{"author_link":"\/users\/theclinthennesy","author_name":"TheClintHennesy","author_uid":"theclinthennesy","comments":[],"epoch":1493635385,"event":"LD38","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":29318,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"92153","p_author":"TheClintHennesy","p_authorkey":"1009399","p_urlkey":"305071","p_title":"Super Snowman Spider Showdown Supreme: Post Mortem! :D","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD38","p_time":"1493635385","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1009399","us_name":"TheClintHennesy","us_username":"theclinthennesy","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":9399,"body":"![ui_Title_Menu.png](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/3155.png)\nGood Day Guys! Now that judging has begun, we're ready to share our game with you guys.\n\nOur game is called Super Snowman Spider Showdown Supreme. It's made by three people. @TheClintHennesy, @BadScotsMan, and @Kendro! :D\n\n![Gif06.gif](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/3171.gif)\nDownloadable Here (Windows and Mac Available): https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme\n\nOur Design Specs:\nWith the theme: A Small World, we ended up doing a Snow Globe Game. This was a very interesting idea because it was a Defense\/Shooter game that capitalized on the three-dimensional space within a Snow Globe. We also had a bunch of awesome ideas to implement.\n\nWe wanted the glass to break if you missed. If the glass breaks, spiders come in, making it harder.\nSome spiders would randomly drop down with their web- making them difficult to hit.\n![SnowmanGameSpecs.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/316b.jpg)\n\nDuring Production:\nFortunately, for the Art, we were able to put in all the necessary assets and animations needed within the limited time span. This means we were able to do a lot of other \"extra time\" art like Menus, Icons, etc.\n\n![Exporter_01.png](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/3177.png)\n\nThe Biggest Challenge:\nI believe the team struggled with the AI pathing the most. Not only did the orb-shaped globe serve as a base for the spiders to walk on- but also that the orbs was inverted in such a way our characters were inside the globe and not outside. We did various experimenting on how to implement the pathing- and in the end resulted to making the spiders move with splines.\n\nBecause of this- we were unable to include the features we aimed to originally have (Glass Breaking and Spiders dropping down.) We also didn't have enough time to implement UI animations smoothly. After trying out the game as well, we realized that the Snowman's animation was not as \"responsive\" as it should have been. The wind-up time for the Snowman's attack is too long- and it feels a bit off.\n\nRegardless, the team learned a LOT from making this game- and we definitely want to participate on another game jam. The theme just felt very difficult to explore on for this one- but it was still fun in the end.\n\nThat's all for our quick, post-mortem.\n\nWe're definitely gonna play some games here and there- and we're definitely going to play games that have visited our page and left a comment or so! :D\n\nSo please feel free to drop by our game. We're super ready to play yours as well!\n\n\n\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2017-05-01T13:17:16Z","created":"2017-05-01T10:14:38Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":29318,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2017-05-01T17:32:02Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-05-01T17:32:02Z","name":"Super Snowman Spider Showdown Supreme: Post Mortem! :D","node-timestamp":"2017-05-01T10:43:05Z","parent":24168,"parents":[1,5,9,9405,24168],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme-post-mortem-d","published":"2017-05-01T10:43:05Z","scope":"public","slug":"super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme-post-mortem-d","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":73697},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"29318","n_urlkey":"305071","n_parent":"24168","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme-post-mortem-d","n_slug":"super-snowman-spider-showdown-su","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"9399","n_created":"1493633678","n_modified":"1493659922","n_version":"73697","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme-post-mortem-d","text":"![ui_Title_Menu.png](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/3155.png)\nGood Day Guys! Now that judging has begun, we're ready to share our game with you guys.\n\nOur game is called Super Snowman Spider Showdown Supreme. It's made by three people. @TheClintHennesy, @BadScotsMan, and @Kendro! :D\n\n![Gif06.gif](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/3171.gif)\nDownloadable Here (Windows and Mac Available): https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/38\/super-snowman-spider-showdown-supreme\n\nOur Design Specs:\nWith the theme: A Small World, we ended up doing a Snow Globe Game. This was a very interesting idea because it was a Defense\/Shooter game that capitalized on the three-dimensional space within a Snow Globe. We also had a bunch of awesome ideas to implement.\n\nWe wanted the glass to break if you missed. If the glass breaks, spiders come in, making it harder.\nSome spiders would randomly drop down with their web- making them difficult to hit.\n![SnowmanGameSpecs.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/316b.jpg)\n\nDuring Production:\nFortunately, for the Art, we were able to put in all the necessary assets and animations needed within the limited time span. This means we were able to do a lot of other \"extra time\" art like Menus, Icons, etc.\n\n![Exporter_01.png](\/\/\/raw\/7b4\/2\/z\/3177.png)\n\nThe Biggest Challenge:\nI believe the team struggled with the AI pathing the most. Not only did the orb-shaped globe serve as a base for the spiders to walk on- but also that the orbs was inverted in such a way our characters were inside the globe and not outside. We did various experimenting on how to implement the pathing- and in the end resulted to making the spiders move with splines.\n\nBecause of this- we were unable to include the features we aimed to originally have (Glass Breaking and Spiders dropping down.) We also didn't have enough time to implement UI animations smoothly. After trying out the game as well, we realized that the Snowman's animation was not as \"responsive\" as it should have been. The wind-up time for the Snowman's attack is too long- and it feels a bit off.\n\nRegardless, the team learned a LOT from making this game- and we definitely want to participate on another game jam. The theme just felt very difficult to explore on for this one- but it was still fun in the end.\n\nThat's all for our quick, post-mortem.\n\nWe're definitely gonna play some games here and there- and we're definitely going to play games that have visited our page and left a comment or so! :D\n\nSo please feel free to drop by our game. We're super ready to play yours as well!\n\n\n\n","title":"Super Snowman Spider Showdown Supreme: Post Mortem! :D","wayback_source":[]}