{"author_name":"whizzter","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[{"author_name":"crackerblocks","time":"May 1, 2011 7:49 pm","epoch":1304297340,"text":"&#8220;Figured out how to make InkScape work as my level editor&#8221;","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1304295960,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"65888","p_author":"whizzter","p_authorkey":"4072","p_urlkey":"101684","p_title":"Finished with some time to spare","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304295960","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4072","us_name":"whizzter","us_username":"whizzter","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>Well that concluded my first LD48 competition with the game Ant General.<\/p>\n <p>So how did it go?<\/p>\n <p>The positive:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I picked a good scope on the project, i got pulled away to real life a few times and still managed to finish a playable game. I guess i can thank my years in the demoscene for this <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/li>\n <li>The game looks pretty good and plays pretty well<\/li>\n <li>Game mechanics based on the theme<\/li>\n <li>Learned how to use HTML5\/Canvas<\/li>\n <li>Figured out how to make InkScape work as my level editor<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>The negative:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Had a little inspiration lapse and didn&#8217;t figure out more game mechanics on time, once i figured out some fun stuff i didn&#8217;t have time to implement it or make levels for most of the ideas.<\/li>\n <li>Only 2 levels.. it&#8217;s mostly a tutorial game right now. Could&#8217;ve been really great with a few levels.<\/li>\n <li>No sound (But for webgames it can be a good thing)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Gonna write a bigger post-mortem later and upload a timelapse video tomorrow after sleeping and catching up on real-life.<\/p>\n <p><a title=\"Entry page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-20\/?action=preview&amp;uid=4072\">Entry page<\/a><\/p>","time":"May 1st, 2011 7:26 pm","title":"Finished with some time to spare"}