{"author_name":"Benjamin","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1292805300,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67756","p_author":"Benjamin","p_authorkey":"2952","p_urlkey":"103559","p_title":"At least !","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1292805300","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2952","us_name":"Benjamin","us_username":"\/author\/benjamin-soule\/","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"

This was my first LD and my only post for the competition. It was too difficult for me to focus on the game and writing post in english… -_-<\/p>\n

It was a very intense experience. Saturday was a lot of fun, Sunday was Hell, the last 15 minutes was above Hell. I could have killed anyone who would have stand between me and my keyboard…<\/p>\n

I kept a log of my activity on Land Of Fodnal during the 48h :<\/p>\n

3:00 –>\u00a0 Discovery ( Containment is second :-\/ ) –>THINK
\n 4:00 –> go for minesweeper game with island progresive discovery –>THINK
\n 5:00 –> ??? Inside the body cells discovery <vs> fantasy
\n 7:00\u00a0 –> go to bed
\n 10:00 –> wake-up >>Brainstorming
\n 11:00 –> have the CASTLE MANAGEMENT idea -> start to code + base GFX
\n 14:00 –> lunch break
\n 14:15 –> folks structure tracking
\n 14:45 –> Danger zone + tower ( number in zone are killing my display :-\/ )
\n 16:30 –> structure selection + scroll
\n 18:00 –> structure interface GFX + ergonomics
\n 18:36 –> loosing huge ammount of times on interface ( have no field \/ buttons \/ whatever libs )
\n 19:35 –> still crawling with buttons… -_-zZ
\n 20:23 –> At least I can build things !! It seems fun to discover map buy building things to scroll.
\n 21:00 –> lunch break
\n 21:30 –> try too animate folks
\n 22:00 –> Refactoring
\n 23:20 –> GameOver sequence
\n 00:00 –> Decide to cycle worldmap… Always late for this kind of decisions…
\n 00:20 –> working on sight system
\n 00:40 –> Debugging cycled coord
\n 01:00 –> Trying Musagi \":)\"
\n 02:44 –> Sound session end –>\u00a0 debug
\n 04:00(?) –> Go to Bed
\n 11:00 –> Wake Up
\n 11:30 –> Work on Aborigines path
\n 12:00 –> FX ans parts
\n 13:00 –> new bads
\n 13:10 –> try to make nice border for beach but fail -> goto difficulty generation
\n 14:30 –> working on sight system visibility ( = headash )
\n 15:15 –> Starting the science bonus system
\n 19:15 –> Editing world map
\n 19:30 –> adding some hints
\n 20:15 –> correctings few bugs
\n 20:40 –> starting minimap o_O
\n 21:20 –> Intro artwork + intro coding
\n 22:00 –> Title artwork
\n 23:00 –> First serious test on the game…
\n 23:15 –> implements new sciences
\n 00:00 –> adding small elements
\n 01:00 –> balancing ( ouch, a bit late for this )
\n 01:20 –> adding difficulty level
\n 02:30 –> adding hiscore local saving
\n 02:45 –> Arrrrgh my first infinite loop NOW !!!
\n 03:10 –> Version submited !<\/p>\n

Now I will test the other games !<\/p>","time":"December 19th, 2010 7:35 pm","title":"At least !"}