{"author_name":"jpverkamp","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367228100,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"43293","p_author":"jpverkamp","p_authorkey":"19702","p_urlkey":"78929","p_title":"VTanks \u2013 A six hour jam entry and excuse to learn Flash\/Haxe","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367228100","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"19702","us_name":"jpverkamp","us_username":"jpverkamp","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<p>Long story short, I didn&#8217;t have time over the weekend to enter the main competition, so the Jam it is (although I&#8217;m 95% sure I still followed all of the competition rules other than the deadline). Overall, I had three goals:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">Make a game<\/span><\/li>\n <li>It has to be web-based, so I have to figure out either Flash or JavaScript<\/li>\n <li>Actually enter it (I missed the last two Ludum Dares as well)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>The end result isn&#8217;t great. Full stop. Basically, it&#8217;s a vector graphics (that&#8217;s the minimal part) tank game, a la <a title=\"Wikipedia: Scorched Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scorched_Earth_(game)\">Scorched Earth<\/a>. But it is playable \/ winnable and I learned a lot, so I&#8217;ll count that as a win.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vtanks.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-249580\" alt=\"VTanks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vtanks-300x246.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vtanks-300x246.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vtanks-550x451.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vtanks.png 656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>I ended up starting around 1 am and finished about half an hour ago at 7am. I don&#8217;t have a title screen or anything in the way of sounds\/music and I&#8217;m not expecting to do particular well in the rankings at all, but that&#8217;s really all of the time I can put into it. And technically, it does meet my goals. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>And hey. I learned how to use Haxe. I&#8217;ve been meaning to do that for years. Perhaps now I can get out a few of those other ideas I&#8217;ve had.<\/p>\n <p>Here are some the relevant links:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\"><a title=\"VTanks Jam entry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=preview&amp;uid=19702\">Jam entry<\/a><br \/>\n <\/span><\/li>\n <li><a title=\"VTanks source on GitHub\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jpverkamp\/vtanks\">Source code<\/a>\u00a0(on GitHub)<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"VTanks blog post on jverkamp.com\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.jverkamp.com\/2013\/04\/29\/vtanks-for-ludum-dare-26\/\">Blog post<\/a> (more details, more screenshots)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>And last but not least:<\/p>\n <h1><a title=\"VTanks\" href=\"http:\/\/apps.jverkamp.com\/games\/vtanks\/\">Play VTanks<\/a><\/h1>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2013 4:35 am","title":"VTanks \u2013 A six hour jam entry and excuse to learn Flash\/Haxe"}