{"author_name":"lintfordpickle","cat":"LD #31","comments":[],"epoch":1418039760,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"22719","p_author":"lintfordpickle","p_authorkey":"28918","p_urlkey":"58096","p_title":"Bush Craft : Survival","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1418039760","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"28918","us_name":"lintfordpickle","us_username":"lintfordpickle","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"

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I’m happy to say that I managed to submit my first Ludum Dare compo game late last night: Bush Craft!<\/p>\n

I was a little thrown off with the theme in the beginning as it was simply not restrictive enough; and I had no idea what kind of game I should make. \u00a0It seemed to me the theme\u00a0would be more meaningful if it was interpreted as ‘Entire Game on One Screen [… which usually would be on many]’. \u00a0So I decided to take the\u00a0survival genre and reduce the massive expanses of land and vistas and get it all on the screen at once.<\/p>\n

I used Java and AWT\u00a0and made a very Notch-esque game (low-fidelity). \u00a0Unfortunately I spent a LOT\u00a0of time in the first day trying to get alpha blending to work properly, which I couldn’t so I ditched it and just used color copying. \u00a0Then on the second day I was\u00a0running so short of time I didn’t manage to create an music for the game. \u00a0Bxfr came to the rescue though and I was able to add basic sounds before submitting the game. \u00a0There were a few other features which I began but ultimately had to abandon due to lack of time. \u00a0The first was a retro style CRT post effect, then there was weather effects to mess up your temp reading some more (its current difficult to die from temp) and the last features were more things to do at night. \u00a0In the end I decide to speed the night up as you cannot see anything without lights.<\/p>\n

I’ll spend a little time tonight fixing the help text (incorrect instructions) and I’ll upload the time-lapse to YouTube.<\/p>\n

Despite the few minor setbacks, it was a fun event I hope to attend again next time,<\/p>\n

Thanks and have fun playing.<\/p>\n

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