{"author_link":"\/users\/kierkle","author_name":"kierkle","author_uid":"kierkle","comments":[],"epoch":1512366933,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":65597,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"104585","p_author":"kierkle","p_authorkey":"1055945","p_urlkey":"320368","p_title":"The Main Character: Vacu","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1512366933","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1055945","us_name":"kierkle","us_username":"kierkle","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":55945,"body":"Spent part of today modeling, rigging and animating \"Vacu\", an anthropomorphic vacuum cleaner and the main character in our Jam game. I'm an engineer so it's always a fun break to try my hand at art (and an important reminder not to quit my day job).\n\nHere he is sucking up those yellow balls:\n\n![200w_d.gif](\/\/\/raw\/98a\/d\/z\/b2c9.gif)\n\nhttp:\/\/gph.is\/2iMcpem\n\nAlso, last night I played Dan's first level prototype. He's never done any level design before, but managed to make a really epic level. It took me a while to figure out the order in which to suck up all the yellow balls. Your character gets bigger with each thing you carry and that prevents you from getting into places. At the end I kinda cheated and gave myself infinite jumps :innocent: when I realized I was missing just one ball :rage:\n\nYou can check out the playthrough below:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rsfsVtqhI7w\n\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2017-12-04T06:37:57Z","created":"2017-12-04T05:11:32Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":65597,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2017-12-04T06:59:31Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-12-04T06:59:31Z","name":"The Main Character: Vacu","node-timestamp":"2017-12-04T05:55:33Z","parent":55948,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,55948],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/vacuum-platformer\/the-main-character-vacu","published":"2017-12-04T05:55:33Z","scope":"public","slug":"the-main-character-vacu","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":177235},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"65597","n_urlkey":"320368","n_parent":"55948","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/vacuum-platformer\/the-main-character-vacu","n_slug":"the-main-character-vacu","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"55945","n_created":"1512364292","n_modified":"1512370771","n_version":"177235","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/vacuum-platformer\/the-main-character-vacu","text":"Spent part of today modeling, rigging and animating \"Vacu\", an anthropomorphic vacuum cleaner and the main character in our Jam game. I'm an engineer so it's always a fun break to try my hand at art (and an important reminder not to quit my day job).\n\nHere he is sucking up those yellow balls:\n\n![200w_d.gif](\/\/\/raw\/98a\/d\/z\/b2c9.gif)\n\nhttp:\/\/gph.is\/2iMcpem\n\nAlso, last night I played Dan's first level prototype. He's never done any level design before, but managed to make a really epic level. It took me a while to figure out the order in which to suck up all the yellow balls. Your character gets bigger with each thing you carry and that prevents you from getting into places. At the end I kinda cheated and gave myself infinite jumps :innocent: when I realized I was missing just one ball :rage:\n\nYou can check out the playthrough below:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rsfsVtqhI7w\n\n","title":"The Main Character: Vacu","wayback_source":[]}