{"author_link":"\/users\/chloravirgo","author_name":"ChloraVirgo","author_uid":"chloravirgo","comments":[],"epoch":1492980377,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":24970,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"89700","p_author":"ChloraVirgo","p_authorkey":"1020905","p_urlkey":"302445","p_title":"Les petites plan\u00e8tes. End of Day 2.","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1492980377","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1020905","us_name":"ChloraVirgo","us_username":"chloravirgo","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":1,"author":20905,"body":"@Greeny7 has made a post showing overall progress with a gif, so I will ramble a bit about my accomplishments today. A lot of things change during the process, because you can't see the elements together or in motion.\nMeteors: while they didn't look like poo, as they turn out often, in the game they resembled cookies, lol. So I had to make them grey. And that was a good decision, because this color goes much better with the whole design.\n![meteor_large.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4b0.png)![grey_meteor_large.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4b3.png)\n\nShooting star: when @Greeny7 made it rotate in the game, it looked really horrible. I made another version, which turned out much better, but not ideal.\n![shooting_star.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4b5.png)![shooting_star2.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4bc.png)\n\nThe earlier version of explosion didn't survive, so showing you this final one.\n![explosion.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4cd.png)\n\nAlso, fancy little planets\n![planet_1.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d1.png)![planet_2.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d3.png)![planet_6.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d6.png)![planet_8.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d8.png)\n\nI also made all the buttons.\n\nBut my real challenge for today was the soundtrack! ARGh, I'm so exhausted because of it. The first thing, that grinds my gears is software. I haven't found anything simple for the simple piano melody, so I had to use Fruity Loops demo. It brought us arguing whether it can or can not be used because of license. Then, I spent time trying to figure out how does this f*cker work, because too many functions for me and my simple aim. \nOk, I started making  the tune, which is really simple, because I have no knowledge in music at all. After FINALLY getting everything done, I realised, that you can't open the saved file again. And writing these words I also realised, that I'm an idiot! IDIOT! You can't open the file, but you can actually export the tune in wav or mp3, and I didn't check it! AAAAAAAAAAARGH! \nHow I made it first? Recorded the music with my mobile phone! Well, yeah, it turned to sound a little vaporwave, lol, but tbh the quality is not good. \nWell, learning from your mistakes is a part of game development.","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2017-04-23T20:47:52Z","created":"2017-04-23T19:34:30Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":24970,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2017-04-23T20:56:34Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-04-23T20:56:34Z","name":"Les petites plan\u00e8tes. End of Day 2.","node-timestamp":"2017-04-23T20:46:17Z","parent":15543,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,15543],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/les-petites-planetes\/les-petites-planetes-end-of-day-2","published":"2017-04-23T20:46:17Z","scope":"public","slug":"les-petites-planetes-end-of-day-2","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":38019},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"24970","n_urlkey":"302445","n_parent":"15543","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/les-petites-planetes\/les-petites-planetes-end-of-day-2","n_slug":"les-petites-planetes-end-of-day-","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"20905","n_created":"1492976070","n_modified":"1492980994","n_version":"38019","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/les-petites-planetes\/les-petites-planetes-end-of-day-2","text":"@Greeny7 has made a post showing overall progress with a gif, so I will ramble a bit about my accomplishments today. A lot of things change during the process, because you can't see the elements together or in motion.\nMeteors: while they didn't look like poo, as they turn out often, in the game they resembled cookies, lol. So I had to make them grey. And that was a good decision, because this color goes much better with the whole design.\n![meteor_large.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4b0.png)![grey_meteor_large.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4b3.png)\n\nShooting star: when @Greeny7 made it rotate in the game, it looked really horrible. I made another version, which turned out much better, but not ideal.\n![shooting_star.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4b5.png)![shooting_star2.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4bc.png)\n\nThe earlier version of explosion didn't survive, so showing you this final one.\n![explosion.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4cd.png)\n\nAlso, fancy little planets\n![planet_1.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d1.png)![planet_2.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d3.png)![planet_6.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d6.png)![planet_8.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a1\/5\/z\/4d8.png)\n\nI also made all the buttons.\n\nBut my real challenge for today was the soundtrack! ARGh, I'm so exhausted because of it. The first thing, that grinds my gears is software. I haven't found anything simple for the simple piano melody, so I had to use Fruity Loops demo. It brought us arguing whether it can or can not be used because of license. Then, I spent time trying to figure out how does this f*cker work, because too many functions for me and my simple aim. \nOk, I started making  the tune, which is really simple, because I have no knowledge in music at all. After FINALLY getting everything done, I realised, that you can't open the saved file again. And writing these words I also realised, that I'm an idiot! IDIOT! You can't open the file, but you can actually export the tune in wav or mp3, and I didn't check it! AAAAAAAAAAARGH! \nHow I made it first? Recorded the music with my mobile phone! Well, yeah, it turned to sound a little vaporwave, lol, but tbh the quality is not good. \nWell, learning from your mistakes is a part of game development.","title":"Les petites plan\u00e8tes. End of Day 2.","wayback_source":[]}