I can add a post to the site too? Wow, I really am new at this!<\/p>\n
This is my first Ludum Dare, and I only really heard about it last year so am glad I was able to take part.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, due to my terrible organisational skills, I forgot which weekend it was (Fail #1). \u00a0When I got the email about Theme voting, I had already made plans to paint the kitchen and had no plans for offloading the other half for the weekend (Fail #2). \u00a0Not to worry, I can get up early and make a start before painting… I over slept… til\u00a0about 10.30 GMT, some 9 hours after the theme was announced (Fail #3). \u00a0Then came the theme announcement – Shapeshift – the hell can I make with that!? I was stumped, and for\u00a05 or so hours couldn’t think of ANYTHING to do with shapeshifting that was viable for me within the time limit (Fail #4).<\/p>\n
Where am I going with this? I don’t really know.\u00a0But with a third of the kitchen painted, I’d earned a “break” and started scribbling down ideas. \u00a0Eventually I settled on Origami – obvious, right? Too obvious? Too hard to Draw\/Animate? All yes. \u00a0I returned to the kitchen to paint and try to think of what to do with this idea I finally had. \u00a0By midnight I had half a painted kitchen, 4 origami animals, and a neglected partner*..Sunday’s going to be tough.<\/p>\n
After some breakfast and a return trip to the train station, I was left to my own devices. \u00a0I hit the kitchen hard and painted straight through to completion. \u00a0Great, now its 2PM and I have shopping to do (on a Sunday, 2 hours before closing, genius). \u00a0 I finally sit down at the computer and throw sprites and code at a blank canvas hoping some of it will stick… and eventually, by 2AM GMT (with a 30 minute break for pizza!) I actually had something.<\/p>\n
Was it good? No. Was it pretty? Sort of. But was it a game?\u00a0Apparently so.<\/p>\n
With literally no time to spare I\u00a0compiled, tested, fixed, compiled, tested, tweaked, compiled, tested, swore, fixed, compiled, tested, and\u00a0submitted “Golden Fold<\/a>“.<\/p>\n With a nominal 13-15 hours spent on it, was it worth the\u00a0hassle and stress? \u00a0Please vote<\/a> and let me know <\/p>\n *In all seriousness, she was great. Fully supportive and frankly, happy to have me out of her hair for a while. Couldn’t have done it without h<\/em>er.<\/em><\/p>\n \n Tags: 2D<\/a>, compo<\/a>, game<\/a>, LD35<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 19th, 2016 1:21 am","title":"Not that much of a fail"}![\":)\"](\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\")
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