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YRGBO<\/a> is a “weird” puzzle-adventure game. Since it couldn’t be long, it had to be tough! And it is. I gave the past Ludum Dare a shot but I quit after the first 24 hours as the game I was working on didn’t turn out as I expected. This time I could finish, and I’m happy for that. I also think the game’s good, not that it will appeal to most people, but that was never really my intention.<\/p>\n

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THE GOOD<\/strong>
\n – I finished! (For the jam, although I wanted to submit it for the main competition).
\n – I ended making a good game (not exactly how I wanted it, but I’m still proud of it).
\n – I got into the zone (Never really got tired, I lost track of time).
\n – I got “the hang” of it (I knew what was worth adding and leaving out).
\n – I handled sleep deprivation nicely (I’m a heavy sleeper, so skipping sleep was never an option, but I could get away with very little of it).
\n – I got a nice idea early.
\n – I didn’t quit! (the idea crossed my mind a couple of times) instead, I cut off features and adjusted the project to the time I had left.
\n – I felt good, period. I forgot all my problems while working on this. I was tired but very happy and excited.<\/p>\n

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THE BAD<\/strong>
\n – I couldn’t finish on 24 hours, had to use the jam deadline and work for some extra 24 hours.
\n – I didn’t have the time to test my game, it had bugs that made it almost impossible to be finished. Had to fix them up.
\n – I should’ve planned more before starting coding, could’ve saved some time.
\n – No time to exercise and I ate lots of crap, well, not lots, but I ate them, which is bad!
\n – This isn’t exactly bad, but I tried to make a kind of game I had never done before. In these kind of compos you should probably stick to what you master, it’s no time to experiment.<\/p>\n

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THE UGLY<\/strong>
\n – I felt weird when the compo was over, my time awareness was messed up, I have trouble getting up early now.
\n – I felt really tired the day after. It’s weird that my legs were so sore.
\n – At some point I started to feel really stressed out, you know, that pain in the chest. Pressure + lack of sleep. I’m ok now.<\/p>\n

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CONCLUSION<\/strong>
\n This was a great experience! I hope I can repeat it the next time. This was my second “short” game development competition, I had been involved in compos that gave you weeks or even months to make your game, but this is a whole different thing! I’ll finish in 48 hours next time! ’till then \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n \n

Tags: post-mortem<\/a>, postmortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2011 11:14 am","title":"YRGBO Post-Mortem."}