{"author_name":"edve98","cat":"LD #35","comments":[],"epoch":1460944260,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"6627","p_author":"edve98","p_authorkey":"45010","p_urlkey":"42063","p_title":"Made it to the compo! (barely)","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1460944260","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"45010","us_name":"edve98","us_username":"edve98","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"

But I’m not sure about my choice. I feel like I could have went for jam and got a way better game. But making to compo was part of the challenge \":)\"<\/p>\n

…Challenge?<\/p>\n

Yes. For this Ludum dare I wanted to make something different. I challenged myself to make (my first) game Engine and make a game with it in Ludum Dare compo. Since it’s so late where I live I’m not really sure if I did OK or not.<\/p>\n

What could have been better? Most of the blame should fall on preparation. I really<\/strong> started to write the engine only about 2 weeks until Ludum Dare. As a consequence I didn’t had much time to look at other things \u00a0that I wanted to (like procedural generation). Also, I didn’t had the time to port my engine to Windows – whoops!<\/p>\n

Anyway, this Ludum Dare was really interesting for me. In fact, I liked it so much that I might continue to develop this game (and my engine) into something more polished. It would be my first thing(s) that I really finished.<\/p>\n

Give it a try if you have a Linux machine (I’ll try to get OS X and windows Cygwin versions compiled tomorrow) and let me know what you think!<\/p>\n

Game:\u00a0System Shift<\/a><\/p>\n

Engine:\u00a0Terminal play<\/a><\/p>\n

And now, here’s the only screenshot that I made thus far (it’s still a bit small for some reason, I’m too sleepy to find out why):<\/p>\n

\"System<\/p>\n

I hope you all had\/have a great time participating in LD35! \":)\"<\/p>","time":"April 17th, 2016 8:51 pm","title":"Made it to the compo! (barely)"}