Comments on: It’s war! A Tiny World War postmortem http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/05/06/its-war-a-tiny-world-war-postmortem/ A tri-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jimmypaulin http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/05/06/its-war-a-tiny-world-war-postmortem/comment-page-1/#comment-47536 jimmypaulin Mon, 07 May 2012 16:06:39 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=143852#comment-47536 @Casino Jack – Thanks for the great feedback on the postmortem! It was a bit rambling but I wanted to get everything down so I remember it next time. It’s the community that makes this even I think, thanks for the high fives haha ;)

Yeah it’s a controversial one re the finalised art. I think there are two factors really – 1) there is not really enough time to iterate on art so its coloured rectangles or final art, nothing in between. 2) if you are being experimental with the mechanic then I think this is the time to prototype with placeholder art. Arguably the best thing about the likes of ludum dare is the freedom to innovate – Tiny World War is guilty of not being too innovative I feel, so going to final art was right for this game. Next time it might be a totally different story. That said, it helps my motivation hugely looking at nice graphics and getting it out the way early as I find it really hard! Each to their own I guess. I can imaging 90′s hacker required more iteration due to the complex gameplay ;)

Thanks again for comments and support!

]]> By: Casino Jack http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/05/06/its-war-a-tiny-world-war-postmortem/comment-page-1/#comment-47470 Casino Jack Mon, 07 May 2012 11:23:20 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=143852#comment-47470 High five from another first-time LDer! Really useful tips by the way – most of which I learnt the hard way over that 48 hours, but some I’ll definitely take on board for next time.
The one I keep seeing thrown around but can’t wrap my head around is diving straight into the final art rather than iterating. Perhaps it’s because it’s my weakest area, but I would have thought it would be better to see if the concept is actually fun with placeholder art (e.g. coloured rectangles) before settling on the art style? Maybe I’ll try it next time anyway and see how I get on.

Keep working on Tiny World War – it’s a gem!

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