{"author_link":"\/users\/criggles","author_name":"Criggles","author_uid":"criggles","comments":[],"epoch":1512225637,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":62216,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"102889","p_author":"Criggles","p_authorkey":"1052344","p_urlkey":"318659","p_title":"Progress! Flocking!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1512225637","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1052344","us_name":"Criggles","us_username":"criggles","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":3,"author":52344,"body":"Well, I was off to a great start, falling asleep just 30 minutes before the theme was announced in my chair!\nI woke up a few hours later, looked at the theme and moved to a better sleeping location to dream of ideas.\n\nI woke up with nothing.... After brain storming for a few hours I narrowed it down to a few ideas and decided to go with a sheep herding game. You'll play as a good boye \/ girl herding sheep to wherever the destination may be. I'm not sure where exactly to go with it just yet but I figured I should focus on the MVP before I get too ambitious.\n\nI went with this idea partly because it seemed achievable with my meager skills but also because I really wanted to play with a flocking algorithm, and that's what I've been doing for the past few hours. Below is a gif of the progress so far.\n\n![Flocking gif 1.gif](\/\/\/raw\/87c\/c\/z\/98e0.gif)\n\nLet me know what you think! I've never attempted flocking before, so any tips will be much appreciated!\n\nI'd forgotten how much fun Ludum Dare is!\n","comments":5,"comments-timestamp":"2017-12-02T15:27:26Z","created":"2017-12-02T14:31:55Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":62216,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2017-12-02T14:41:39Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-12-02T15:27:26Z","name":"Progress! Flocking!","node-timestamp":"2017-12-02T14:40:37Z","parent":52345,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,52345],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/woolly-roundup\/progress-flocking","published":"2017-12-02T14:40:37Z","scope":"public","slug":"progress-flocking","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":162121},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"62216","n_urlkey":"318659","n_parent":"52345","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/woolly-roundup\/progress-flocking","n_slug":"progress-flocking","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"52344","n_created":"1512225115","n_modified":"1512228446","n_version":"162121","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/woolly-roundup\/progress-flocking","text":"Well, I was off to a great start, falling asleep just 30 minutes before the theme was announced in my chair!\nI woke up a few hours later, looked at the theme and moved to a better sleeping location to dream of ideas.\n\nI woke up with nothing.... After brain storming for a few hours I narrowed it down to a few ideas and decided to go with a sheep herding game. You'll play as a good boye \/ girl herding sheep to wherever the destination may be. I'm not sure where exactly to go with it just yet but I figured I should focus on the MVP before I get too ambitious.\n\nI went with this idea partly because it seemed achievable with my meager skills but also because I really wanted to play with a flocking algorithm, and that's what I've been doing for the past few hours. Below is a gif of the progress so far.\n\n![Flocking gif 1.gif](\/\/\/raw\/87c\/c\/z\/98e0.gif)\n\nLet me know what you think! I've never attempted flocking before, so any tips will be much appreciated!\n\nI'd forgotten how much fun Ludum Dare is!\n","title":"Progress! Flocking!","wayback_source":[]}