{"author_name":"Hume","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367287260,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"43046","p_author":"Hume","p_authorkey":"11218","p_urlkey":"78681","p_title":"ULTRAPEW!","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367287260","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"11218","us_name":"Hume","us_username":"hume","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=11218\"><strong>PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <div id=\"attachment_251779\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=11218\"><img class=\" wp-image-251779  \" title=\"PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW\" alt=\"PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/up2-550x384.png\" width=\"330\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/up2-300x209.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/up2-550x384.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW<\/p><\/div>\n <p>Here&#8217;s the idea:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=11218\"><br \/>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Up to 128 players chase and shoot each other. IN SPACE.<\/li>\n <li>Weapon upgrades are per-shot.<\/li>\n <li>PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Here&#8217;s the point:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px\">Leave a multiplayer server running for the duration of the judging.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n <li>PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW<\/li>\n <li>Have the server spit out logs and give out pointless awesome LD trophies.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Here&#8217;s how it was done:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">Forget about fancy lag compensation and cheat detection<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">Three thousand lines of C<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">Two original songs<\/span><\/li>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">One person jam team<\/span><\/li>\n <li>&#8220;Minimal&#8221; scale testing.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Best moments:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">It works!<\/span><\/li>\n <li>No it doesn&#8217;t! But it&#8217;s broken in awesome ways!<\/li>\n <li>Particles!<\/li>\n <li>PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW etc.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=11218\"><strong>PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <p>This was probably my favourite LD since my first. Once again I spent all of my time on a technical prototype instead of polishing, but you know what? That&#8217;s okay! I think Ludum Dare is the perfect place to take risks and try something new. And judging by the other entries, lots of my comrade contestants agree.<\/p>\n <p>I had a blast. I&#8217;ll try to rate as many entries as I can, and I&#8217;ll also try to stay on the UltraPew server as much as I can so everybody has somebody to play against.<\/p>\n <p>Thanks everybody! See you in the comments sections of your entries, and I can&#8217;t wait for LD27!<\/p>\n <p>P.S.: OpenGL coder looking for artist for next Ludum Dare or earlier. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/justinbowes\">@justinbowes<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2013 9:01 pm","title":"ULTRAPEW!"}