{"author_name":"namco","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398598860,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"31155","p_author":"namco","p_authorkey":"505803","p_urlkey":"66644","p_title":"Progress update","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398598860","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505803","us_name":"namco","us_username":"namco","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t do anything on Saturday as I was busy with freelance work that took far longer than I anticipated but I did start doing a mind map and thought about what I could do. So here&#8217;s what I managed to cook up in terms of ideas using a program called Freemind:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/beneath-the-surface-mindmap.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-350530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/beneath-the-surface-mindmap-300x178.png\" alt=\"beneath-the-surface-mindmap\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Started early this morning with a mind to do just one level as that is all I&#8217;ll have time to do today. The game itself is called Gold Hunter and is a clone (of sorts) of Lode Runner, with the object being to collect the gold and avoid the enemies (Troggies) who can smell you but cannot see you.<\/p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the game (no sprites or level assets yet) running:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gold-hunter.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-350555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gold-hunter-300x233.png\" alt=\"gold-hunter\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gold-hunter-300x233.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gold-hunter-550x428.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>And here&#8217;s the latest shot of the mockup of the part done level structure:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mockup-2-30.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-350564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mockup-2-30-300x225.png\" alt=\"mockup-2-30\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mockup-2-30-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mockup-2-30-550x412.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mockup-2-30.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Just taking an hour off before I get back into it! <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/beneath-the-surface\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beneath the Surface<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld48\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld48<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2014 6:41 am","title":"Progress update"}