{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/lyftoff-screen-1-550x309.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/26b1513c5444561865ed0f3507674d19.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/1bec279b74a41ab2db3d84772c960e3a.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/f8009b48d5e9f9b17e2c25bd5db4a54f.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/mcapraro\/","author_name":"mcapraro","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1408907640,"event":"LD30","likes":10,"metadata":{"p_key":"81867","p_author":"mcapraro","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290984","p_title":"Father & Son LD #3: We did it!","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408907640","p_likes":"10","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\/24\/lyftoff-and-the-heroes-quest-we-did-it\/","text":"<p>Phew, we made it just under the wire! All my lofty dreams feel by the wayside so i threw together what i could. I had planned a Unity game, then realized I just didnt know enough, but that set me back a ton. So i went back to good ole Flash, but then missed messing in Unity. Not the best situation\u00a0for creating something fun in 48 hours! Lessons learned: 1. choose the tools that you know! LD is most fun when i get to focus on creating the story, the gameplay, and the visuals\u2026 rather than how to properly UV a sphere!!!! 2. dont give up! there were a few times this LD that i thought i would just throw in the towel, Oscar was a great motivator and pushed me on (thanks Osc!). 3. have fun watching your game emerge! ok, not a lesson, but it\u2019s always a highlight of LD \u2013 watching the game you thought you were going to build come to live and evolve into something unknown<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=28472\"><strong>Here\u2019s my entry, LyftOff!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=28472\"><img alt=\"lyftoff-screen-1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-384177\" height=\"309\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/26b1513c5444561865ed0f3507674d19.jpg\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=30856\"><strong>Oscar\u2019s entry is totally cool too, the HEROES quest.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=30856\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone\" height=\"337\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/f8009b48d5e9f9b17e2c25bd5db4a54f.jpg\" width=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/comhttp:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=28472\">Play LyftOff<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=30856\">Play the HEROES quest<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Thanks everyone! Michelangelo (the older dude) and Oscar (the little guy)!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-381938\" height=\"366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Photo-550x366.jpg\" width=\"550\"\/><\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2014 7:14 pm","title":"Father & Son LD #3: We did it!","title_was_empty":false}