{"author_name":"DeathBySnail","cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282464840,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69583","p_author":"DeathBySnail","p_authorkey":"2507","p_urlkey":"105388","p_title":"(SpaceFreak Snack) Finished!","p_cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282464840","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2507","us_name":"DeathBySnail","us_username":"\/author\/deathbysnail\/","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"<p>Spent this morning polishing off the game. Now doesn&#8217;t break for people with lower-than-average pc&#8217;s. Also contemplated adding UFO&#8217;s, but i can&#8217;t draw them at all <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/frownie.png\" alt=\":-(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>So i submitted it, final entry is found <strong>here<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-18\/?action=preview&amp;uid=2507\">http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-18\/?action=preview&amp;uid=2507<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Here is what i have learned during the past 30 hours:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Simple ideas can sometimes turn out more fun than complex ones<\/li>\n <li>It doesn&#8217;t matter if you are a terrible artist, as long as you are a consistant one<\/li>\n <li>There isn&#8217;t enough accordian in games these days<\/li>\n <li>Adding a simple 3-beat drum can make a sinister theme even <strong>more <\/strong>menacing<\/li>\n <li>Passing around a struct of system classes is much cleaner and easier to use than making everything a singleton<\/li>\n <li>I can make a game in 48 hours or less! I really suprised myself! (for reference,\u00a0 the second fastest game made by me took a month :O)<\/li>\n <li>You can never eat enough noodles + bread<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>It&#8217;s been fun. Especially knowing that i&#8217;m not the only person who has the time and enthusiasm to take part in an event like this.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll definately be entering LD #19!<\/p>\n <p>-Adam<\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2010 3:14 am","title":"(SpaceFreak Snack) Finished!"}