09-13-2010, 11:22 PM
a word of advice:
dont make the same mistake the expert bracket and part of the other brackets did: don't "overdo" it. work on a smaller scale and get a working, concealed idea first, and then add as many details as you want. animations are surely going to take time if you're not used to them, and any extra random bit of magic detail you want to add on your submission is one extra burden you'd need to work, specially with the 6 frame limit you have.
tl;dr keep it simple, finish something, and then expand it as you get more free time. wich doesnt mean make a 2 frame piece of shit.
dont make the same mistake the expert bracket and part of the other brackets did: don't "overdo" it. work on a smaller scale and get a working, concealed idea first, and then add as many details as you want. animations are surely going to take time if you're not used to them, and any extra random bit of magic detail you want to add on your submission is one extra burden you'd need to work, specially with the 6 frame limit you have.
tl;dr keep it simple, finish something, and then expand it as you get more free time. wich doesnt mean make a 2 frame piece of shit.