{"author_name":"Chiizujin","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1327229400,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"59885","p_author":"Chiizujin","p_authorkey":"10312","p_urlkey":"95637","p_title":"First ever Ludum Dare entry complete.","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1327229400","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10312","us_name":"Chiizujin","us_username":"chiizujin","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"

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So that’s it – I actually completed my first ever Ludum Dare game.<\/p>\n

The version of fear I was aiming at was more along the lines of tension than scariness. The entry is here<\/a> and I hope to have the time lapse up within the next day or two.<\/p>\n

What worked out<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best thing was that I actually managed to complete the game. I made a point of setting myself something reasonably small to do, which was definitely the right decision as I don’t think I could have done much more than I did. Looking at past entries, it amazes me what people can get done in such a short time.<\/p>\n

In general I was fairly happy with how it turned out. It plays as I wanted it to play so that’s good enough for me.<\/p>\n

What didn’t<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing really went horribly wrong, but what bothered me most was not being able to really spare any time for re-factoring and re-writing things to work better. I hate saying, “It’ll have to do like that.”<\/p>\n

I was expecting my sprites to be much worse than they were, since I’m pretty terrible at graphics, but even though I consider them to be “passable” I’d have liked them to be much better. Unfortunately that would probably be beyond my abilities.<\/p>\n

Sounds would have been good, but it’s not something I’ve done before and would have required some research in advance, so I decided to leave sounds out.<\/p>\n

By the time the game was nearing completion I was running out of steam and really just wanted it to be done. It was a pretty tiring experience, but despite the fact that the last thing I want to do right now is look at any code, I’d probably do it again.<\/p>","time":"January 22nd, 2012 5:50 am","title":"First ever Ludum Dare entry complete."}