{"author_link":"\/users\/ao-85","author_name":"AO-85","author_uid":"ao-85","comments":[],"epoch":1776867151,"event":"LD59","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":431497,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"96422","p_author":"AO-85","p_authorkey":"1424636","p_urlkey":"312063","p_title":"72 hours, 9 hours of sleep, 1 finished game ","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD59","p_time":"1776867151","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1424636","us_name":"AO-85","us_username":"ao-85","event_start":"1776470400","event_key":"113","event_name":"Ludum Dare 59"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":424249,"_trust":1,"author":424636,"body":"A day later, I'm sitting here amazed: I finally finished my first Ludum Dare and my first completed game jam that I've ever participated in! A lot of work was done over these 3 days I slept only 9 hours, and I haven't felt this happy and energized in a long time.\n\n\n![ezgif-1a504e4ab7407a79.gif](\/\/\/raw\/cba\/76\/z\/722bb.gif)\n\n\nThere were so many ideas! Of course, not everything made it to the end time just wasn't enough, and I was disappointed when I realized the game wouldn't have all the animations I planned to add. Like many artists, looking at my art to-do list, I thought: \"This won't take long.\" But when I started working, my perfectionism showed itself in full force. I was trying to make the project as beautiful as possible, and considering it was my first project, I was terrified of messing it up.\n\n\n![7148c.png](\/\/\/raw\/cba\/76\/z\/722ad.png)\n\n\nThe art and sounds took about two days, then another half day for revisions. It was a long but interesting journey. Big thanks to my coder for his contribution he did fantastic work, spending a lot of time on it. It's a shame we couldn't find a musician, so I had to figure out Sonic Pi myself to compose music in 8-bit style. I didn't do it perfectly, but I gave it my best shot.\n\n\n![712a7.png](\/\/\/raw\/cba\/76\/z\/722bc.png)\n\n\nIf you've read this far thank you for your attention! With your permission, I'd like to invite you to test our game and leave your feedback. Your opinion means a lot to us!\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/wavelatro\n","comments":0,"created":"2026-04-21T23:01:01Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":431497,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2026-05-04T20:19:47Z","meta":[],"modified":"2026-05-04T20:19:47Z","name":"72 hours, 9 hours of sleep, 1 finished game ","node-timestamp":"2026-04-22T14:13:26Z","parent":425720,"parents":[1,5,9,424249,425720],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/wavelatro\/72-hours-9-hours-of-sleep-1-finished-game","published":"2026-04-22T14:12:31Z","scope":"public","slug":"72-hours-9-hours-of-sleep-1-finished-game","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1369449},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"431497","n_urlkey":"312063","n_parent":"425720","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/wavelatro\/72-hours-9-hours-of-sleep-1-finished-game","n_slug":"72-hours-9-hours-of-sleep-1-fini","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"424636","n_created":"1776812461","n_modified":"1777925987","n_version":"1369449","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/wavelatro\/72-hours-9-hours-of-sleep-1-finished-game","text":"A day later, I'm sitting here amazed: I finally finished my first Ludum Dare and my first completed game jam that I've ever participated in! A lot of work was done over these 3 days I slept only 9 hours, and I haven't felt this happy and energized in a long time.\n\n\n![ezgif-1a504e4ab7407a79.gif](\/\/\/raw\/cba\/76\/z\/722bb.gif)\n\n\nThere were so many ideas! Of course, not everything made it to the end time just wasn't enough, and I was disappointed when I realized the game wouldn't have all the animations I planned to add. Like many artists, looking at my art to-do list, I thought: \"This won't take long.\" But when I started working, my perfectionism showed itself in full force. I was trying to make the project as beautiful as possible, and considering it was my first project, I was terrified of messing it up.\n\n\n![7148c.png](\/\/\/raw\/cba\/76\/z\/722ad.png)\n\n\nThe art and sounds took about two days, then another half day for revisions. It was a long but interesting journey. Big thanks to my coder for his contribution he did fantastic work, spending a lot of time on it. It's a shame we couldn't find a musician, so I had to figure out Sonic Pi myself to compose music in 8-bit style. I didn't do it perfectly, but I gave it my best shot.\n\n\n![712a7.png](\/\/\/raw\/cba\/76\/z\/722bc.png)\n\n\nIf you've read this far thank you for your attention! With your permission, I'd like to invite you to test our game and leave your feedback. Your opinion means a lot to us!\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/wavelatro\n","title":"72 hours, 9 hours of sleep, 1 finished game ","wayback_source":[]}