{"author_name":"AlanZucconi","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367084040,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"44897","p_author":"AlanZucconi","p_authorkey":"21108","p_urlkey":"80555","p_title":"Tower of Pixel \u2013 Alan Zucconi","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367084040","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"21108","us_name":"AlanZucconi","us_username":"alanzucconi","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

Hey! My first Ludum Dare<\/em> has been very productive! Knowing that you can’t really procrastinate is …effective! \":-)\"<\/p>\n

Since the first time I read “Ancient ruins<\/strong>” and “Dig deeper<\/strong>“, I had this idea for a game in which you have to… build a tower! The game I am developing is called “Tower of Pixel<\/strong>” and, if you didn’t noticed it, the name is a witty reference to the [un]famous tower of Babel.\u00a0As the player, you’ll have to use the bricks available to go as higher as you can. The objective? Reach for the heavens, of course! \":-)\"<\/p>\n

My initial attempts has been with Box2D. But as soon as I realised that it would have been impossible to stack hundreds of boxes with a reasonable framerate, I switched to a more conventional platform.\u00a0As announced before, I am using Flixel plus some plugins and few utility classes from R (a framework that I previously developed). Except from this, all the code and graphics has been developed today. (I am currently using a placeholder sprite for the character. Of course it will be replaced with something original and much more… MINIMALISTIC!).<\/p>\n

And now… some screenshots of the development!<\/p>\n

\"LudumDare_00.png<\/a> \"LudumDare_01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"LudumDare_02\"<\/a> \"LudumDare_03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to follow the development of the game, you can find me on Twitter: @AlanZucconi<\/a>\u00a0or on my personal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2013 12:34 pm","title":"Tower of Pixel \u2013 Alan Zucconi"}