{"author_link":"\/users\/lintfordpickle","author_name":"Lintfordpickle","author_uid":"lintfordpickle","comments":[],"epoch":1618941067,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":240616,"likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"152706","p_author":"Lintfordpickle","p_authorkey":"1000148","p_urlkey":"370466","p_title":"Day #2 of Preparations and Ideas","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1618941067","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000148","us_name":"Lintfordpickle","us_username":"lintfordpickle","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":233335,"_trust":7,"author":148,"body":"I just got finished testing [my engine](https:\/\/github.com\/LintfordPickle\/LintfordLib) and making sure I can create a small project as well as generate the distributable files.\n\nFor the second day of thinking up a game idea I'd like to make (irrespective of the chosen theme of course), I draw up a small plan for a box2d pinball table. Its nothing novel or innovative, but it is something I haven't done before. \n\nWhile I have no experience with pinball, I don't think there is any aspect of the which would be particularly difficult to implement in box2d, and I suspect if you can achieve a good feel for the ball, the pinball should play out nicely. I also like this as a game idea because it would be possible to incorporate a story and progression into the table by associating actions to the bumpers and kickers. A pinball game also means the amount of art is limited to a, albeit large, single board.\n\nI purchased a copy of the great box2d editor [R.U.B.E](https:\/\/www.iforce2d.net\/rube\/) a couple of years ago, so I think the physics aspect should be manageable with a day of work.\n\nSo here my single piece of A4 with some notes about what I would concentrate on:\n\n![Scan2021-04-20_193029.png](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3b061.png)\n\n[Day #1](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/$233916\/im-in-again)\n","comments":0,"created":"2021-04-20T17:36:34Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":240616,"love":8,"love-timestamp":"2021-04-21T13:05:36Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-04-21T13:05:36Z","name":"Day #2 of Preparations and Ideas","node-timestamp":"2021-04-20T17:51:34Z","parent":233916,"parents":[1,5,9,233335,233916],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dwarf-dig-deep\/day-2-of-preparations-and-ideas","published":"2021-04-20T17:51:07Z","scope":"public","slug":"day-2-of-preparations-and-ideas","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":722722},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"240616","n_urlkey":"370466","n_parent":"233916","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dwarf-dig-deep\/day-2-of-preparations-and-ideas","n_slug":"day-2-of-preparations-and-ideas","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"148","n_created":"1618940194","n_modified":"1619010336","n_version":"722722","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dwarf-dig-deep\/day-2-of-preparations-and-ideas","text":"I just got finished testing [my engine](https:\/\/github.com\/LintfordPickle\/LintfordLib) and making sure I can create a small project as well as generate the distributable files.\n\nFor the second day of thinking up a game idea I'd like to make (irrespective of the chosen theme of course), I draw up a small plan for a box2d pinball table. Its nothing novel or innovative, but it is something I haven't done before. \n\nWhile I have no experience with pinball, I don't think there is any aspect of the which would be particularly difficult to implement in box2d, and I suspect if you can achieve a good feel for the ball, the pinball should play out nicely. I also like this as a game idea because it would be possible to incorporate a story and progression into the table by associating actions to the bumpers and kickers. A pinball game also means the amount of art is limited to a, albeit large, single board.\n\nI purchased a copy of the great box2d editor [R.U.B.E](https:\/\/www.iforce2d.net\/rube\/) a couple of years ago, so I think the physics aspect should be manageable with a day of work.\n\nSo here my single piece of A4 with some notes about what I would concentrate on:\n\n![Scan2021-04-20_193029.png](\/\/\/raw\/49\/z\/3b061.png)\n\n[Day #1](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/$233916\/im-in-again)\n","title":"Day #2 of Preparations and Ideas","wayback_source":[]}