{"author_name":"frosty","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1335235740,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"56102","p_author":"frosty","p_authorkey":"1186","p_urlkey":"91822","p_title":"c!ph3r \u2013 Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335235740","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1186","us_name":"frosty","us_username":"frosty","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

Play c!ph3r »<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Post Mortem<\/h2>\n

Now that I’d had a bit of time to recover, I thought I’d share a few notes from my experience this weekend doing the Jam. <\/p>\n

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1.<\/strong> This was the first time that I’ve worked with someone else for game art. It was also Worm’s first time working on a game, much less a game jam. While we had a pretty decent system down (Skype + Twitch + Dropbox), there were a few rough patches early on where there was some wasted effort. To his credit, Worm stuck it out, and if nothing else, he contributed a mighty fine splash screen! =) <\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Programming-wise, this was my first real project using Snax, my custom pre-processor for Haxe. It made things much easier overall, but there were a bunch of annoying behaviors coming from Haxe where I wasted time trying to get basic things like Float\/Int conversions to work out right. Snax is getting close to where I can probably make it open source, so let me know if you’re interested.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> I’m pretty happy with the game. This was my first time doing something rather puzzley, and I’m glad I was able to use all of the game elements in combinations that feel fun. I’m particularly happy with the way the player sprite evolved into a sneaky-hacker-spy type guy and how that idea influenced the game mechanics. <\/p>\n

Anyway, I hope you like it. =)<\/p>","time":"April 23rd, 2012 9:49 pm","title":"c!ph3r \u2013 Post Mortem"}