{"author_name":"Andy Gainey","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408742220,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"28621","p_author":"Andy Gainey","p_authorkey":"30311","p_urlkey":"64076","p_title":"My 3rd Jam and Vague Plans","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408742220","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"30311","us_name":"Andy Gainey","us_username":"againey","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"

(crossposted from experilous.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This trimester I’ll be doing the 3-day jam rather than the 2-day competition, since I might have some outside assistance, and my schedule doesn’t really line up well with a Sunday evening deadline.<\/p>\n

As before I’ll probably use the HTML5\/JavaScript\/CreateJS\/jQuery combo, and take advantage of any of the code from my prior two jams or the other prototypes available here on my site.<\/p>\n

Although I’ll note that I’m tempted by the recent release of the Unity 4.6 public beta, and the new GUI contained within.\u00a0 Trouble is, I’m not very proficient with Unity, so it would definitely slow me down during a jam.\u00a0 For some reason, every time I use Unity, I very quickly find myself confused by urges to fight the engine, rather than work with it.\u00a0 So if I go the Unity route, the entire purpose of the jam will simply be to have any<\/em> game completed to a playable state, whether innovative, fun, or otherwise.<\/p>\n

If I focus on game mechanics, however, innovation is generally my objective.\u00a0 This time around, I’m toying with a game style inspired by collectible card games like Magic:\u00a0 The Gathering<\/em> or Hearthstone<\/em>.\u00a0 Note the word “inspired”, as I don’t intend to literally create a card game.\u00a0 But there are a lot of fascinating elements that I think can carry over into other game styles, and I’ve recently been working on doing that with some of my larger projects.\u00a0 I don’t have anything to show for those larger projects yet, though, so this might push me to test the waters with some concrete functionality.\u00a0 Always a valuable benefit of doing a game jam.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: html5<\/a>, jam<\/a>, javascript<\/a>, plans<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2014 4:17 pm","title":"My 3rd Jam and Vague Plans"}