{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/menu-nobuttons-550x180.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/eaa00a2f5952961ed44108fdf3470b74.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Gameplay2.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/9e25ccfab9de3a9a80532cb9af2aed16.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/menu-nobuttons.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/4bf19bf43f569a4cd86e30972eba971d.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Gameplay2.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/9e25ccfab9de3a9a80532cb9af2aed16.gif"}],"author_link":"author\/dustyroom\/","author_name":"dustyroom","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1409035020,"event":"LD30","likes":6,"metadata":{"p_key":"82612","p_author":"dustyroom","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"293344","p_title":"LD30 \u2013 Hello Worlds \u2013 Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1409035020","p_likes":"6","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\/26\/ld30-hello-worlds-postmortem\/","text":"<p>Hello World!<\/p>\n<p>We had the holiday on this weekend \u2013 an Independence Day of Ukraine (hence blue and yellow colors were used the most). Nevertheless we both decided to \u201cwaste\u201d our possible free time with family and to take part in Ludum Dare 30 contest instead.<\/p>\n<p>The game mechanics is to cover all sharp edges on the terrain to make it smooth. Three block types are available: a ramp up, a cube and a ramp down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/4bf19bf43f569a4cd86e30972eba971d.png\" style=\"color: #f2777a\"><img alt=\"menu-nobuttons\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-387360 size-large\" height=\"180\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/eaa00a2f5952961ed44108fdf3470b74.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/menu-nobuttons-300x98.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/menu-nobuttons-550x180.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/menu-nobuttons.png 760w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/9e25ccfab9de3a9a80532cb9af2aed16.gif\"><img alt=\"Gameplay2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-387441\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/9e25ccfab9de3a9a80532cb9af2aed16.gif\" width=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Track created for the game:<\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"no\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F164831583&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxwidth=500&amp;maxheight=750\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So our Ludum Holiday weekend looked like this:<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 \u2013 Concept and prototyping<br\/>\nDay 2 \u2013 Coding and art,<br\/>\nDay 3 \u2013 Coding, art, sound, debugging and polishing<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT WENT RIGHT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We\u2019re quite happy with game concept<\/li>\n<li>Time management<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">WHAT WENT WRONG:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We\u00a0chose bad controls which led to people being frustrated while playing.<\/li>\n<li>Levels are too difficult straight away. Seems like hardly anybody can go past the second level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TAKE AWAYS:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Always playtest your game\u00a0on somebody who is not taking part in development! Without that it\u2019s very hard to adequately set difficulty.<\/li>\n<li>The easier controls are the better.<\/li>\n<li>No hardcore needed, though it is very hard to reach the balance between too hard and interesting.<\/li>\n<li>It was fun, and it values the most.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Happy world connecting!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=33150\" style=\"color: #f2777a\">http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&amp;uid=33150<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","time":"August 26th, 2014 6:37 am","title":"LD30 \u2013 Hello Worlds \u2013 Postmortem","title_was_empty":false}