin sphere’ish with my skill level, and was pleased with the stuff I learnt.
\n Finished my game<\/b>
\n I couldn’t take any time off, so couldn’t stay up late on the final day or spend some time reworking anything for the Jam, so I’m happy I managed to submit something.
\n ‘feels’ pretty good<\/b>
\n The feedback you get in game is pretty nice. Kicking an enemy gets a big ‘pow’ graphic, the frame pauses, there’s a sound, debris, and the corpse flys off and spins away. Pretty satisfying. Likewise I pause the game (even longer) when you get hit, with a big ‘ouch’ graphic, and bring the offending enemy to the foreground so you can analyse what went wrong and hopefully avoid feeling short changed. <\/p>\n

The bad:<\/p>\n

Gameplay is boring.<\/strong>
\n The spherical world was cool to do, but it doesn’t even feel like you’re going anywhere, because the world is completely featureless. There’s 0 level design, there’s only two things to do: Hit enemies and avoid being hit by enemies. I had it so the flying corpses could hit and destroy other enemies, giving a tiny bit of depth to killing enemies, but I had to take it out, because it made the game super easy (meaning the only way it got difficult was from less ‘fair’ seeming enemy speed).
\n Game is ugly.<\/strong>
\n I was regretting the art direction even as I was drawing, but was really too afraid to start over given the time limit. I should’ve done something more fun looking, simple enough to have a bit of variety. I don’t like my graphics very much.
\n Designs are so poor that the objective isn’t clear<\/strong>
\n The visual cues aren’t done very well. Almost everyone tried to kick the drills’ faces and assumed the hitboxes are betraying them; this could’ve been avoided completely with better designed enemies. The drill part should’ve looked more dangerous (different colour to the body), and the back end should have had a visible weakspot or target.<\/p>\n

Overall I’m fairly unhappy with my entry, but I’ll definitely do better next time! Thanks to everyone who played, and made constructive criticism. <\/p>\n

\"my<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2012 3:37 am","title":"A Post Mortem"}