{"author_name":"NiallM","cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1272214200,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"70826","p_author":"NiallM","p_authorkey":"785","p_urlkey":"106647","p_title":"Finished!","p_cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","p_event":"LD17","p_time":"1272214200","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"785","us_name":"NiallM","us_username":"niallm","event_start":"1271980800","event_key":"3","event_name":"LD17"},"text":"<p>I did some last minute tinkering with the difficulty, and added some basic tutorial hints (displayed on your first play).\u00a0 Getting the difficulty right was hard, and I suspect I may have gone too far towards the hard end of the scale.\u00a0 But then these kind of games tend to rely on frequent deaths as part of their replayability.\u00a0 I&#8217;m interested in what kind of comments I&#8217;ll get.<\/p>\n <p>There are 5 endings by the way; 3 bad, 1 good, and 1 very good but rare.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-17\/?action=preview&amp;uid=785\">LD entry link.<\/a><\/p>\n <p>After the jump, a final food photo:<\/p>\n <p><span id=\"more-18904\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FruitSalad.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FruitSalad-550x385.jpg\" alt=\"FruitSalad\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FruitSalad-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FruitSalad-550x385.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/FruitSalad.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>As usual, my eating hasn&#8217;t been particularly healthy this weekend, so I decided to finish off with a big fruit salad.\u00a0 That&#8217;s Melon, Grapes, Apple, Raspberries, Banana, and Raspberry Coulis (looking bizarrely like ketchup in that photo; it&#8217;s 3 parts raspberry to 1 part caster sugar, blended).<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/final\/\" rel=\"tag\">final<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/foodphoto\/\" rel=\"tag\">foodphoto<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 25th, 2010 11:50 am","title":"Finished!"}