{"author_name":"mark.goetz","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398387480,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"33129","p_author":"mark.goetz","p_authorkey":"34393","p_urlkey":"68651","p_title":"I\u2019m in for LD 29!","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398387480","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"34393","us_name":"mark.goetz","us_username":"mark-goetz","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"<p>So this is my intro post for LD 29. \u00a0My name is Mark and I&#8217;m a programmer based in Chicago. \u00a0This is my first LD and my second game jam total. \u00a0I made a game called Swifty Beams for the Flappy Jam back in February, and have subsequently released it &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/platformer\/swifty-beams\/25546\/\" target=\"_blank\"> you can check it out here.<\/a>\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been coding since I was about 10 years old, but I&#8217;ve only \u00a0been getting back into &#8220;proper&#8221; games since about July of last year.<\/p>\n <p>My toolset:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Custom game engine written in JavaScript and HTML 5<\/li>\n <li>Aptana Studio<\/li>\n <li>Adobe Fireworks<\/li>\n <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superflashbros.net\/as3sfxr\/\" target=\"_blank\">As3fxr<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I&#8217;m looking forward to it but I&#8217;m also terrified of the short schedule. \u00a0I had about two weeks to do Swifty Beams but this is more like two DAYS. \u00a0It&#8217;s way less time than I&#8217;ve had for anything else and I&#8217;m hoping I can put something cool together!<\/p>\n <p>I post some stuff on twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/markdoesnttweet\/\" target=\"_blank\">@markdoesnttweet<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ll try to tweet interesting things during the weekend but hopefully I&#8217;ll manage to stay away from it long enough to actually be productive!<\/p>","time":"April 24th, 2014 7:58 pm","title":"I\u2019m in for LD 29!"}