{"author_name":"micahcowan","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408586580,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"29214","p_author":"micahcowan","p_authorkey":"38013","p_urlkey":"64676","p_title":"Dare Accepted","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408586580","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"38013","us_name":"micahcowan","us_username":"\/author\/micahcowan\/","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"<p>Okay, here we go, gonna make my first attempt for the Ludum Dare!<\/p>\n <p>My game-making experience is pretty minimal. The only one I have that I can point to is <a href=\"http:\/\/micah.cowan.name\/blog\/projects\/volley\/\">Volley<\/a>, a Pong-like doodad written using SVG and JavaScript. I&#8217;ve written small toy games in the distant past, none of which I still have around in any form. I have lots of general programming experience, though, and at least some knowledge of how to make games.<\/p>\n <p>Tools and tech I&#8217;ll likely use:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>HTML5 Canvas + JavaScript<\/li>\n <li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/createjs.com\/\">CreateJS library<\/a><\/li>\n <li>vim (for code editing)<\/li>\n <li>the GIMP (art)<\/li>\n <li>Inkscape (art)<\/li>\n <li>Audacity for sound editing\/generation<\/li>\n <li>My Yamaha NU-1 piano<\/li>\n <li>Propellerhead Reason music synthesis program<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>When it&#8217;s done, I&#8217;ll probably host it on <a href=\"http:\/\/micah.cowan.name\/blog\/projects\/ludum-dare-30\/\">the LD30 project page on my blog<\/a>. I plan to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/micahcowan\/ld30\">versioned source code at github<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p>For what it&#8217;s worth, inspiration to give LD a try is thanks to my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/rustymoyher.com\/\">Rusty Moyher<\/a>, who joined two others to create <a href=\"http:\/\/retrogamecrunch.com\/\">Retro Games Crunch<\/a>, and a series of truly righteous games, all of which were originally LD jams.<\/p>\n <p>Of course, I fully expect my first creation to pretty much suck. But I&#8217;ll try to make it not, and in the meantime it&#8217;ll certainly be fun, and a good learning experience. See you soon!<\/p>","time":"August 20th, 2014 9:03 pm","title":"Dare Accepted"}