{"author_name":"thristhart","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304782140,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"65705","p_author":"thristhart","p_authorkey":"3164","p_urlkey":"101501","p_title":"A Colorful Man Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304782140","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3164","us_name":"thristhart","us_username":"thristhart","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"

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This post-mortem presented to you as a series of random observations and comments.<\/p>\n

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My original idea for the game came as a sort of pacifist Zelda. It would be just like the Legend of Zelda game, except you’d never get any of the weapons.<\/p>\n

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I wasn’t trying to be funny at first. With this post<\/a>, however, I realized that there was a potential for humor in the plot, and went with it.<\/p>\n

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Honestly, this wasn't intentionally funny. I just needed an excuse to not give the player the super-weapon yet.<\/p><\/div>\n

I can’t really point out something that went wrong this time. I suppose I wasted too much time and didn’t get around to implementing a boss fight, so there’s that.<\/p>\n

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I started seeing someone between the last LD and this one, so I got to dedicate the game to her. That was cool.<\/p>\n

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The reason for the super-weapon:<\/p>\n

SPOILERS BELOW<\/p>\n

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I wanted to give players a chance to destroy the puzzles and annoyances from previous rooms, a sort of vicarious revenge upon the game. Also, a lot of the people will stop playing the game for a bit so that they can say to me. “MOTHERFUCKIN’ RAINBOW CANNON” or something along those lines.<\/p>\n

SPOILERS END<\/p>\n

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Autotracker-C is AMAZING. USE IT!<\/p>\n

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Taking part in the community is so beneficial! Getting feedback is helpful, and giving helpful feedback leads to all sorts of warm fuzzies.<\/p>\n

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My puzzles are so unchallenging! I have no idea how to balance them, since being the one who designed them gives me a bit of an advantage.<\/p>\n

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