{"author_link":"\/users\/stratcat66","author_name":"Stratcat66","author_uid":"stratcat66","comments":[],"epoch":1776881713,"event":"LD59","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":431667,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"96510","p_author":"Stratcat66","p_authorkey":"1010493","p_urlkey":"312152","p_title":"Some thoughts after the submission","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD59","p_time":"1776881713","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1010493","us_name":"Stratcat66","us_username":"stratcat66","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":2,"author":10493,"body":"Now it has been a few days since the submission deadline. This was my first compo (I did a few jams before). And I must say: I am relatively satisfied with the result. I would go even that far to say: It is probably the most polished game I did in any LD. I even thought, that with 24h additional hours I could have improved so much small, but subtile quality of life stuff...\n\nBut on the other hand: I would probably have planned differently if I had participated in the jam. I maybe would have started later or would have taken more time to decide on an idea before actually starting.\n\nOr maybe the theme was just the right one for me this time.\n\nDid you have similar experiences this time (or in the past)?\n\n### Shameless self advertisement section\n\nYou can find my game [here](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/mini-mobile-network-operator)\n\nI am very grateful for rating and your thoughts in the comments.\n\n### Video of the creation\nThis time I recorded my screen during the creation of the entire game. You can find the timelapse [here](https:\/\/www.surjective.de\/LD59\/video\/)\n(Although my perspective on that is obviously a very unique one)\n\n### After the jam\nThis time I decided to actually work on an improved version of the game. I guess thats a good sign... Of course I won't update the version here for now, so that you get the original 48h-Compo experience.\n\n![f40bda7c248002b158f3af6f85240d2b.png](\/\/\/raw\/df8\/2\/z\/72554.png)","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2026-04-22T19:29:04Z","created":"2026-04-22T18:11:44Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":431667,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2026-04-22T18:23:20Z","meta":[],"modified":"2026-04-22T19:29:04Z","name":"Some thoughts after the submission","node-timestamp":"2026-04-22T18:15:13Z","parent":428818,"parents":[1,5,9,424249,428818],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/mini-mobile-network-operator\/some-thoughts-after-the-submission","published":"2026-04-22T18:15:13Z","scope":"public","slug":"some-thoughts-after-the-submission","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1369764},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"431667","n_urlkey":"312152","n_parent":"428818","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/mini-mobile-network-operator\/some-thoughts-after-the-submission","n_slug":"some-thoughts-after-the-submissi","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"10493","n_created":"1776881504","n_modified":"1776886144","n_version":"1369764","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/mini-mobile-network-operator\/some-thoughts-after-the-submission","text":"Now it has been a few days since the submission deadline. This was my first compo (I did a few jams before). And I must say: I am relatively satisfied with the result. I would go even that far to say: It is probably the most polished game I did in any LD. I even thought, that with 24h additional hours I could have improved so much small, but subtile quality of life stuff...\n\nBut on the other hand: I would probably have planned differently if I had participated in the jam. I maybe would have started later or would have taken more time to decide on an idea before actually starting.\n\nOr maybe the theme was just the right one for me this time.\n\nDid you have similar experiences this time (or in the past)?\n\n### Shameless self advertisement section\n\nYou can find my game [here](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/mini-mobile-network-operator)\n\nI am very grateful for rating and your thoughts in the comments.\n\n### Video of the creation\nThis time I recorded my screen during the creation of the entire game. You can find the timelapse [here](https:\/\/www.surjective.de\/LD59\/video\/)\n(Although my perspective on that is obviously a very unique one)\n\n### After the jam\nThis time I decided to actually work on an improved version of the game. I guess thats a good sign... Of course I won't update the version here for now, so that you get the original 48h-Compo experience.\n\n![f40bda7c248002b158f3af6f85240d2b.png](\/\/\/raw\/df8\/2\/z\/72554.png)","title":"Some thoughts after the submission","wayback_source":[]}