{"author_link":"\/users\/chronosv2","author_name":"Chronosv2","author_uid":"chronosv2","comments":[],"epoch":1492997993,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":23534,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"88800","p_author":"Chronosv2","p_authorkey":"1009738","p_urlkey":"301439","p_title":"What I've Learned","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1492997993","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1009738","us_name":"Chronosv2","us_username":"chronosv2","event_start":"1492732800","event_key":"69","event_name":"LD 38"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD38","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9405,"_trust":2,"author":9738,"body":"So, thinking about this Compo, I feel like I've gained a lot of insight into my own abilities. So I figured, why not share with everyone?\n\nThis was my first Ludum Dare. I feel like it went pretty well, but there are a couple things I'd have definitely done differently.\n\nFirst, I'd like to strangle my ISP. I streamed the whole Compo and had more disconnects than I care to count.\n\nSecond, I learned that it's important not to get worked up into a hype on night one. I had trouble sleeping and I feel like it affected my performance on Saturday.\n\nThird: Going out to eat with family often takes way more time than you expect. 6:30-7:00AM back at PC ready to work? Try 8:00AM. Oops. There went an hour.\n\nFourth: I need to find a group of people I can chat with while I'm working on this stuff. I found yesterday after my Discord guest on the stream left that I was having trouble focusing because I was alone with no interaction. I appreciate friends not wanting to bother me, but I feel like I might have worked better with someone (or people) to bounce ideas off of.\n\nFifth: I'm exhausted. I don't feel as wiped out as I did yesterday but that might just be the \"I did it!\" adrenaline doing its thing.\n\nI'm really looking forward to August. Compo or Jam (depends on if I can get some friends involved) it's gonna' be a blast. This is a weekend I want to remember for the rest of my life.\n\nThank you, @pov, for creating something truly amazing that I have the privilege of taking part in.","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2017-04-24T01:44:30Z","created":"2017-04-23T01:42:47Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":23534,"love":5,"love-timestamp":"2017-04-24T01:46:36Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-04-24T01:46:36Z","name":"What I've Learned","node-timestamp":"2017-04-24T01:39:53Z","parent":16475,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,16475],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/destruction-zone\/what-ive-learned","published":"2017-04-24T01:39:53Z","scope":"public","slug":"what-ive-learned","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":44947},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"23534","n_urlkey":"301439","n_parent":"16475","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/destruction-zone\/what-ive-learned","n_slug":"what-ive-learned","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"9738","n_created":"1492911767","n_modified":"1492998396","n_version":"44947","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/destruction-zone\/what-ive-learned","text":"So, thinking about this Compo, I feel like I've gained a lot of insight into my own abilities. So I figured, why not share with everyone?\n\nThis was my first Ludum Dare. I feel like it went pretty well, but there are a couple things I'd have definitely done differently.\n\nFirst, I'd like to strangle my ISP. I streamed the whole Compo and had more disconnects than I care to count.\n\nSecond, I learned that it's important not to get worked up into a hype on night one. I had trouble sleeping and I feel like it affected my performance on Saturday.\n\nThird: Going out to eat with family often takes way more time than you expect. 6:30-7:00AM back at PC ready to work? Try 8:00AM. Oops. There went an hour.\n\nFourth: I need to find a group of people I can chat with while I'm working on this stuff. I found yesterday after my Discord guest on the stream left that I was having trouble focusing because I was alone with no interaction. I appreciate friends not wanting to bother me, but I feel like I might have worked better with someone (or people) to bounce ideas off of.\n\nFifth: I'm exhausted. I don't feel as wiped out as I did yesterday but that might just be the \"I did it!\" adrenaline doing its thing.\n\nI'm really looking forward to August. Compo or Jam (depends on if I can get some friends involved) it's gonna' be a blast. This is a weekend I want to remember for the rest of my life.\n\nThank you, @pov, for creating something truly amazing that I have the privilege of taking part in.","title":"What I've Learned","wayback_source":[]}