{"author_link":"\/users\/marmacanna","author_name":"Marmacanna","author_uid":"marmacanna","comments":[],"epoch":1570145292,"event":"LD45","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":165816,"likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"133708","p_author":"Marmacanna","p_authorkey":"1161564","p_urlkey":"349933","p_title":"A Casual First Entry...","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD45","p_time":"1570145292","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1161564","us_name":"Marmacanna","us_username":"marmacanna","event_start":"1570147200","event_key":"78","event_name":"Ludum Dare 45"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD45","removed_author":false},"_superparent":159347,"_trust":1,"author":161564,"body":"Let me start by stating how excited I am to participate in this upcoming jam, LD45. My experience in game development is almost non-existent, except for the few half-baked games I copy-pasta'd from Godot tutorials (Thanks UmaiPixel). Part of me thinks that I shouldn't even enter this year, but instead wait until I'm a \"better game developer\". But when is that?\n\nMy brain has come up with plenty of reasons to keep me from trying to enter LD45. \"You don't know what you are doing\", \"You can't code or make art\", \"You have to work on top of a family event this weekend\". I don't really care anymore. I feel a need to see a project \"to completion\", and Ludum Dare provides the perfect platform for this. I have little to no expectations entering this weekend, but I'm so excited! I'm sick of just watching tutorials....it's time to create!\n\nSo here's to LD45, where I won't be making something grand, interesting, or polished. But I will be making SOMETHING. That's been the goal all along. Progress in learning. Putting these tools to use.\n\nThank you Ludum Dare. Without you, I probably wouldn't have a reason to jam.\n\n<3","comments":3,"comments-timestamp":"2019-10-04T09:17:37Z","created":"2019-10-03T23:16:50Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":165816,"love":9,"love-timestamp":"2019-10-04T09:15:55Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-10-04T09:17:37Z","name":"A Casual First Entry...","node-timestamp":"2019-10-03T23:28:12Z","parent":165814,"parents":[1,5,9,159347,165814],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/$165814\/a-casual-first-entry","published":"2019-10-03T23:28:12Z","scope":"public","slug":"a-casual-first-entry","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":488525},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"165816","n_urlkey":"349933","n_parent":"165814","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/$165814\/a-casual-first-entry","n_slug":"a-casual-first-entry","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"161564","n_created":"1570144610","n_modified":"1570180657","n_version":"488525","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/$165814\/a-casual-first-entry","text":"Let me start by stating how excited I am to participate in this upcoming jam, LD45. My experience in game development is almost non-existent, except for the few half-baked games I copy-pasta'd from Godot tutorials (Thanks UmaiPixel). Part of me thinks that I shouldn't even enter this year, but instead wait until I'm a \"better game developer\". But when is that?\n\nMy brain has come up with plenty of reasons to keep me from trying to enter LD45. \"You don't know what you are doing\", \"You can't code or make art\", \"You have to work on top of a family event this weekend\". I don't really care anymore. I feel a need to see a project \"to completion\", and Ludum Dare provides the perfect platform for this. I have little to no expectations entering this weekend, but I'm so excited! I'm sick of just watching tutorials....it's time to create!\n\nSo here's to LD45, where I won't be making something grand, interesting, or polished. But I will be making SOMETHING. That's been the goal all along. Progress in learning. Putting these tools to use.\n\nThank you Ludum Dare. Without you, I probably wouldn't have a reason to jam.\n\n<3","title":"A Casual First Entry...","wayback_source":[]}