{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/moss1-201x300.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/45a744c53f6314310f0de79b57fae8ed.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/turmeric_devel_scene-300x148.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/399a57c27491ecf08d96a55b9305fa9c.png"}],"author_link":"author\/local-minimum\/","author_name":"local minimum","cat":"LD #28","categories":["LD #28"],"comments":[],"epoch":1388129160,"event":"LD28","likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"81661","p_author":"local minimum","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290778","p_title":"A Turmeric Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1388129160","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"source_url":"2013\/12\/27\/a-turmeric-post-mortem\/","text":"<p>This Ludum was chiefly a social experiment:<\/p>\n<p><em>Could I bully some of my friends to come here to our house and have them make a game with me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given that some would show up, most of them not programmers and those that are\u2026 they code in different languages and are hard to coax into new platforms.<br\/>\nI had decided, though I put if forward as something that could be discussed, that we\u2019d use Unity\u2019s new 2D mode.<\/p>\n<p>The art-style was sort of set on the Friday. In an attempt at harvesting everyone\u2019s talent the most, we decided that all content be made IRL and no CGI trickery allowed. I also expected this would make our game stand out, which is extremely important when there are so many entries.<\/p>\n<p>So we went to sleep and woke up to the worst theme we could have imagined.<br\/>\nWe had a meeting, but I can\u2019t say we ever got to a clear \u201cYou only get one\u201d, so instead we had many weaker \u201cone friend\u201d, \u201cone direction\u201d (camera was not supposed to allow backtracking as in old Mario games), \u201cone inventory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We never got around to formulating any strong connection with the theme, that\u2019s the first thing that went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The IRL department sat out taking photos of things and tediously magic wanding and lassoing away their backgrounds:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" id=\"attachment_326541\" style=\"width: 211px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/moss1.png\"><img alt=\"Turmeric Jam Jar's moss sprite\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-326541\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/45a744c53f6314310f0de79b57fae8ed.png\" width=\"201\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moss sprite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In parallel I was coding behaviors with colored blocks feeling very professional:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" id=\"attachment_326543\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/turmeric_devel_scene.png\"><img alt=\"Development Scene\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-326543\" height=\"148\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/399a57c27491ecf08d96a55b9305fa9c.png\" width=\"300\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Development scene<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had a novice Unity assistant working on animating the main character (his first experience of Unity) which saved me several hours.<\/p>\n<p>How did it all work out?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" id=\"attachment_326545\" style=\"width: 460px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/turmeric_shot2.png\"><img alt=\"Turmeric Master Plan\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-326544\" height=\"195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/turmeric_shot2-300x195.png\" width=\"300\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A design for a friend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What went wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character controller is a bit funky, we\u2019ll try to fix that soon.<\/li>\n<li>Time ran out for me, so all animations and effects were not included<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a bug: If some items are picked up and dropped they become very very small<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s another bug making the hearts not affected by gravity (one could also miss the meat-heart and right now there\u2019s only one crane-flight)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What went right<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The graphics! The atmosphere!<\/li>\n<li>The characters way of movement<\/li>\n<li>Some of the puzzles were quite awesome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But most of all, I proved to my friends that we\u2019re a game making team. I got several of them hooked, and some that missed this time I\u2019m expecting will join next.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we set out to make a game with no violence and no sexism in it. We stayed pretty much true to the no violence, though one ending can be interpreted as such, the game itself is very non-violent. As for sexism, there should be absolutely none in this game.<\/p>\n<p>Try our game, many find it scary. We\u2019re just proud that we did it: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&amp;uid=24765\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&amp;uid=24765\">The Turmeric Jam Jar\u2019s No-Name Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/nosexism\/\" rel=\"tag\">#NoSexism<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/noviolence\/\" rel=\"tag\">#NoViolence<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/post-mortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">post-mortem<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/turmeric\/\" rel=\"tag\">turmeric<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 27th, 2013 7:26 am","title":"A Turmeric Post-Mortem","title_was_empty":false}