{"author_name":"N0_Named_Guy","cat":"LD #27","comments":[{"author_name":"Hazel-Bun","time":"August 24, 2013 9:45 am","epoch":1377355500,"text":"I think you worked around the premise well enough! Looking forward to see what you make.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1377355080,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"40177","p_author":"N0_Named_Guy","p_authorkey":"5344","p_urlkey":"75796","p_title":"Damn you 10 seconds\u2026! You don\u2019t tell what to do\u2026","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377355080","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5344","us_name":"N0_Named_Guy","us_username":"n0_named_guy","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>&#8230; well, sort of&#8230;<\/p>\n <p>I don&#8217;t like timed games. I don&#8217;t like playing them, so I don&#8217;t like making them that much. So I&#8217;ll play by my own rules, to a certain extent.<\/p>\n <p>My idea:<\/p>\n <p>A Thief who has all the time of the world to steal stuff, but only has 10 seconds to escape the premises&#8230; There:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>A game I would like to do<\/li>\n <li>It is not timed (for the most part of it)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>The main idea is while you are exploring the place for your loot, you must be thinking in the guard positioning, and how to get to the nearest exit without getting caught (because you&#8217;ll only have 10 seconds to do so&#8230;!)<\/p>\n <p>The game is uninspiringly called <b>The Thief<\/b>.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-24-173453_2646x1024_scrot.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-277597  aligncenter\" alt=\"An early screenshot of The Thief\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-24-173453_2646x1024_scrot.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-24-173453_2646x1024_scrot-550x327.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-08-24-173453_2646x1024_scrot.png 659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>You may check its progress at <a href=\"http:\/\/nng.is-a-geek.net\/ld27\">http:\/\/nng.is-a-geek.net\/ld27<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p>To checkout the development process, watch my livestream at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/n0_named_guy\">http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/n0_named_guy<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p>Stuff I am using:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><b>JavaScript\/HTML5\/CSS<\/b> (in other words, web thingies)<\/li>\n <li><b>jQuery<\/b> and <b>UnderscoreJS<\/b> (I thought about using KineticJS but gave up on that)<\/li>\n <li><b>GIMP<\/b> image editor<\/li>\n <li><b>Tiled Map Editor<\/b> (available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapeditor.org\/\">http:\/\/www.mapeditor.org\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n <li><b>gVim<\/b> file editor (the best file editor there is)<\/li>\n <li><b>Firefox<\/b> and <b>Chrome<\/b> for testing<\/li>\n <li><b>Arch Linux<\/b> 64 bits with the <b>Awesome<\/b> window manager<\/li>\n <li><b>nginx<\/b> on a Raspberry PI to host game previews (what hosts the content at <a href=\"http:\/\/nng.is-a-geek.net\/ld27\">http:\/\/nng.is-a-geek.net\/ld27<\/a>)<\/li>\n <li><b>ffmpeg<\/b> for streaming and <b>scrot<\/b> for timelapsing<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I may use other stuff, but those are the essentials. I&#8217;ll try to keep you updated with my progress. Happy Ludum Dare to you all!<\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2013 9:38 am","title":"Damn you 10 seconds\u2026! You don\u2019t tell what to do\u2026"}