{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/donutttt\/","author_name":"Donutttt","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1410002040,"event":"LD30","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"81964","p_author":"Donutttt","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292696","p_title":"Two Islands Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1410002040","p_likes":"4","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\/09\/06\/two-islands-postmortem\/","text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Two-Islands.png\"><img alt=\"Two Islands\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-391542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Two-Islands-300x224.png\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost two weeks since I made Two Islands, and I\u2019ve had some interesting feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, here are the problems with the game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two difficult to understand at first<\/li>\n<li>Little (or no) tutorial<\/li>\n<li>No sound<\/li>\n<li>Too easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is all really good, and more or less what I had expected. I was a little surprised to see that people wanted a tutorial. I agree that the game is difficult to understand but it seems unusual for a 48 hour game to have any kind of tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>The feedback was generally positive though, and people seemed willing to put in some patience, for which I was very grateful. For the first time I actually found one of my own games fun, which is a benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Given extra time, I\u2019d have worked on the AI more. If I were to start again, I\u2019d probably leave out AI altogether. It\u2019s a lesson learned though \u2013 48 hours is not enough to create challenging and interesting AI.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in playing Two Islands, you can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=30043\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>","time":"September 6th, 2014 11:14 am","title":"Two Islands Postmortem","title_was_empty":false}