{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/jetl33t\/","author_name":"@DennyRocketDev","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1408970100,"event":"LD30","likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"81830","p_author":"@DennyRocketDev","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290947","p_title":"Building Bridges Post Mortem + Timelapse","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408970100","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"source_url":"2014\/08\/25\/building-bridges-post-mortem-timelapse\/","text":"<p>I can\u2019t believe how tired I am today. I went out of coffee this weekend and I was too tired to buy some more today \u2013 thats how tired I am <img alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anyways. I made a game, using Unreal Engine 4 this weekend. Not everything went as planned for my first LD entry, but I am happy with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Title2.png\"><img alt=\"Title\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-385793\" height=\"168\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Title2-300x168.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Title2-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Title2-550x309.png 550w\" width=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You control a UFO with lunar lander type of controls, only one engine to apply thrust upwards and you have to cancel each movement out with a counter thrust, so you basically fly like a helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to grab a bit of building material and deliver it into the building zone of the bridge until it is finished. So far so good, I had the theme down.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>link:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=40589\"> http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=40589<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world consists of many small to medium sized floating islands. I planned to populate them with a species that struggled to visit their friends and families that lived on another island. But I had to cut the population for time reasons (only indicators are the hot air balloons).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good Things<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I like how challenging it is, I love challenging games in general, gives you a bit of satisfaction beating them.<\/li>\n<li>I made something that looked good, for me as a software engineer, art is always the hardest part.<\/li>\n<li>I MADE A GAME AND RELEASED IT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Bad Things<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you guys don\u2019t seem to like the controls or how challenging it is<\/li>\n<li>I had no time to build up a proper communication with the player. I can not tell you why or how you are supposed to build a bridge. With the knowledge I have about Usability and User Experience, I am not happy with the result.<\/li>\n<li>I had to cut a lot of cool gameplay mechanics due to time reasons \ud83d\ude1b<\/li>\n<li>The building material makes no sense at all, you basically grab rocks and throw them at a bridge to build it \ud83d\ude1b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For my next LD, I will probably do something smaller, probably 2D to implement a bit more stuff. But actually I am really happy with the outcome of this one, even though it has it\u2019s flaws.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timelapse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I recorded pretty much every second (minus the hour my internet crapped out) and I made a little timelapse. <strong>30 hours<\/strong> of work compressed to 18min.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t make is shorter, it is already way too fast to not get headache watching it \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNnuhAvy0yk?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/postmortem\/\" rel=\"tag\">postmortem<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/timelapse\/\" rel=\"tag\">timelapse<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ue4\/\" rel=\"tag\">ue4<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/unreal-engine-4\/\" rel=\"tag\">Unreal Engine 4<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2014 12:35 pm","title":"Building Bridges Post Mortem + Timelapse","title_was_empty":false}