{"author_name":"Cluster Parable","cat":"LD #34","comments":[],"epoch":1451858700,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"9291","p_author":"Cluster Parable","p_authorkey":"65289","p_urlkey":"44506","p_title":"Post-mortem + favourites","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1451858700","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"65289","us_name":"Cluster Parable","us_username":"cluster-parable","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"<p>Hi everybody! I enjoyed a lot this LD, my first one and I&#8217;m feeling like writing a Post-Mortem and sharing with you my favourite games.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m happy with my first experience with LD. I participated on the compo and it was quite a hit. The weekend went terribly amazing and crazy (and short). To get some inspiration for the main idea of the game I got a little bit&#8230; intoxicated, which helped me a lot with the music creation. I am a musician so I always work this way:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>First, I record myself improvising about an hour and a half on the piano while thinking about the subject.<\/li>\n <li>Then, I select the best melodies and play them on loop to help me think about the gameplay and graphics, all at a time.<\/li>\n <li>When I got some clear sprites, backgrounds and ideas about the gameplay I focus on art or gameplay (depends on which one makes me feel more comfortable) and after that all goes smoothly.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Now, what went right?<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I managed to finish my project (Actually, I think it&#8217;s the first project I finish).<\/li>\n <li>Graphics went waaaaay better than expected. I know they&#8217;re not great, some people dislike them but I&#8217;m terribly bad at drawing, real bad. So I&#8217;m happy with them. Funny thing is that I randomly found a filter on Gimp that I liked. Graphics are shit without it.<\/li>\n <li>The plot is more solid, deep and playable than I thought I could ever do in 48 hours.<\/li>\n <li>Some conversations are funny.<\/li>\n <li>Music is great! I was soooo inspired.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>So&#8230; what went wrong?<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I had to hurry a lot in some scenes, music jam part went very bad. The music didn&#8217;t loop ok, the sounds you could make are terrible, etc. I wanted to make more games on the game scene&#8230;<\/li>\n <li>I worked with RPG Maker XP,\u00a0wich doesn&#8217;t give you as many posibilities as Unity or Gamemaker does.<\/li>\n <li>It&#8217;s a walking and talking game&#8230; nothing interesting about gameplay. But there are some masterpieces with the same gameplay \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n <li>I wanted to use the &#8220;two button controls&#8221; theme too.<\/li>\n <li>The installation is full of problems for some users. Some people needs to install adittional software. Sorry, its my first upload.<\/li>\n <li>As I saw in other entries, the have around 60-70 ratings. Mine have only 32.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>You can check my game <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=65289\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/intro81.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-531370\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/intro81-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/intro81-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/intro81-550x413.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/intro81.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Now, here are some of my favourites. I&#8217;m sure I forget lot of games, but here are some I remember:<\/p>\n <p>Shot snap &#8211; Very creative game about perspective. You have to understand how this game works and its difficult but awesome when you understand it.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=8101\">http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=8101<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Grow a beard! &#8211; Hilarious game about growing a beard. Its gameplay are mini-games<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=65958\">http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=65958<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Gjallarhorn &#8211; Interesting gameplay and superb graphics and music<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=50652\">http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=50652<\/a><\/p>\n <p>As I said, I forgot tons of games that I enjoyed, but these remind on my thoughts.<\/p>\n <p>Thanks to you all, and thanks to Ludum Dare! Enjoy this last day and good luck with the results! And Happy New Year! See you on the next LD<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"January 3rd, 2016 5:05 pm","title":"Post-mortem + favourites"}