{"author_name":"PEBKAC","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1440363780,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"14304","p_author":"PEBKAC","p_authorkey":"14640","p_urlkey":"49566","p_title":"Mega Maria!","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440363780","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"14640","us_name":"PEBKAC","us_username":"\/author\/pebkac\/","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"<p>Here&#8217;s my entry and post-mortem for LD33. The theme was absolutely AWESOME. I had ample ideas to work with.<\/p>\n <p class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PJ8xbRUD_4c\/Vdop9mHQwbI\/AAAAAAAAAhE\/K66QomJjiMQ\/s1600\/screen.png\"><img src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PJ8xbRUD_4c\/Vdop9mHQwbI\/AAAAAAAAAhE\/K66QomJjiMQ\/s320\/screen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"301\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Given the time constraints of both the compo ans my personal life, I choose the simplest idea I had: the (admittedly short) life through the eyes of the Super Mario villain the Goomba. To not infringe upon the Mario franchise too heavily, the main Goomba-squashing character is played by Mega Maria!<\/p>\n <p>What went well: Writing the AI of our bug-stomping heroine was way more fun than I had thought it would be. Also, Sounds and Music!<\/p>\n <p>Even better if: The (an\/pro)tagonist could use power-ups.<\/p>\n <p>Tools used:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Unity 2D \/ C# as the main engine<\/li>\n <li>Paint.Net for graphics<\/li>\n <li>BRFX for soud, OpenMTP for the music.<\/li>\n <li>All code and assets created from scratch.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-33\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14640\" target=\"_blank\">Go play it!<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 23rd, 2015 4:03 pm","title":"Mega Maria!"}