{"author_name":"noddingTortoise","cat":"LD #34","comments":[],"epoch":1450148520,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"9836","p_author":"noddingTortoise","p_authorkey":"63291","p_urlkey":"45060","p_title":"Submitted my first LDJam game \u2013 \u2018All Ways Down\u2019","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1450148520","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"63291","us_name":"noddingTortoise","us_username":"\/author\/noddingtortoise\/","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TitleScreen.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-524266 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TitleScreen-550x414.png\" alt=\"TitleScreen\" width=\"550\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TitleScreen-300x226.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TitleScreen-550x414.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TitleScreen.png 1206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Finally finished submitting my entry &#8216;All Ways Down&#8217;. You can check it out <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-34\/?action=preview&amp;uid=63291\">here<\/a><\/p>\n <p>It was a bit of a rush to submit in the end, I thought I gave myself plenty of time, I finished making the game about 2 and a bit hours before the submission period started. However, I ran into\u00a0a couple of issues with the unity web player sizing. Thankfully I think I got it all sorted <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Level15.gif\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-524189\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Level15.gif\" alt=\"Level15\" width=\"521\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Anyhow, the game.<\/p>\n <p>I decided to try and tackle both the themes with my entry, with the game making use of just two button input, with elements of growing as well.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Level16.gif\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-524260\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Level16.gif\" alt=\"Level16\" width=\"521\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>All Ways Down is a puzzle game where you must collect growth pellets in order to increase the size of the ball, which is needed to push a switch to progress to the next level. As the game progresses levels have more pellets(5 is the max), which in turn makes the ball harder to control. The ball is controlled by the player rotating the level either clockwise or anticlockwise, and then letting the always downward force of gravity do the rest, though some skill may be\u00a0required :-p<\/p>\n <p>The game has a total of 20 levels, I would have liked to have made more but unfortunate I ran out of time in the end. \u00a0In any case I had a\u00a0lot of fun making it, and I learnt a few new things along the way.<\/p>\n <p>All Ways Down can be played either on its entry page(best played full screen) or over on itch.io(link on entry page). It&#8217;s also available to download, though I haven&#8217;t had a chance to really test those builds yet.<\/p>\n <p>Now for the voting&#8230; actually, I think now is time for sleep, it&#8217;s been a long weekend \u00a0\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <p>Best of luck everyone.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2015 10:02 pm","title":"Submitted my first LDJam game \u2013 \u2018All Ways Down\u2019"}