{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/lachhh\/","author_name":"Lachhh","cat":"LD #27","categories":["LD #27"],"comments":[],"epoch":1377849060,"event":"LD27","likes":17,"metadata":{"p_key":"80186","p_author":"Lachhh","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"289196","p_title":"Making game as a parent.","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377849060","p_likes":"17","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"source_url":"2013\/08\/30\/making-game-as-a-parent\/","text":"

The goodies first !<\/em>\nMy Game :\u00a0http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-27\/?action=preview&uid=27175<\/a><\/p>\n

[EDIT] I\u2019m stupid and just realized that is was forbidden to use someone else music in the compo entry (Ooooooops!). \u00a0I won\u2019t win (and didn\u2019t thought I would anyway after looking at all the good games !) \u00a0That\u2019s okay, I had to read the rules. My bad ! Sorry everyone!<\/p>\n

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Hey there !<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Lachhh from Berzerk Studio,<\/p>\n

I just want to give my personal super kinetic manga pirate thumbs up to Ludum Dare, \u00a0it was my very first entry and I loved it !<\/p>\n

\"Lach<\/a>

A big thank you to Ludum Dare, I had a really fun time<\/p><\/div>\n

I don\u2019t have much to say actually, so this post will just be random fact and thoughts about my experience.<\/p>\n

Fun fact : \u00a0<\/strong>I told my wife I wanted to enter the contest the day before it started, \u00a0asking her if she could take care of the kids for 2 days. She said yes, but decided totally-voluntarily-as-a-free-will-human-being to get sick the day it started, so I had to either abandon the idea or do the Game Jam on Hardcore mode : Alone, with 3 kids.<\/p>\n

I chose the Hardcore mode.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s really weird to have a boy\u2019s dream job AND and being an adult with responsibilities.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As for my game, \u00a0I had a cool idea at first, but the reality struck me right in the face, \u00a0I\u2019m a coder, not an artist. \u00a0I\u2019m used to work with awesome artists at Berzerk and got spoiled over time, but yeah, \u00a0since I was alone I had to go with an \u201cAtari\u201d \u201cCommodore 64\u2033 feeling for the game to be interesting.<\/p>\n

I loved the result though, \u00a0there\u2019s only 3 level and 3 different enemies, but the feeling of the game is there. \u00a0I found myself playing several time in a row just to listen to the awesome song.<\/p>\n

Random Personal advice :<\/strong>\u00a0My biggest weakness being the visual, \u00a0I always want to shift the attention of the player on something else. The music is usually what I put on the front. \u00a0In this case, each level is synchronized with the music, each 10-seconds verse represent a level in the game. \u00a0My point here, try to hide your weakness by making the strongest elements of the game on the front.<\/p>\n

Which is why I didn\u2019t put screenshot of the game in this post. \":)\" A screenshot alone would just show the cheap visual of the game, exposing my weakness on the front row.<\/p>\n