{"author_name":"DevoNoel","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1429231560,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"20749","p_author":"DevoNoel","p_authorkey":"45016","p_urlkey":"56089","p_title":"I\u2019m in","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1429231560","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"45016","us_name":"DevoNoel","us_username":"devonoel","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p>This&#8217;ll be my second LD. \u00a0In the spirit of the keynote, I&#8217;ll be working with a new language and a new engine. \u00a0I fully expect to crash and burn. \u00a0But hopefully I&#8217;ll learn something on the way down.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Rust and Piston for code<\/li>\n <li>vim will be my editor<\/li>\n <li>Github will host my code<\/li>\n <li>Photoshop for\u00a0pixels<\/li>\n <li>Bfxr for sound<\/li>\n <li>Something for music maybe?<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Some thoughts about\u00a0themes:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Abandoned:\u00a0<\/strong>Could be a game about being abandoned? \u00a0Or abandoning something maybe? \u00a0Or an abandoned\u00a0place. \u00a0There&#8217;s a lot fun stuff you could do with this one.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Adapt to Survive:\u00a0<\/strong>Kind of broad. \u00a0I guess you could\u00a0<strong><em>adapt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>this theme to a lot of things. \u00a0I&#8217;m thinking a meta game about trying to come up with an idea to match the LD theme.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Among the Stars:\u00a0<\/strong>Something space themed. \u00a0Or alien themed. \u00a0Or hydrogen themed.<\/li>\n <li><strong>An Unconventional Weapon:\u00a0<\/strong>Finally, a game about fighting with tacos.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Companion:\u00a0<\/strong>Look forward to 5000 escort quest games.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Creatures of the Night:\u00a0<\/strong>Vampires? Werewolves? \u00a02D Bloodborne?<\/li>\n <li><strong>Day and Night:\u00a0<\/strong>A visual novel where you play as Sun-senpai and try to win the affections of Moon-chan.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Deeper and Deeper:\u00a0<\/strong>That&#8217;s lewd.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Discovery:\u00a0<\/strong>A game about Christopher Columbus conquering natives\u00a0and being a gold-hungry dickhead.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Edge of the World:\u00a0<\/strong>A game about debunking the myth that people in Columbus&#8217; era thought the Earth\u00a0was flat.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Four Elements:\u00a0<\/strong>A better <em>Legend of Korra<\/em> game.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Grow:\u00a0<\/strong>A game about plants. \u00a0Or eating a lot of cake and getting fat.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Harvest:\u00a0<\/strong>A game about plants. \u00a0Or being the Grim Reaper.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Hidden World:\u00a0<\/strong>A game about the Borrowers.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Hunted\/Hunter:\u00a0<\/strong>This could make for some pretty amazing atmosphere.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Indirect Control:\u00a0<\/strong>A little too mechanics focused for me, but you could make some cool stuff with it.<\/li>\n <li><strong>It Spreads:\u00a0<\/strong>You play a 19th century prostitute with\u00a0gonorrhea.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Self-Destruction:\u00a0<\/strong>Meh.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Take One, Leave the Rest:\u00a0<\/strong>Too specific for my liking<\/li>\n <li><strong>You are the Power Source:\u00a0<\/strong>Not a huge fan of this one either, same reason as above<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Personally, I&#8217;m hoping for a theme\u00a0that lends itself more to a metaphor or narrative than a gameplay mechanic after the last LD&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"April 16th, 2015 7:46 pm","title":"I\u2019m in"}