{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/grab1-3.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/b5447c1385053c42090f0b56e2ebe553.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tsunami1-crop4.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/3910b586f6b2effc9c007f894b9975ac.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/nyancat-grab2-3.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/70d556c30acd668bc3f940ad89365ad0.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/grab1-3.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/b5447c1385053c42090f0b56e2ebe553.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tsunami1-crop4.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/3910b586f6b2effc9c007f894b9975ac.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/nyancat-grab2-3.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/70d556c30acd668bc3f940ad89365ad0.gif"}],"author_link":"author\/bvanschooten\/","author_name":"bvanschooten","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1400861280,"event":"LD29","likes":10,"metadata":{"p_key":"82227","p_author":"bvanschooten","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292959","p_title":"0.04 stars short of being in the top 100!","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1400861280","p_likes":"10","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"source_url":"2014\/05\/23\/0-04-stars-short-of-being-in-the-top-100\/","text":"<p>Very happy with it!\u00a0 I aimed for fun, and expected to do fairly well on graphics and innovation. For me it\u2019s good news to get ratings I more or less expected, as I sometimes get carried away with my own personal gamedev experiments, which can be a little too obnoxious at times.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"5\" style=\"height: 297px\" width=\"168\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#53<\/td>\n<td>Fun<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3.87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#110<\/td>\n<td>Overall<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#242<\/td>\n<td>Innovation<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#276<\/td>\n<td>Graphics<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3.62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#374<\/td>\n<td>Mood<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3.19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#376<\/td>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#507<\/td>\n<td>Audio<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#849<\/td>\n<td>Humor<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">#1547<\/td>\n<td>Coolness<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I got #42 innovation, #109 overall on my previous entry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-24\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14520\">Nom\u2019s Evolvathlon<\/a>, but there weren\u2019t as many entries back then.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of my game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14520\">Tsunami Cruiser<\/a> is based on what came to mind first when I heard the theme.\u00a0 Actually it\u2019s inspired by the somewhat obscure classic \u201cWavy Navy\u201d.\u00a0 It was created in a single day.\u00a0 After I discovered people liked the animated gif of my unfinished game a lot, I spent the rest of the evening until the deadline (3 am) making the game as nice as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/b5447c1385053c42090f0b56e2ebe553.gif\"><img alt=\"grab1-3\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-358663\" height=\"290\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/b5447c1385053c42090f0b56e2ebe553.gif\" width=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The biggest complaint I got was that the game was too easy in the beginning.\u00a0 I probably should have made level 1 a little more challenging.\u00a0And I have to (re)learn how to make a soundtrack!<\/p>\n<p>I soon started work on a <a href=\"http:\/\/tmtg.net\/ludumdare\/tsunamicruiser\/preview1\/\">WebGL postcompo<\/a>, which I am still working on.\u00a0 I chose WebGL, because it should be easy to port to OpenGL ES\/Android later on. I\u2019m new to WebGL, but I found it definitely easier to develop in than OpenGL ES Android. And it\u2019s less fragmented than I thought.\u00a0 I\u2019m probably going to use WebGL for the next LD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/3910b586f6b2effc9c007f894b9975ac.gif\"><img alt=\"tsunami1-crop4\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362385\" height=\"310\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/3910b586f6b2effc9c007f894b9975ac.gif\" width=\"499\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A week later I had this silly idea that I wanted to implement right away.\u00a0 The result was <a href=\"http:\/\/tmtg.net\/onegameamonth\/nyancatvsflappybirdclones\/\">Nyan Cat vs Flappy Bird clones<\/a>, another WebGL game, and my second \u201ccooldown game\u201d. I came up with the theme because I was getting a bit peeved with the number of Flappy Bird clones appearing on the Ouya appstore.\u00a0 LDers seem to like this game too, so I\u2019ll keep working on it. And last but not least, I now got to #3 on the One Game a Month highscores list!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/70d556c30acd668bc3f940ad89365ad0.gif\"><img alt=\"nyancat-grab2-3\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-363627\" height=\"290\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/05\/70d556c30acd668bc3f940ad89365ad0.gif\" width=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in all a very satisfying LD this time. Thanks to everyone for your comments and support, for making great and inspiring games, and generally for making this event one of the most fun things to participate in!<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/1gam\/\" rel=\"tag\">#1GAM<\/a><\/p>","time":"May 23rd, 2014 4:08 pm","title":"0.04 stars short of being in the top 100!","title_was_empty":false}