{"author_link":"\/users\/compufreak","author_name":"Compufreak","author_uid":"compufreak","comments":[],"epoch":1512123716,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":57794,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"101790","p_author":"Compufreak","p_authorkey":"1051415","p_urlkey":"317537","p_title":"Newbie starting in the Compo xD","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1512123716","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1051415","us_name":"Compufreak","us_username":"compufreak","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":51415,"body":"Hey guys,\n\nAs I usually have a hard time motivating myself to finish a project in my spare time next to my job as an (C#) application developer, I'll try to use the Ludum Dare Compo to make my first \"kind-of-finished\" game during the weekend. After playing around a tiny bit with Unity and Unreal Engine, I now settled with a bit of a \"different\" toolset, which I started to look at during the past 1-2 weeks for a couple of hours:\n\n* GoDot Engine\n* Aseprite\n* maybe Rytmik Studio (no clue how to use it)\n\nSo, as a complete newbie I'm excited to see how far I get and if it will result in something playable, and how ugly it will look as I'm also just getting started with pixel art and am like 1\/10th into the tutorial lessons and have no talent for art xD\n\nI'm also thinking of streaming my progress, but no promises right now ;) \n\nIf I'll stream, you can see me here, probably brabbling something in german:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/compufreak345\n\nP.S.: I'll have a bit of a late start as I'll not start right at 3 AM here in Germany, it will be more somewhere between 10 and 12 ;)\n\n\/Edit: Just read of \"Bfxr\",maybe I'll give this a try as an alternative to Rytmik Studio ;)","comments":0,"created":"2017-12-01T10:08:26Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":57794,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2017-12-01T10:56:23Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-12-01T11:30:24Z","name":"Newbie starting in the Compo xD","node-timestamp":"2017-12-01T11:30:24Z","parent":51416,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,51416],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/dont-be-greedy-1\/newbie-starting-in-the-compo-xd","published":"2017-12-01T10:21:56Z","scope":"public","slug":"newbie-starting-in-the-compo-xd","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":154171},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"57794","n_urlkey":"317537","n_parent":"51416","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/dont-be-greedy-1\/newbie-starting-in-the-compo-xd","n_slug":"newbie-starting-in-the-compo-xd","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"51415","n_created":"1512122906","n_modified":"1512127824","n_version":"154171","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/dont-be-greedy-1\/newbie-starting-in-the-compo-xd","text":"Hey guys,\n\nAs I usually have a hard time motivating myself to finish a project in my spare time next to my job as an (C#) application developer, I'll try to use the Ludum Dare Compo to make my first \"kind-of-finished\" game during the weekend. After playing around a tiny bit with Unity and Unreal Engine, I now settled with a bit of a \"different\" toolset, which I started to look at during the past 1-2 weeks for a couple of hours:\n\n* GoDot Engine\n* Aseprite\n* maybe Rytmik Studio (no clue how to use it)\n\nSo, as a complete newbie I'm excited to see how far I get and if it will result in something playable, and how ugly it will look as I'm also just getting started with pixel art and am like 1\/10th into the tutorial lessons and have no talent for art xD\n\nI'm also thinking of streaming my progress, but no promises right now ;) \n\nIf I'll stream, you can see me here, probably brabbling something in german:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/compufreak345\n\nP.S.: I'll have a bit of a late start as I'll not start right at 3 AM here in Germany, it will be more somewhere between 10 and 12 ;)\n\n\/Edit: Just read of \"Bfxr\",maybe I'll give this a try as an alternative to Rytmik Studio ;)","title":"Newbie starting in the Compo xD","wayback_source":[]}