{"author_name":"arielsan","cat":"LD #21","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"September 13, 2011 2:02 pm","epoch":1315940520,"text":"Hey, would you like this post-mortem to show up in indie(Magazine); Issue #15?<br \/>\n -Bret Hudson","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Jorjon","time":"September 14, 2011 1:12 pm","epoch":1316023920,"text":"I really liked your game! You deserved better score.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1315931520,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"63536","p_author":"arielsan","p_authorkey":"2034","p_urlkey":"99321","p_title":"Vampire Runner \u2013 Post Mortem","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1315931520","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2034","us_name":"arielsan","us_username":"arielsan","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/09\/12\/ludum-dare-21-results\/\">Ludum Dare 21 is finished<\/a> and rating time too and we have the rating results.<\/p>\n <p>Vampire Runner was #290, not so good as other of our previous <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gemserk.com\/ludum-dare\/\">Ludum Dare games<\/a>, but on the other hand there was a lot of games in this one, almost three times the games of the previous Ludum Dares. <\/p>\n <p>Here are the scores Vampire Runner got in this Ludum Dare:<\/p>\n <div align=\"center\">\n <pre>\n Position\tCategory\tScore\n \n #87\t\tCommunity\t3.22\n #144\t\tCoolness\t4%\n #159\t\tFun\t\t2.94\n #168\t\tHumor\t\t2.18\n #290\t\tOverall\t\t2.75\n #305\t\tGraphics\t2.50\n #339\t\tAudio\t\t1.29\n #345\t\tInnovation\t2.38\n #450\t\tTheme\t\t2.00\n <\/pre>\n <\/div>\n <p>Now, I want to share a small post mortem of the game and explain why I feel the score is what I expected.<\/p>\n <h3>What went wrong<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li>As the game started like some kind of Canabalt clone, because my lack of imagination, I was a bit unmotivated so Saturday progress was really slow and unproductive.<\/li>\n <li>I feel I lost too much time making the vampire animations and forgot about the environment assets.<\/li>\n <li>The game lack of audio and that goes against the Ludum Dare score.<\/li>\n <li>I forgot to reflect inside the game the connection with Ludum Dare&#8217;s theme.<\/li>\n <li>Missing on-line high scores: it shouldn&#8217;t be so hard to add it as I have Face Hunt (and other games) experience but I was a bit lazy and didn&#8217;t. One reason to have this one is to make the game more competitive and also to know who is playing the game.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <h3>What went right<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li>On Sunday, I almost restarted the way I was making the game and focused on making it really small and fun. It kinda worked.<\/li>\n <li>Making the game available on a lot of platforms: Linux, Mac, Windows and Android.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n <p>I totally agree with the score of the game because I started with no motivation and for that reason I didn&#8217;t tried so hard, obviously that goes against making a good game. Here is a list of why I agree or not with each score.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Community: I shared a lot of stuff: source code, timelapse, made it work on multiple platforms. I believe that counts as community rating, so 3.22 is right for me.<\/li>\n <li>Fun: Game IS fun (at least I feel that and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-21\/?action=preview&amp;uid=2034\">some other people does<\/a>), so 2.94 is right for me (maybe a bit more).<\/li>\n <li>Humor: Game has a bit of humor when the vampire explodes, and maybe the vampire graphics are funny too, but only that, so 2.18 is right for me (even more than I expected).<\/li>\n <li>Graphics: Only the vampire animation is something worth to value here, the background and obstacles are not so cool, so 2.50 is around what I expected.<\/li>\n <li>Audio: Game has no audio, I am not agree with the score of 1.29.<\/li>\n <li>Innovation: Game is almost a clone of Canabalt with some modifications, it has a bit of innovation but not too much, so I agree with a score of 2.38.<\/li>\n <li>Theme: If you read the game description, it says what was the intention of the theme connection but as I failed to reflect that inside the game I believe 2.00 is right for me.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Thats all, hope you like it.<\/p>\n <p>(note: this entry is almost a copy\/paste of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gemserk.com\/2011\/09\/13\/vampire-runner-score-on-ludum-dare-21\/\">this entry<\/a> from our blog)<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld21\/\" rel=\"tag\">LD21<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/vampirerunner\/\" rel=\"tag\">vampirerunner<\/a><\/p>","time":"September 13th, 2011 11:32 am","title":"Vampire Runner \u2013 Post Mortem"}