{"author_name":"GarrickWinter","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1374974100,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"42242","p_author":"GarrickWinter","p_authorkey":"24682","p_urlkey":"77865","p_title":"Jumpstarter, Day 6","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1374974100","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"24682","us_name":"GarrickWinter","us_username":"garrickwinter","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-T8TN1zDi9D8\/UfSLK0UU9lI\/AAAAAAAACJM\/As3l3BbFiBg\/s1600\/Screenshot+5.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-T8TN1zDi9D8\/UfSLK0UU9lI\/AAAAAAAACJM\/As3l3BbFiBg\/s400\/Screenshot+5.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>The penultimate day of the 44th MiniLD compo comes to a close, I&#8217;m happy to report that the game is more or less feature-complete.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get the chance to include all the features I would like to include, but I&#8217;ve managed to implement all the core functionality I wanted to include, including:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Spacecraft and immobile space stations<\/li>\n <li>Unit selection (single and box-based) and command<\/li>\n <li>Combat<\/li>\n <li>Income according to public approval rating<\/li>\n <li>Income from raiding trade routes<\/li>\n <li>Capturing planets<\/li>\n <li>Enemy AI<\/li>\n <li>A win and a lose state<\/li>\n <li>Basic sound and particle effects<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>This is great.\u00a0 Tomorrow, then, I will focus on solving the game&#8217;s remaining problems, including a fixing a few bugs and adding missing features regarding unit selection; softening the extremely difficult enemy AI (the AI doesn&#8217;t even cheat! If anything, it is handicapped.); adding more sound and particle effects; balancing unit costs; fixing population limits; and generally fixing bugs and trying to track down and prevent the mysterious random crashes I experienced earlier today.<\/p>\n <p>Good luck to everyone else on the last day!<\/p>\n <p><em>Cross-posted <a href=\"http:\/\/playingwithmeaning.blogspot.ca\/2013\/07\/jumpstarter-day-6.html\">on my personal website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/minild-44\/\" rel=\"tag\">MiniLD #44<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/rts\/\" rel=\"tag\">RTS<\/a><\/p>","time":"July 27th, 2013 8:15 pm","title":"Jumpstarter, Day 6"}