{"author_name":"Kalakian","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355552580,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"49637","p_author":"Kalakian","p_authorkey":"2609","p_urlkey":"85323","p_title":"I\u2019m in, I think","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355552580","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2609","us_name":"Kalakian","us_username":"kalakian","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;ve been mulling over the theme while having breakfast, and not sure what to do.\u00a0 Ok, I have some ideas, but most of them are either so sick they should never see the light of day, or have some nasty complexities about them, meaning I&#8217;d have bugger all to show.\u00a0 Mainly, a decent A.I. would be needed to adapt to you foiling their plans &#8230; the sort of A.I. that I don&#8217;t have enough experience with to create something workable in the time.<\/p>\n <p>Anyway, I&#8217;m gonna press on, and hope a simpler, doable idea pops into my head.<\/p>\n <p>The tools I&#8217;ll be using are:<\/p>\n <p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Design<\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>A big whiteboard, with lots of space for scrawling ideas on<\/li>\n <li>The try-it-and-see method<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Coding<\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>GameMaker: Studio<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Graphics<\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Corel Paint Shop<\/li>\n <li>Blender<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;ll be making a 3D game, but my 3D modelling is far better than my 2D programmer art, so I&#8217;d be aiming at creating very simple models, then taking snapshots.<\/p>\n <p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sound<\/span><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Audacity (Sound Effects, recorded using a cheap microphone and whatever I can find that sounds about right)<\/li>\n <li>ACID Xpress (&#8220;Music&#8221; &#8230; I use that term as loosely as possible.\u00a0 Only if there&#8217;s enough time)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Time-lining<\/span><\/p>\n <p>Usually, I create a page on my website that I update with comments, screenshots, and vidcaps, over the course of the compo\/jam.\u00a0 This usually takes me far too long, and I&#8217;ll be revamping the website soon anyway.\u00a0 So, this time I&#8217;m going to be completely boring about it, and just make the odd tweet or post here, depending on progress.<\/p>\n <p>Good luck everybody, and have fun!!<\/p>","time":"December 15th, 2012 1:23 am","title":"I\u2019m in, I think"}