{"author_link":"\/users\/flaterectomy","author_name":"Flaterectomy","author_uid":"flaterectomy","comments":[],"epoch":1543713691,"event":"LD43","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":131151,"likes":17,"metadata":{"p_key":"124072","p_author":"Flaterectomy","p_authorkey":"1003398","p_urlkey":"340162","p_title":"\"As Of Yet Unnamed\" | Day #1 Progress","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD43","p_time":"1543713691","p_likes":"17","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1003398","us_name":"Flaterectomy","us_username":"flaterectomy","event_start":"1543536000","event_key":"71","event_name":"LD 43"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD43","removed_author":false},"_superparent":120415,"_trust":15,"author":3398,"body":"Day #1 began, as always, about 7 or 8 hours after the theme was announced. **3:00 am is no time to start jamming in polite society, I do declare.** We all got on discord and into a shared Google doc, and brainstorming began. After a little while, we had an idea: **a narrative-driven social commentary**. It seemed pretty ambitious. We tried to figure out the distilled version, the minimum requirements for it to work. **Nope**. Not a chance in three days. So we went for a **wacky arcade game where your bodyguards must jump in the line of fire and protect the president**!\n\n![Day1_t.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6cd.png)\n\nYes, this **is** a working title.\n\n![Day1_a.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6d8.png)\n\nDon't worry, if you're not excited about either protecting or failing to protect the **tangerine marvel** you see in this screenshot, I will in all likely hood **pixel together an Obama tomorrow**. We'll aim to be **inclusive**.\n\n# The Art So Far\nI began with some **quick sprite work** for the bodyguards, limousine and the president. I put together a **temporary four frame walk animation** for the bodyguard, and then we decided it's more important right now to have **a world for this all to take place in**. So all in all, most my time was spent on background assets. I created seven buildings while using Google Streetview in the middle of Manhattan as inspiration. And I threw up some posters of our previous LD entries, as per my own tradition.\n\n![Day1_b.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6e0.png)\n\n# Got Game?\nWe got game! @daanvanyperen has been slaving away at whatever demonic rituals you need in order to **write code**. (I won't claim to understand any of it.) Right now we have a **very basic and unpolished game**. We have **a president to protect** and a bunch of **bodyguards**. We have **laser sighting** indicating when and from where a bullet will come, and a **time-slow mechanic** combined with a **draw-back catapult** system for **launching your bodyguards in the right direction**. All of this still needs a good amount of work to get right, of course.\n\nOther than that, @meatmachine has made **three songs** for our soundtrack. Hopefully we can start implementing some sound effects tomorrow.\n\n![day1_proto4.gif](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6fd.gif)\n\n# Tomorrow's Plans\nLike I stated above, I plan to add Obama as a choice for president. This is **meant to be a silly game, not a divisive one**. Other than that I hope to do a lot of **character animation**. We'd like to have spectators by the side of the road, waving at the parade. I think I am good on buildings for now; more is always better for variety's sake, but there are other priorities.\n\nFor now, I will finish my Day #1 Reward Beer, an imperial porter named **Je Moer In De Band** brewed by **De Moersleutel**, and then go to bed. **Goodnight!**\n\n![Small Thumbs_footer_postld42.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6f7.png)\n","comments":0,"created":"2018-12-02T00:24:03Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":131151,"love":17,"love-timestamp":"2018-12-02T12:25:35Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-12-02T12:25:35Z","name":"\"As Of Yet Unnamed\" | Day #1 Progress","node-timestamp":"2018-12-02T01:21:31Z","parent":121127,"parents":[1,5,9,120415,121127],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/as-of-yet-unnamed\/as-of-yet-unnamed-day-1-progress","published":"2018-12-02T01:21:31Z","scope":"public","slug":"as-of-yet-unnamed-day-1-progress","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":377764},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"131151","n_urlkey":"340162","n_parent":"121127","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/as-of-yet-unnamed\/as-of-yet-unnamed-day-1-progress","n_slug":"as-of-yet-unnamed-day-1-progress","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"3398","n_created":"1543710243","n_modified":"1543753535","n_version":"377764","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/43\/as-of-yet-unnamed\/as-of-yet-unnamed-day-1-progress","text":"Day #1 began, as always, about 7 or 8 hours after the theme was announced. **3:00 am is no time to start jamming in polite society, I do declare.** We all got on discord and into a shared Google doc, and brainstorming began. After a little while, we had an idea: **a narrative-driven social commentary**. It seemed pretty ambitious. We tried to figure out the distilled version, the minimum requirements for it to work. **Nope**. Not a chance in three days. So we went for a **wacky arcade game where your bodyguards must jump in the line of fire and protect the president**!\n\n![Day1_t.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6cd.png)\n\nYes, this **is** a working title.\n\n![Day1_a.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6d8.png)\n\nDon't worry, if you're not excited about either protecting or failing to protect the **tangerine marvel** you see in this screenshot, I will in all likely hood **pixel together an Obama tomorrow**. We'll aim to be **inclusive**.\n\n# The Art So Far\nI began with some **quick sprite work** for the bodyguards, limousine and the president. I put together a **temporary four frame walk animation** for the bodyguard, and then we decided it's more important right now to have **a world for this all to take place in**. So all in all, most my time was spent on background assets. I created seven buildings while using Google Streetview in the middle of Manhattan as inspiration. And I threw up some posters of our previous LD entries, as per my own tradition.\n\n![Day1_b.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6e0.png)\n\n# Got Game?\nWe got game! @daanvanyperen has been slaving away at whatever demonic rituals you need in order to **write code**. (I won't claim to understand any of it.) Right now we have a **very basic and unpolished game**. We have **a president to protect** and a bunch of **bodyguards**. We have **laser sighting** indicating when and from where a bullet will come, and a **time-slow mechanic** combined with a **draw-back catapult** system for **launching your bodyguards in the right direction**. All of this still needs a good amount of work to get right, of course.\n\nOther than that, @meatmachine has made **three songs** for our soundtrack. Hopefully we can start implementing some sound effects tomorrow.\n\n![day1_proto4.gif](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6fd.gif)\n\n# Tomorrow's Plans\nLike I stated above, I plan to add Obama as a choice for president. This is **meant to be a silly game, not a divisive one**. Other than that I hope to do a lot of **character animation**. We'd like to have spectators by the side of the road, waving at the parade. I think I am good on buildings for now; more is always better for variety's sake, but there are other priorities.\n\nFor now, I will finish my Day #1 Reward Beer, an imperial porter named **Je Moer In De Band** brewed by **De Moersleutel**, and then go to bed. **Goodnight!**\n\n![Small Thumbs_footer_postld42.png](\/\/\/raw\/64d\/z\/1b6f7.png)\n","title":"\"As Of Yet Unnamed\" | Day #1 Progress","wayback_source":[]}