{"author_name":"phaed","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367120520,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"44386","p_author":"phaed","p_authorkey":"4150","p_urlkey":"80044","p_title":"End of Saturday","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367120520","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4150","us_name":"phaed","us_username":"phaed","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<p>So after spending a good bit of Friday night hashing over ideas for Minimalism, I finally got inspired by the simple and evocative art of Molly Bang&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollybang.com\/Pages\/picture.html\">Picture This<\/a>.\u00a0 Based on that, I&#8217;ve been designing a game around that art style.\u00a0 So far, working with the art style has been really fun.\u00a0 Designing a game around it has been a little more difficult.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shore.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-242017\" alt=\"shore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shore-550x412.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shore-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shore-550x412.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shore.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n I think I have a simple (minimal?) game mechanic that can give the game a little direction.\u00a0 The point of transitioning something from &#8220;demo&#8221; to &#8220;game&#8221; is always such an odd moment.<\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2013 10:42 pm","title":"End of Saturday"}