{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/keysmiths_in_a_hurry_sgdd-306x1024.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2016\/04\/8d157fe86e9033e5bbff593bf8d28114.png"}],"author_link":"author\/felladrin\/","author_name":"Felladrin","cat":"LD #35","categories":["LD #35"],"comments":[],"epoch":1461493020,"event":"LD35","likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"85162","p_author":"Felladrin","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"295923","p_title":"Keysmith\u2019s in a hurry! \u2013 Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1461493020","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"source_url":"2016\/04\/24\/keysmiths-in-a-hurry-post-mortem\/","text":"

A musician, a business administrator, an architect and a programmer. Not really a\u00a0gamedev team; just a group of close friends looking for fun! And now we here to share the experience we had on the creation of\u00a0Keysmith\u2019s in a hurry!<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve met online at talk.gg<\/a> just a few minutes before the theme announcement. At that moment we\u00a0had\u00a0already set a roadmap for the game development, as the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Theme brainstorming<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Mockups and game name choosing<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. SGDD writing<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Game assets and scenes creation<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Game programming<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Game sounds and musics\u00a0inclusion<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Game publishing<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Post-Mortem writing<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As soon as they announced the theme, we\u2019ve started the brainstorm. Monsters, food, spaceships, rogue-like, quiz, game board, popcorn and a lot of crazy ideas\u2026 Until we finally got to the key-idea:<\/em>\u00a0to shapeshift keys for npcs that would tell\u00a0a single-line story about why they needed a key. So this was the first mockup, made on\u00a0flockdraw<\/a><\/u><\/span>:<\/p>\n

    \"mockup1\"<\/a>

    1\u00ba Mockup for Keysmith\u2019s in a hurry!<\/p><\/div>\n

    We\u2019ve spent a lot of time discussing the game features and drawing the interface. Later\u00a0we moved to draw<\/a>.<\/a>io<\/a><\/u><\/span> for a better mockup:<\/p>\n

    \"mockup2\"<\/a>

    3\u00ba Mockup for Keysmith\u2019s in a hurry!<\/p><\/div>\n

    With the mechanics and interface defined we could start thinking about the name. We\u2019ve came across a lot of ideas. From the ok ones (Keymaker; Keymaster Legacy; Keystorm<\/em>) to the awful ones (The Insane Adventure of the All-Keys Maker; Lord of the Keys; Keymberly!<\/em>). In the end, we\u2019ve picked the name \u201cKeysmith\u2019s in a hurry!\u201d<\/em> mainly because how it sounds. Also, no game has ever been made with that name.<\/p>\n

    Next step: writing the SGDD. [SGDD stands for Short Game Design Document, a development documentation\u00a0method for small-size games.\u00a0Original article, in brazilian portuguese: https:\/\/goo.gl\/wNf46h<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n

    We did it collaboratively using\u00a0Google Docs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    \"For<\/a>

    For demonstration purposes we\u2019ve reviewed and prettified it before posting here. During the jam it was a little messy due the lack of time. [PDF version is available at https:\/\/goo.gl\/KoKu2U<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Having the development guide, it was time to start creating the assets on Photoshop<\/a>\u00a0and the scenes on Unity3D<\/a>. Here you have some records of this\u00a0moment:<\/p>\n

    \"kiah_dev\"<\/a>

    Assets & Game Scene.<\/p><\/div>\n

    With the assets and scenes in hand, it was time to make a game of it. Make the static become dynamic. At the moment we started programming, we remembered to turn Chronolapse<\/a> on: https:\/\/goo.gl\/S89bY3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n