{"author_name":"caranha","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1366899540,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"46619","p_author":"caranha","p_authorkey":"7847","p_urlkey":"82281","p_title":"Checking in! This time with more Android!","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1366899540","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7847","us_name":"caranha","us_username":"\/author\/caranha\/","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"<p>Time for my 5th LD!<\/p>\n <p>This time I&#8217;m going back to my origins, and trying to use a library I&#8217;ve never really touched before: LibGDX!<\/p>\n <p>I was planning to delay my &#8220;I&#8217;m in&#8221; post until after I had some time to play around with the library, but work got in the way&#8230; I&#8217;ve managed at least to complete a very simple tutorial, and make sure I could deploy a Desktop and an Android version, so no worries, you WILL be able to play whatever mediocre thing I end up making \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <p>Here is the toolchain:<\/p>\n <p>IDE: ADT-Eclipse pack;<br \/>\n Code: LibGDX, versioning with git<br \/>\n Graphics: GIMP, inkscape + {sprite generator, sprite maker, isoPix} (android Apps)<br \/>\n Sounds: bfxr, autotracker, and possibly MuseScore<\/p>\n <p>A word on the android apps: I will have to spend 4 hours on a train, and did some searching on the Playstore for sequencing and drawing apps. I couldn&#8217;t find any decent sequencing program, but the three apps mentioned above are quite decent. &#8220;Sprite Generator&#8221; generates random sprites that could be used as base, or as enemies in a simple shooter. Sprite makes allows the drawing of a simple array of images, and isoPix is a pretty decent image editor. None of these replaces GIMP+Inkscape (maybe Sprite generator does), but they are good in a pinch if you are away from your desktop for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n <p>GLHF everyone!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/android\/\" rel=\"tag\">android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/java\/\" rel=\"tag\">java<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/libgdx\/\" rel=\"tag\">libgdx<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/toolchain\/\" rel=\"tag\">toolchain<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 25th, 2013 9:19 am","title":"Checking in! This time with more Android!"}