{"author_name":"pentaphobe","cat":"LD #25","comments":[{"author_name":"Mezzomatto","time":"December 15, 2012 4:54 pm","epoch":1355608440,"text":"Man, some of these ideas are awesome. Got a screen cap for us?","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1355598840,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"48996","p_author":"pentaphobe","p_authorkey":"13327","p_urlkey":"84672","p_title":"Thematic Woes","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355598840","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"13327","us_name":"pentaphobe","us_username":"pentaphobe","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>Moving a little more slowly this time (I&#8217;m rapidly regretting my decision to go with LibGdx &#8211; it&#8217;s a good library, but not as intuitive to pick up quickly as FlashPunk was &#8211; despite being more comfortable with Java than ActionScript).<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve got most of the underlying game stuff working okay, but have been slowed somewhat by deciding I don&#8217;t like the idea I chose <img class=\"wp-smiley\" alt=\":)\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mutantamoeba.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" \/><\/p>\n <h3>Some ideas I didn&#8217;t pursue<\/h3>\n <p><strong>(warning: this is a selection from my brainstorming session and as such contains many lame ideas <img class=\"wp-smiley\" alt=\":)\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mutantamoeba.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Crazed gunman &#8211; <em>opted out of this one as it&#8217;s kind of tacky<\/em>\n <ul>\n <li>Sniper-style<\/li>\n <li>GTA2-style &#8220;kill frenzy&#8221;<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>God games &#8211; <em>these seemed cool, but seemed hard to make fun in a short period<\/em>\n <ul>\n <li>Old Testament heathen smiting<\/li>\n <li>End-game: The Rapture<\/li>\n <li>Disaster Master<\/li>\n <li>Punish humanity for their (insert cardinal sin here)<\/li>\n <li>Raptor<\/li>\n <li>Due to a translation error, devout folk waiting around for The Rapture are instead faced with a gigantic raptor<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Somalian Pirates &#8211; <em>I don&#8217;t even know where I was going with this<\/em><\/li>\n <li>SUV Driver\n <ul>\n <li>GTA2\/Carmageddon like.<\/li>\n <li>Bonus points for pollution, kills<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Mother Nature &#8211; <em>some of these are similar to Disaster Master<\/em>\n <ul>\n <li>destroy humanity before they destroy you<\/li>\n <li>and the reverse, attempt to populate every square mile of the planet and attain ultimate destruction<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Tower Offense<\/li>\n <li>Oil Baron\n <ul>\n <li>destabilize governments<\/li>\n <li>slaughter natives<\/li>\n <li>pollute land in order to purchase it more cheaply<\/li>\n <li>sabotage competition<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Colonisation (aka kill all the natives!)\n <ul>\n <li>spread disease<\/li>\n <li>dilute blood lines<\/li>\n <li>massacre<\/li>\n <li>introduce religion and pop culture<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>You are the virus\n <ul>\n <li>Infect your host to as high a percentage as possible before killing them<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>You are a cuckoo &#8211; <em>abandoned because.. well it sucks<\/em>\n <ul>\n <li>Eat eggs<\/li>\n <li>Swap out your own eggs<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Cult Leader\n <ul>\n <li>recruit<\/li>\n <li>siege (stand off against law enforcement and sane people)<\/li>\n <li>mass suicide (bonus points for faking out and not killing yourself)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Pests\n <ul>\n <li>You are a rat<\/li>\n <li>get food<\/li>\n <li>poo on things<\/li>\n <li>avoid traps and poison<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Moriarty &#8211; <em>miscellaneous entry, no idea how it would work<\/em><\/li>\n <li>Serial Killer &#8211; <em>discarded because, next to Bond Villains it was likely to be pretty overly common<\/em><\/li>\n <li>Buffalo Bill style Kidnapper\n <ul>\n <li>Acquire hostages<\/li>\n <li>Manage hostages in their cells\/pits<\/li>\n <li>prevent escape<\/li>\n <li>feed\/starve<\/li>\n <li>punish<\/li>\n <li>make skin suit<\/li>\n <li><strong>LOTION<\/strong><\/li>\n <li>Stockholm Bonus (converts hostage to minion)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <h3>Otherwise<\/h3>\n <p>What remains from that list is either <em>astonishingly unmentionable<\/em> or one of the two games I&#8217;m currently still trying to decide between.<\/p>\n <p>How this goes remains to be seen.<\/p>\n <p><strong>Confidence: WANING<\/strong><\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/compo\/\" rel=\"tag\">compo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/java\/\" rel=\"tag\">java<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld25\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld25<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld48\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld48<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/libgdx\/\" rel=\"tag\">libgdx<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/progress\/\" rel=\"tag\">progress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/update\/\" rel=\"tag\">update<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 15th, 2012 2:14 pm","title":"Thematic Woes"}