{"author_name":"monkeyspank","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355760300,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"47694","p_author":"monkeyspank","p_authorkey":"505864","p_urlkey":"83359","p_title":"The End Is Nigh!","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355760300","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505864","us_name":"monkeyspank","us_username":"monkeyspank","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

Well this was my first ludum dare, and suffice to say, things have not gone well, at all.<\/p>\n

Firstly i was busy all day Saturday, and only came to the theme late in the evening,<\/p>\n

which then took a few hours for me to think of something not particularly inspired.<\/p>\n

(I was actually suprised to see the next day how many people had thought of similar ideas to me.)<\/p>\n

I drew some really rubbish gfx to get started, and then started to program with SFML 1.6 which i’ve never used before.<\/p>\n

A few hours later i had switched to SFML 2.0 because it looked like it had better input handling.<\/p>\n

So i had to change quite a bit of code because all the functions had changed.<\/p>\n

Then when i started adding sound effects i was dismayed that you have to include a 2mb+ dll just to play sound with SFML 2.0.<\/p>\n

So then i downloaded BASS lib, and spent a while figuring out how to use that.<\/p>\n

Then by the end of the night i was feeling drained and was starting to develop a killer sore throat.<\/p>\n

Cue the next day and i am feeling like cr*p, with the worst cold of the year, so i spent most of the day in bed feeling sorry for myself.<\/p>\n

Anyway, i did a couple more hours programming, then threw in the towel feeling really lousey.<\/p>\n

Realising that i’m not going to finish in time, and actually making games in a really short time is not actually that much fun, especially when you are feeling ill.<\/p>\n

Here is the results of my few hours work… for what it’s worth.<\/p>\n

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