Post-mortem/autopsy? on first LD / Let Me Save You!

So, my first Ludum Dare went pretty well. I obeyed all the rules, I got my game (Let Me Save You! Your Faithful Companion, Windows, Mac and now Linux available) done on time and finished and working for almost everyone so far. It didn’t look/sound/play too badly and had a decent play time. It even had fanservice :3 I think that a major part of why I was able to succeed with this is because I knew my limitations and my strengths – my day job is to make comics, so a visual novel type thing would turn out fairly good.

Of course, the only problem is innovation – I knew from the beginning I was doing a tried and tested and derivative thing (even my own husband only scored me 1 star for that, the bastard, I SAW YOU RATE ME), but that in itself meant that everyone can pick up my game and know straight away how to play it and just enjoy it for the art/music/writing. Ultimately, a game is supposed to be fun to play through to the end (and maybe again, if you want the other endings), that’s why I keep going back to RPGs, platformers, etc when I buy games.

I did turn into a total bitch though, like PMS on crack turned up to gas mark 11. I was sooo stressed and angry at the cat, my husband, the weather, the neighbours, the tv – for annoying me, or slowing me down, or taking my time away from the game. Must remember to stay faaaaar away from everyone when it’s so time-reliant XD

If I enter LD again, I may well stick to RPG/Visual Novel/point & click things as they are very much story/art driven, but I’ll try to do something slightly more deviant… (not that way, you filthmongers). I’d like to be able to make a flash/web version as more people will play it. I know that there are some interesting features I would like to explore, and I’m confident that I can take on any theme with good writing / characters / events. I think I was wise to spend the first day doing all of my writing and coding, then the second doing the pretty stuff (because even if it’s rushed art/music, the game itself will run and work – and that is the difference that means you can submit something on time).

And maybe to go along with the T&A (as that’s popular it seems), MOAR PONIES / HAWT GUYS / KITTIES.

Peace and love, everyone. I’m really enjoying all your games so far, I intend to play and rate EACH AND EVERY ONE DAMNIT XD