{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/huruey\/","author_name":"Joe Williamson","cat":"LD #31","categories":["LD #31"],"comments":[],"epoch":1417277340,"event":"LD31","likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"82069","p_author":"Joe Williamson","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292801","p_title":"October challenge failed. Werewolf Tycoon released anyway!","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1417277340","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"source_url":"2014\/11\/29\/october-challenge-failed-werewolf-tycoon-released-anyway\/","text":"<p>Who knows . . . perhaps it was too ambitious to try to create a Halloween game two weeks before Halloween? Come October 31st, we had a rough but \u201cfinished\u201d game, but boy did we underestimate how much effort it would take to actually get it on stores.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen8.png\"><img alt=\"screen8\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-399700\" height=\"233\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen8.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen8-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen8-550x343.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen8.png 1280w\" width=\"373\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen5.png\"><img alt=\"screen5\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-399701\" height=\"233\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen5.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen5-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen5-550x343.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/screen5.png 1280w\" width=\"373\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather than rushing out a broken, unbalanced game, we decided to give it a little more thought and care.\u00a0 Since officially failing the October challenge, we fixed a tonne of bugs, improved the balance, added a bunch of crazy easter eggs, leaderboards, and prepared it for submission to google play, the apple app store, the amazon app store, and a flash web build. (Got to love haxe!)<\/p>\n<p>And at last, one month late, Werewolf Tycoon is available for free on Google Play! (<a href=\"http:\/\/joecreates.co.uk\/werewolftycoon\">http:\/\/joecreates.co.uk\/werewolftycoon<\/a>) Submissions for the Amazon and Apple app stores are pending review, but all the actual work is done.<\/p>\n<p>It <span class=\"st\">f<\/span>eels great to complete something, and Ludum Dare really helps provide the extra motivation to do that. However, if like us you fail to meet a deadline, do not give up! After all, deadlines are more what you\u2019d call \u201cguidelines\u201d than actual rules. Or is that the pirates code? I forget.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and of course . . . <strong>I\u2019m in!<\/strong><\/p>","time":"November 29th, 2014 4:09 pm","title":"October challenge failed. Werewolf Tycoon released anyway!","title_was_empty":false}