{"author_name":"jurnacsr","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1440225000,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"15467","p_author":"jurnacsr","p_authorkey":"16532","p_urlkey":"50741","p_title":"Monster Machine \u2013 The Dawn of Your Terror","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440225000","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"16532","us_name":"jurnacsr","us_username":"jurnacsr","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"

Day one is in the bag! \u00a0I’ve put five good hours of work into this, and sleep is very important.<\/p>\n

But first, an update!<\/p>\n

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My game is called Monster Machine!, an incremental game in the style of Reactor Incremental, a favorite game of mine. \u00a0In Monster Machine you<\/p>\n

place Monster generators to create monsters, Nightmare Portals to send monsters out to scare the kids, and Mad Scientist Labs to generate science goo for upgrades. \u00a0Get as many monsters, tears of sadness, and science goo as you can!<\/p>\n

I made incredible progress for my first day, a fantastic sign considering my recent failures in Ludum Dare. \u00a0I am coding this game for your browser, using the HTML5 canvas, so anyone (almost) can play it! \u00a0Running the show is ImpactJS, a game engine I bought for $99 almost 5 years ago now…wow. \u00a0That may have been one of the best purchases of my life. \u00a0Its been an incredible help, making game development easy to code, and fast to prototype.<\/p>\n

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I’ve really upped my graphics game too, making use of Photoshop – that I actually legally bought! \u00a0That’s how you know you’ve grown up – when its<\/p>\n