{"author_name":"Phen","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304296380,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"65884","p_author":"Phen","p_authorkey":"4351","p_urlkey":"101680","p_title":"Woah! Excellent!","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304296380","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4351","us_name":"Phen","us_username":"stephenm3","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>So glad I decided to Ludum Dare this time.\u00a0 The sprint to the finish was crazy, the kind of stress that makes you feel super-great when it pays off.\u00a0 I finished my game with 10 minutes left, and submitted 5 minutes into the extra hour &#8212; my internet had died, and I needed to walk a ways with my laptop for some WiFi!\u00a0 The perfect conclusion to this hectic event.<\/p>\n <p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-51261\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/05\/01\/woah-excellent\/crystal\/\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/crystal.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>My game polished up better than I thought it would, though there&#8217;s a  rather big spike in the difficulty curve after level 8.\u00a0 Also I might  have turned the music into a muddled mess among all of my hasty  tweaks.\u00a0\u00a0 But I think the game concept is really fun, and my execution  was about as good as it could have been for my first Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n <p>I gotta say thank you to everyone who puts this event together.\u00a0 Such a good idea.<\/p>","time":"May 1st, 2011 7:33 pm","title":"Woah! Excellent!"}