{"author_name":"Jishenaz","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408644180,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"29111","p_author":"Jishenaz","p_authorkey":"26581","p_urlkey":"64571","p_title":"My 3rd LD","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408644180","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"26581","us_name":"Jishenaz","us_username":"\/author\/jishenaz\/","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m fortunate to be able to participate in this Ludum Dare (I couldn&#8217;t do the last one). Here are my tools:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>IDE:<\/strong> Unity3d<\/li>\n <li><strong>Language:<\/strong> C#<\/li>\n <li><strong>Art:<\/strong> Blender (I&#8217;ve been learning)<\/li>\n <li><strong>Sounds:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfxr.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">BFXR<\/a><\/li>\n <li><strong>Music:<\/strong> If I have time, I&#8217;ll try to use <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PxTone\" target=\"_blank\">PxTone<\/a>. Just started learning it.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>If I plan on using Xbox 360 controllers in my game, I&#8217;ll use my input wrapper I made for Unity that makes Xbox 360 controller easier to implement. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/JISyed\/Unity-XboxCtrlrInput\" target=\"_blank\">XboxCtrlrInput<\/a>. Anyone can use it. The setup instructions are on the GitHub link.<\/p>\n <p>For anyone who wanted to learn how to use Blender, I found a great beginners tutorial a while ago on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/page\/Complete-Blender-Game-Art-Tutorial-From-zero-experience-to-2D-or-3D-game-ready-asset.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">GamesFromScratch<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p>For anyone who wants to learn how to make retro video game music, PxTone might be of interest to you. It&#8217;s from the maker of Cave Story. An English tutorial manual is provided <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gr87.com\/?page_id=64\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, for anyone interested.<\/p>\n <p>As for the themes, it&#8217;s always uncertain which theme is going to win. So what I did was I read the list of final themes and imagined what kind of games could come out of each theme for about a minute each. Just light thinking. It will hopefully mentally prepare me for whatever theme wins. I would recommend doing it as a mental exercise to prepare for Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n <p>Best of luck everyone!<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2014 1:03 pm","title":"My 3rd LD"}