{"author_link":"\/users\/kamekai","author_name":"kamekai","author_uid":"kamekai","comments":[],"epoch":1513032434,"event":"LD40","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":70821,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"107184","p_author":"kamekai","p_authorkey":"1004800","p_urlkey":"322994","p_title":"Bullet Hell v1.1!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD40","p_time":"1513032434","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1004800","us_name":"kamekai","us_username":"kamekai","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":4800,"body":"![cover.png](\/\/\/raw\/0c2\/1\/z\/e7fd.png)\n\nAt last, an update to the incredible AAA Ludum Dare experience everyone has been talking about, with refined visuals and gameplay.\n\nPlay the update online [here](https:\/\/bl.ocks.org\/bad-software\/raw\/052788689418414bd5db1f56b469d3a9\/) and the original entry [here](https:\/\/bl.ocks.org\/bad-software\/raw\/d6a7fc7e173f8ffbac575bf5c848140c\/)\n\nYou can also view the source on [Github](https:\/\/github.com\/bad-software\/bullet-hell)\n\nPlease vote and share your thoughts [on my page](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/bullet-hell)\n\n \n\nThe controls have been modified. The new controls are:\n\n***Forward \/ Rear thrust*** - W, Up Arrow \/ S, Down Arrow\n\n***Rotational thrusters*** - A, Left Arrow \/ D, Right Arrow\n\n***Lateral thrusters*** - Q, Left Bracket \/ E, Right Bracket\n\n***Boost*** - Left shift\n\n***Fire*** - Space\n\n***Pause*** - Escape\n\n***Resume*** - Enter\n\n \n\nHere's what's changed:\n\n* Added starfield \n* Refined controls and added boost mechanism\n* Enemies now explode on impact\n* Refactored most of the code\n* Adjusted enemy and player parameters\n* Reworked intro\n* Reworked HUD\n* Adjusted scoring algorithm\n\nHere's what hasn't changed:\n\n* No sound\n\nInitially, I wanted to bring sound to this update. However, upon researching the highly touted Web Audio API, I fell into a rabbit hole that I can't yet see the end of. \n\nIt seems that the Web Audio API was forced out the gate early by Chrome, and the spec is in shambles. As of right now the API is very non-performant for timing-critical events like those you would find in video games, and the solution is stuck in specification hell. No one has implemented it yet. As such, I am experiencing a lag in excess of 500ms.\n\nI may have to abandon the Web Audio API for now and use some third-party sound library as I would like to stick to real-time oscillators and not samples in order to fit the theme of the game and keep the file size under 64kb compressed.","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2017-12-11T23:19:39Z","created":"2017-12-11T22:20:58Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":70821,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2017-12-11T23:08:33Z","meta":[],"modified":"2017-12-11T23:19:39Z","name":"Bullet Hell v1.1!","node-timestamp":"2017-12-11T23:10:17Z","parent":53715,"parents":[1,5,9,49883,53715],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/bullet-hell\/bullet-hell-v1-1","published":"2017-12-11T22:47:14Z","scope":"public","slug":"bullet-hell-v1-1","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":207827},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"70821","n_urlkey":"322994","n_parent":"53715","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/bullet-hell\/bullet-hell-v1-1","n_slug":"bullet-hell-v1-1","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"4800","n_created":"1513030858","n_modified":"1513034379","n_version":"207827","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/bullet-hell\/bullet-hell-v1-1","text":"![cover.png](\/\/\/raw\/0c2\/1\/z\/e7fd.png)\n\nAt last, an update to the incredible AAA Ludum Dare experience everyone has been talking about, with refined visuals and gameplay.\n\nPlay the update online [here](https:\/\/bl.ocks.org\/bad-software\/raw\/052788689418414bd5db1f56b469d3a9\/) and the original entry [here](https:\/\/bl.ocks.org\/bad-software\/raw\/d6a7fc7e173f8ffbac575bf5c848140c\/)\n\nYou can also view the source on [Github](https:\/\/github.com\/bad-software\/bullet-hell)\n\nPlease vote and share your thoughts [on my page](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/bullet-hell)\n\n \n\nThe controls have been modified. The new controls are:\n\n***Forward \/ Rear thrust*** - W, Up Arrow \/ S, Down Arrow\n\n***Rotational thrusters*** - A, Left Arrow \/ D, Right Arrow\n\n***Lateral thrusters*** - Q, Left Bracket \/ E, Right Bracket\n\n***Boost*** - Left shift\n\n***Fire*** - Space\n\n***Pause*** - Escape\n\n***Resume*** - Enter\n\n \n\nHere's what's changed:\n\n* Added starfield \n* Refined controls and added boost mechanism\n* Enemies now explode on impact\n* Refactored most of the code\n* Adjusted enemy and player parameters\n* Reworked intro\n* Reworked HUD\n* Adjusted scoring algorithm\n\nHere's what hasn't changed:\n\n* No sound\n\nInitially, I wanted to bring sound to this update. However, upon researching the highly touted Web Audio API, I fell into a rabbit hole that I can't yet see the end of. \n\nIt seems that the Web Audio API was forced out the gate early by Chrome, and the spec is in shambles. As of right now the API is very non-performant for timing-critical events like those you would find in video games, and the solution is stuck in specification hell. No one has implemented it yet. As such, I am experiencing a lag in excess of 500ms.\n\nI may have to abandon the Web Audio API for now and use some third-party sound library as I would like to stick to real-time oscillators and not samples in order to fit the theme of the game and keep the file size under 64kb compressed.","title":"Bullet Hell v1.1!","wayback_source":[]}