{"author_name":"bvanschooten","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1377284700,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"41212","p_author":"bvanschooten","p_authorkey":"14520","p_urlkey":"76834","p_title":"An untimely \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d for an untimely LD","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377284700","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"14520","us_name":"bvanschooten","us_username":"bvanschooten","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>This time I have other things on my mind in the LD weekend.\u00a0 For one thing, I&#8217;m working on a bigger Ouya game project which is almost ready for release.\u00a0 Also I am trying to enjoy my last vacation days.\u00a0 So, I won&#8217;t produce 11 games like last time.\u00a0\u00a0 Nevertheless I should be able to produce something interesting is less than 8 hours, and I want to participate in rating, AND I still need something for 1GAM August, so I&#8217;m in.\u00a0 I want this to be a learning experience, to hell with the ratings, so I want to make something I usually do not make:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>a puzzle or strategy game<\/li>\n <li>a storyline or at least an evocative theme<\/li>\n <li>my own soundtrack (something I haven&#8217;t done in a long time)<\/li>\n <li>sounds with a microphone instead of sfxr<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I was thinking of producing something 3D, but I won&#8217;t have the time to prepare myself for a new 3D PC platform.\u00a0 So I will use Flash or Java with JGame as usual. And:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Gimp, Inkscape, Evolvotron, my random sprite generator<\/li>\n <li>sfxr, Audacity<\/li>\n <li>JBox2D or Box2DFlash for physics<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>My planned schedule:<\/p>\n <p>Saturday: lie on the beach meditating on the theme<\/p>\n <p>Saturday evening: whip up a couple of prototypes<\/p>\n <p>Sunday: spend 4-8 hours making the game<\/p>\n <p>Monday: if all else fails, participate in the jam<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"August 23rd, 2013 2:05 pm","title":"An untimely \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d for an untimely LD"}