{"author_name":"Murphy","cat":"LD #21","comments":[],"epoch":1314027600,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"63788","p_author":"Murphy","p_authorkey":"4904","p_urlkey":"99573","p_title":"First Game & LD, Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1314027600","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4904","us_name":"Murphy","us_username":"murphy","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"

Tried to make my first game ever with a selfmade engine and in 48h: Escape Velocity<\/a> is what came out of it.<\/p>\n

What went right:<\/strong>
\n – Base code: Already having drawing code and good collision detection in my engine saved me so much work. I don’t think I’d have anything
\n – Javascript: Man, I love this language.
\n – Real life: I managed to find time to BBQ with the family and go to the pub on LD weekend.. Food, Beer and Coding? Awesome.<\/p>\n

What went wrong\/Lessons learned:<\/strong>
\n – Physics: I really like physic based games.. but I really suck at coding them.
\n – Base code: I also tried to integrate the physics in the engine and that was a rather bad idea. I could have saved so much time if I’d just took the straightforward way.. next time: more work on the game, less work on the engine.
\n – Timelapse: next time I’ll make sure my script does not capture in 100% quality and I have enough disk space. Missing an hour or two in the video.
\n – Time for polish: There are a few tweaks I wanted to do but did not have the time to (especially how the gravity bullet behaves). Also more levels with greater diversity would have been nice.<\/p>\n

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Although my game is not that good, I really enjoyed making it and I think I’ll participate again next year (:
\n Now off to play all these awesome games!<\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2011 10:40 am","title":"First Game & LD, Post-Mortem"}