{"author_name":"Tommislav","cat":"LD #21","comments":[{"author_name":"tcstyle","time":"August 22, 2011 1:00 pm","epoch":1314036000,"text":"I really love this kind of art in a game. Will give it a try immediately.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1314022080,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"63799","p_author":"Tommislav","p_authorkey":"2393","p_urlkey":"99584","p_title":"Abandoned \u2013 my first LD entry","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1314022080","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2393","us_name":"Tommislav","us_username":"\/author\/tommislav\/","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"

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Just wanted to write a few notes about my submitted entry “Abandoned”, which participated in LD21 (escape).<\/p>\n

You can try the game here:
\n http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-21\/?action=preview&uid=2393<\/a><\/p>\n

First of all, it feels really good to have been able to submit the entry within the deadline. I have to say I’m really pleased with the result.
\n I had a great time coming up with all the weird artwork (which IMHO looks really good considering that I’m not a particularly good designer\/illustrator). I really wanted the game to be creepy… which it is \":)\"<\/p>\n

About the controls I think the basic movement is really good, however the attack is a bit tricky (a tip is to collect a lot of green chrystals to speed up the rotation of the eyeball and just use it as a shield). That specific attack is based on an attack from a game for the C64 (I don’t know the name, and haven’t seen it since about 1989, so its probably just a twisted memory).<\/p>\n

I really wanted the game to be more of a bullet hell game, but I designed the level in the last 3 hours and was really tired. Just one more hour would have improved the game a huge lot. Tweaking the position of the enemies and the rate which they spawn their particles.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was a great weekend, and now I have a lot of games to browse.
\n My thanks to the LD-crew (who struggled with the servers) and all developers who kept inspiring through status updates on the blog and in the irc. I’ll see you again!
\n \/Tommy Salomonsson<\/p>\n

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