{"author_name":"Cat Burton","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355516460,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"50188","p_author":"Cat Burton","p_authorkey":"7513","p_urlkey":"85876","p_title":"I\u2019m in!","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355516460","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7513","us_name":"Cat Burton","us_username":"catburton","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>Hey everyone,<\/p>\n <p>So this is officially my second attempt at Ludum Dare. Last time I got distracted and ended up making fun tech demos in Unity and didn&#8217;t finish a game within the time limit. This time, I&#8217;m determined to not be so easily distracted!<\/p>\n <p>Like last time, I&#8217;m using a Mac and I&#8217;ll be making my game in Unity (C#).<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m hoping to make something 2d, or built out of simple 3D primitives since I&#8217;m a coder and art is my weakpoint. For my coder-art, I&#8217;ll probably use <a title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"http:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape<\/a>, <a title=\"Paintbrush\" href=\"http:\/\/paintbrush.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paintbrush<\/a> and\/or <a title=\"Pixelmator\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelmator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pixelmator<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been practising with Inkscape in the last week and have hopefully got the basics figured out.<\/p>\n <p>For audio, I&#8217;ll probably be generating those in <a title=\"as3 sfxr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.superflashbros.net\/as3sfxr\/\" target=\"_blank\">as3sfxr<\/a>, or recording some if I get time.<\/p>\n <p>My biggest challenge is going to be to not get distracted. That&#8217;s going to be difficult since I&#8217;ve got the <a title=\"OLL Party\" href=\"http:\/\/onelifeleft.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One Life Left christmas party<\/a> tomorrow night! My current plan is to:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Get a good night&#8217;s sleep tonight and wake up nice and early!<\/li>\n <li>Check the theme and come up with my design. I&#8217;m planning to keep the design really simple. If it can&#8217;t be made within the first day, it&#8217;s too big.<\/li>\n <li>Have a basic game set up before I go to the OLL party.<\/li>\n <li>Have some wine to celebrate\/commiserate\u00a0the amount of progress made so far!<\/li>\n <li>Then Sunday can be for improving, tweaking, polish&#8230;or panicking! \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>My desk&#8217;s set up and all my software&#8217;s updated and ready to go. Now all that&#8217;s left to do is hope that one of my favourite themes is chosen!<\/p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s my setup:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/12\/14\/im-in-1206\/desk-22\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-196463\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-196463\" alt=\"Cat's Desk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/desk2-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/desk2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/desk2-550x733.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Good luck to everyone taking part! Looking forward to seeing all the awesome games that get made this weekend! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2012 3:21 pm","title":"I\u2019m in!"}