{"author_name":"SwiftIllusion","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408678020,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"29040","p_author":"SwiftIllusion","p_authorkey":"17539","p_urlkey":"64499","p_title":"I\u2019ll be joining the Ludum Dare Jam this weekend :)","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408678020","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"17539","us_name":"SwiftIllusion","us_username":"\/author\/swiftillusion\/","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"<p>Hello everyone,<br \/>\n I&#8217;m from Midnight Tinkering and hope to enter the Ludum Dare Jam this weekend.<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnight-tinkering.com\/\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/pkJOtsS.png\" alt=\"Midnight Tinkering\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll be using Unreal Engine 4 to develop my project. Here&#8217;s a gameplay video of a something small I used to help expand my familiarity with engine, where I ended up spending most time working on the AI, which was a challenge because of how dynamic the gameplay was.<\/p>\n <div style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0_aDMSqQMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n <p>The game is fun however it wasn&#8217;t the best experience I&#8217;ve had using the engine with many issues popping up which would have destroyed my chances at completing a project within the Ludum Dare Jam time period, meaning I couldn&#8217;t complete it before this weekend (I hope to finish it off afterwards), so I&#8217;m glad I went for a test run and can learn from those mistakes.<br \/>\n Hopefully it will go smoother during the Ludum Dare Jam though as I would love to complete an enjoyable gameplay experience for everyone to have fun with at the end of this.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m mostly nervous now but regardless I wish everyone the best of luck and I hope it gets to be fun for both the developers and gamers who get to share in the joys of game design and development during this time.<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2014 10:27 pm","title":"I\u2019ll be joining the Ludum Dare Jam this weekend :)"}