{"author_name":"belk","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355701560,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"47938","p_author":"belk","p_authorkey":"14219","p_urlkey":"83603","p_title":"Delve Deeply is finished!","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355701560","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"14219","us_name":"belk","us_username":"belk","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<div id=\"attachment_211506\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14219\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-211506\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-211506\" title=\"Get the Game!\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/screen116-300x227.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/screen116-300x227.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/screen116-550x417.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delve Deeply! (not a tower defense)<\/p><\/div>\n <p>Well, it turns out I didn&#8217;t get any towers or anything implemented, but I did get my ambitious A* pathing algorithm finished! \u00a0Take a look at my submission <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=14219\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p>You start the game with some cash and a house. \u00a0You have the ability to mold the landscape by buying tiles, and you can spawn zombies that path toward the target location you can set by pressing X. \u00a0Zombies are damaged by spikes, and you get money for killing them.<\/p>\n <p>I hope you have fun playing around with this. \u00a0It&#8217;s not a deep game by any means, but it looks like a good base to start something cool off of.<\/p>\n <p>Special thanks to vanZeben for his video tutorials <a href=\"youtube.com\/user\/DesignsbyZephyr\">here <\/a>that started me off with the 2D engine.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"December 16th, 2012 6:46 pm","title":"Delve Deeply is finished!"}