{"author_name":"matiasbontempo","cat":"LD #35","comments":[],"epoch":1462052460,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"5693","p_author":"matiasbontempo","p_authorkey":"60542","p_urlkey":"41143","p_title":"ShapeGrid \u2013 PostMortem","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1462052460","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"60542","us_name":"matiasbontempo","us_username":"matiasbontempo","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"

Hey guys!<\/strong> Post-mortem time!<\/p>\n

I had so much fun this Ludum and I can not wait to see the results. This was not only my first compo, but also my first fully playable game. I also had the chance to upload my first game to the Google Play Store<\/strong>! I’ve played many excellent games but I feel really good about mine. So If you haven’t played it yet, go and give it a try<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Hero\"<\/p>\n

I was really looking for this Ludum. I wanted to take part in the compo to force myself to create a whole game. Sadly, when the theme was announced I didn’t really like the theme and I had not a single idea for it. Not being so good at graphics made really hard the shapeshifting part. But suddenly, an idea hit me! I knew that many of you would use simple shapes in your games, but at least I had an idea! I sat down and “draw” my base idea.<\/p>\n

\"shape-grid<\/p>\n

There would be a board filled with 4 different tiles and 3 different colors. The player would move from one to the other getting as many as possible.<\/p>\n

So with no time to lose, I just started creating my graphics. This took me a while. I decided I would have gray sprites and then color them in-game. This was the result:<\/p>\n

\"GraphicsReference\"<\/p>\n

As graphics were done, I jumped to programming. I’m so proud of my level generation. I works great and the gameplay turned out just as I expected.
\n Sadly, I had no time for audio. I tried some chords in FL Studio, but it did not match what I wanted for this game.<\/p>\n

Finally, feedback has been very possitive. That makes me really happy and encourages me to keep developing this game in the future. It could potentially grow a lot.<\/p>\n

Again, please go and play ShapeGrid<\/a> if you didn’t, or watch Frederika<\/a>\u00a0play my game in the stream made by Omiya Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n