{"author_name":"Winterblood","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355625480,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"48654","p_author":"Winterblood","p_authorkey":"4051","p_urlkey":"84330","p_title":"Day One Progress","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355625480","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4051","us_name":"Winterblood","us_username":"winterblood","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

Drew a bit of a blank on the theme, so decided to write a fairly traditional stealth-’em-up. This time I have mostly resisted the urge to make it pretty, and have got the core mechanics working instead!<\/p>\n

You can turn the torches on and off, collect loot, and I have a sinister capsule patrolling a series of waypoints, coming after you if he spots you, and returning to patrol if he loses you again. Title and pause screen are working.<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/a>

Day 1 progress<\/p><\/div>\n

Day 2 is all about making gameplay from those core mechanics, and tarting it up – although one important thing I haven’t yet done is factor shadows into the visiblity code. But I know how that will work, just haven’t done it yet. Just done a last-minute stress test to see how many dynamic lights I can get away with, and the answer is “not many”. I may burn a lot of tomorrow optimising…<\/p>\n \n

Tags: AI<\/a>, dynamic lights<\/a>, shadows<\/a>, stealth<\/a>, Thief<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 15th, 2012 9:38 pm","title":"Day One Progress"}