{"author_link":"\/users\/darksamus9000","author_name":"DarkSamus9000","author_uid":"darksamus9000","comments":[],"epoch":1511315843,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":52431,"likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"101243","p_author":"DarkSamus9000","p_authorkey":"1047283","p_urlkey":"316965","p_title":"Entering the Fray","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1511315843","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1047283","us_name":"DarkSamus9000","us_username":"darksamus9000","event_start":"1512086400","event_key":"70","event_name":"LD 40"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD40","removed_author":false},"_superparent":49883,"_trust":1,"author":47283,"body":"Hello, I'm DarkSamus9000.\n\nThis December I will be participating in Ludum Dare 40, my first programming competition ever.\nI'm currently a self-taught game programmer, working primarily in Java and C# while I practice learning lower level languages like C and C++. I plan to study computer sciences intensely when I go to university and aspire to become a tactful and diligent software developer and game programmer.\n\nEven with the tight restraints on mine and my friend's schedule, I plan to enter the Ludum Dare jam with my friend @URNext7634. We will be writing the game in Java using a custom-built engine written on top of Slick2D. Although I've been teaching myself how to program through games for a while now, this will be my first attempt at writing a fun, polished game. I don't expect to do well, but I hope to learn a lot about game development in the process - this is the primary reason for choosing to participate.\n\nWe look forward to the challenge and to seeing everyone else's products. Good luck, and happy programming!","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2017-11-23T14:43:54Z","created":"2017-11-22T01:55:19Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":52431,"love":4,"love-timestamp":"2017-11-22T10:53:30Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-11-23T14:43:54Z","name":"Entering the Fray","node-timestamp":"2017-11-22T01:57:23Z","parent":52424,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,52424],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/capeman-adventure\/entering-the-fray","published":"2017-11-22T01:57:23Z","scope":"public","slug":"entering-the-fray","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":146205},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"52431","n_urlkey":"316965","n_parent":"52424","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/capeman-adventure\/entering-the-fray","n_slug":"entering-the-fray","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"47283","n_created":"1511315719","n_modified":"1511448234","n_version":"146205","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/capeman-adventure\/entering-the-fray","text":"Hello, I'm DarkSamus9000.\n\nThis December I will be participating in Ludum Dare 40, my first programming competition ever.\nI'm currently a self-taught game programmer, working primarily in Java and C# while I practice learning lower level languages like C and C++. I plan to study computer sciences intensely when I go to university and aspire to become a tactful and diligent software developer and game programmer.\n\nEven with the tight restraints on mine and my friend's schedule, I plan to enter the Ludum Dare jam with my friend @URNext7634. We will be writing the game in Java using a custom-built engine written on top of Slick2D. Although I've been teaching myself how to program through games for a while now, this will be my first attempt at writing a fun, polished game. I don't expect to do well, but I hope to learn a lot about game development in the process - this is the primary reason for choosing to participate.\n\nWe look forward to the challenge and to seeing everyone else's products. Good luck, and happy programming!","title":"Entering the Fray","wayback_source":[]}