{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/tony-coculuzzi\/","author_name":"Tony Coculuzzi","cat":"LD #22","categories":["LD #22"],"comments":[],"epoch":1325000580,"event":"LD22","likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"76727","p_author":"Tony Coculuzzi","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"284563","p_title":"I Need Someone \u2013 What I Learned","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1325000580","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"source_url":"2011\/12\/27\/what-i-learned-i-need-someone\/","text":"<p>During this Ludum Dare, I learned a lot about many different aspects of game development, and about myself. I didn\u2019t enter the competition to win, nor did I ever think I might. My reason for entering was more of a personal challenge, and I managed to achieve my goal. That alone taught me a lot about my personal strengths and weaknesses, which I\u2019ll be working on in the future. As a student working toward achieving an animation degree, I realized that beautification near the beginning of a production is vastly unimportant (to say the least) when compared to creating and shaping a great gameplay experience. While I don\u2019t think my game is a jewel in any way, I appreciate the fact that I had the ability to go back and change things that I at first thought were going to be fun and appealing. These things turned out to be boring, and removing them seemed to make the game feel much more fun and playable. I believe this is an invaluable lesson to learn, for any game developer, and I\u2019m glad I had the opportunity to learn it in this way.<\/p>\n<p>For those wondering, my game can be found here:<br\/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-22\/?action=preview&amp;uid=8692\" title=\"I Need Someone\">http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-22\/?action=preview&amp;uid=8692<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I managed to get it working on Windows, Mac, and in-browser.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s are some screenshots:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/18\/well-that-was-fun\/ineedsomeone_devimage07_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98847\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98847\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ineedsomeone_devimage07_2-550x410.png\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/18\/i-need-someone-delving-into-enemy-creation\/ineedsomeone_devimage06\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-95447\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95447\" height=\"382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ineedsomeone_devimage06.png\" width=\"510\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think! <img alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"\/><\/p>","time":"December 27th, 2011 3:43 pm","title":"I Need Someone \u2013 What I Learned"}