{"author_name":"Ptolo","cat":"LD #32","comments":[],"epoch":1428829440,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"21181","p_author":"Ptolo","p_authorkey":"35280","p_urlkey":"56529","p_title":"Warmup to Ludum Dare 32","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1428829440","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"35280","us_name":"Ptolo","us_username":"ptolo","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p>Hi there!<\/p>\n <p>Had this account for a while but the coming Ludum Dare contest is at the ideal time for me in terms of Schedule. Right in the middle of the University Easter Break means that I won&#8217;t be too busy with work to participate and there will be few distractions <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>My coding experience has been all over the place; C, Dark Basic, HTML, Java, Javascript, Lua, Mathematica, PHP, Python, even a little bit of Prolog!<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve produced my best projects, which could be\u00a0charitably\u00a0seen as games, in Javascript with a HTML5 canvas display, mostly in 2D but I have messed around with using WebGL for 3D renders. Javascript is a great choice for a project to share with others, which is the goal of this contest <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> Recent academic programming has been in Java so I&#8217;ll have some nice object orientated principles to use in Javascript.<\/p>\n <p>For editor I think I&#8217;ll give Netbeans a shot, it works well for Java and supports other languages. Otherwise I&#8217;ll be using Notepad++ for text and Paint.Net for images.<\/p>\n <p>Excited to see what Themes will be voted on, always end up with lots of inspiration through that \ud83d\ude00<\/p>","time":"April 12th, 2015 4:04 am","title":"Warmup to Ludum Dare 32"}