Wow, it feels like just yesterday I did my first Ludum Dare…<\/p>\n
For my first LD, good old number 20 I set a goal for myself: finish. And I did, and made Pitch In<\/a>. It did pretty decently for my first try, so I considered that goal complete.<\/p>\n For LD21, I set the goal of polish. I came up with Slip Away<\/a>, which slipped into the top 50 overall, so I was pleased.<\/p>\n For LD22, my goal was innovation. I’d done a platformer and a puzzle game, so I wanted something new. So I made Alone Together<\/a>, a game about making out with dudes or ladies. While it didn’t do quite as well as before, there were so many great entries.<\/p>\n But I realized that I’ve been neglecting one thing: fun. So yeah, this time around, I need to come up with something fun.<\/p>\n I’ll probably continue to use flixel for at least one more LD, though I MAY use EaselJS and NodeJS to do something if the theme is appropriate. Multiplayer could be neat.<\/p>\n Don’t think I’ll try to mix up the graphics this time around, either. I’ll stick to pixel art unless I really think something else might work better. Pro Motion is pretty sweet for that.<\/p>\n Music-wise, I want to improve a bit. I’ve always had music in my games, but I’ll stick with FL Studio. By the way, some great free VST plugins over here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, I’m gonna do it. I’m going to try to livestream as much of this as I can and rate 100 games. I’ve always been a slacker on the community side, mostly because once it’s over, I need time to decompress, but no more.<\/p>\n Let’s get pumped.<\/p>","time":"April 19th, 2012 3:50 pm","title":"I\u2019m In"}