{"author_link":"\/users\/nratcliff","author_name":"nratcliff","author_uid":"nratcliff","comments":[],"epoch":1633096515,"event":"LD49","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":265390,"likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"158827","p_author":"nratcliff","p_authorkey":"1001675","p_urlkey":"380395","p_title":"I'm in! ","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD49","p_time":"1633096515","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1001675","us_name":"nratcliff","us_username":"nratcliff","event_start":"1633046400","event_key":"119","event_name":"Ludum Dare 49"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":258323,"_trust":3,"author":1675,"body":"It's been over a year since my last Ludum Dare, and over 4 years since I rounded out 5 years without missing a single LD! Wait a second, I've been doing LD for nearly a decade now! :open_mouth: \n\nIn any case, here's what I'm rocking:\n\n## Tools:\n\n- Unity\n- Rider (C#)\n- Blender\n- Photoshop\n- Audacity\n- Trello\n\n## Rules:\n\n1. **Game finished by Sunday night!** I'm joining the compo but I make games full time and need to be there for my team on Monday.\n2. **Keep it casual, cozy, and lighthearted.** I'm going to be working from the couch instead of my desk when I can, taking nice long rests, and getting a good night's sleep each night.\n3. **Gameplay complete by Saturday night.** I want to keep my scope small enough that ideally I can get the core gameplay done in just a few hours, then expand and explore. Sunday will hopefully be totally for polish.\n4. **Let the engine do the heavy lifting!** Unity physics can provide a really nice base sandbox for fun play. I don't want to get bogged down by anything too technical this time.\n\n## Team\n\nI'll be doing most of the heavy lifting on this one but I will be working with a composer for audio help.\n\n## Let's connect!\n\nI'll be watching and posting here and on the #ldjam hashtag on Twitter this weekend. All the progress pics\/gifs are super inspirational. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone cooks up!! I'm on Twitter [@20c109](https:\/\/twitter.com\/20c109) if anyone wants to follow along with me.\n\n## Take care of yourselves!\n\nIf I've learned one thing in these 9 years it's that you gotta take care of yourself when you jam! I used to pull all nighters and slam energy drinks but all of my best jam games have come from jams when I got enough sleep each night and took breaks when I was stuck. The creative process demands time to stew! Take a break when you have a problem. Drink water. Pet your cat.\n\nI've got more tips for JAM SUCCESS in my LD39 keynote:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pfDYFXjKlvw","comments":0,"created":"2021-10-01T13:43:33Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":265390,"love":12,"love-timestamp":"2021-10-02T10:01:39Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-10-02T10:01:39Z","name":"I'm in! ","node-timestamp":"2021-10-01T19:51:51Z","parent":265388,"parents":[1,5,9,258323,265388],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/cosmic-time-out\/im-in","published":"2021-10-01T13:55:15Z","scope":"public","slug":"im-in","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":806101},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"265390","n_urlkey":"380395","n_parent":"265388","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/cosmic-time-out\/im-in","n_slug":"im-in","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"1675","n_created":"1633095813","n_modified":"1633168899","n_version":"806101","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/cosmic-time-out\/im-in","text":"It's been over a year since my last Ludum Dare, and over 4 years since I rounded out 5 years without missing a single LD! Wait a second, I've been doing LD for nearly a decade now! :open_mouth: \n\nIn any case, here's what I'm rocking:\n\n## Tools:\n\n- Unity\n- Rider (C#)\n- Blender\n- Photoshop\n- Audacity\n- Trello\n\n## Rules:\n\n1. **Game finished by Sunday night!** I'm joining the compo but I make games full time and need to be there for my team on Monday.\n2. **Keep it casual, cozy, and lighthearted.** I'm going to be working from the couch instead of my desk when I can, taking nice long rests, and getting a good night's sleep each night.\n3. **Gameplay complete by Saturday night.** I want to keep my scope small enough that ideally I can get the core gameplay done in just a few hours, then expand and explore. Sunday will hopefully be totally for polish.\n4. **Let the engine do the heavy lifting!** Unity physics can provide a really nice base sandbox for fun play. I don't want to get bogged down by anything too technical this time.\n\n## Team\n\nI'll be doing most of the heavy lifting on this one but I will be working with a composer for audio help.\n\n## Let's connect!\n\nI'll be watching and posting here and on the #ldjam hashtag on Twitter this weekend. All the progress pics\/gifs are super inspirational. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone cooks up!! I'm on Twitter [@20c109](https:\/\/twitter.com\/20c109) if anyone wants to follow along with me.\n\n## Take care of yourselves!\n\nIf I've learned one thing in these 9 years it's that you gotta take care of yourself when you jam! I used to pull all nighters and slam energy drinks but all of my best jam games have come from jams when I got enough sleep each night and took breaks when I was stuck. The creative process demands time to stew! Take a break when you have a problem. Drink water. Pet your cat.\n\nI've got more tips for JAM SUCCESS in my LD39 keynote:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pfDYFXjKlvw","title":"I'm in! ","wayback_source":[]}