{"author_name":"berkano","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355467800,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"50412","p_author":"berkano","p_authorkey":"11027","p_urlkey":"86100","p_title":"My 3rd LD! \/ Katsu for IDEA+Slick2D","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355467800","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"11027","us_name":"berkano","us_username":"\/author\/berkano\/","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m in! This will be my 3rd Ludum Dare and I can&#8217;t wait. I&#8217;m a bit better organised this time round, too <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> Good luck to all the entrants, looking forward to playing &amp; reviewing your games!<\/p>\n <p><strong>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll be using:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Language<\/strong>: Java<\/li>\n <li><strong>IDE<\/strong>: IntelliJ IDEA<\/li>\n <li><strong>Libraries<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Katsu <\/strong><\/span>(Personal Quick-Start IDEA Project + Slick\/SlickUtil\/LWJGL)<\/li>\n <li><strong>Level Design<\/strong>: Tiled<\/li>\n <li><strong>Graphics<\/strong>: Photoshop<\/li>\n <li><strong>Sounds\/Music<\/strong>: OpenMPT, Audacity, SFXR, maybe some free VSTs<\/li>\n <li><strong>TODO List\/Task Tracker<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kanbanflow.com\">https:\/\/kanbanflow.com<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Katsu\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Ready-to-go standalone game build based on Slick2D\/LWJGL with launcher scripts (Win+Mac+Linux+Solaris)<\/li>\n <li>Ready-to-go applet build<\/li>\n <li>Skeleton code for 2D map+tileset loading (Tiled), basic entity support and rendering loops<\/li>\n <li>Resources structure and sample code for SFX\/music handling<\/li>\n <li>UI\/splash screen\/side panel<\/li>\n <li>Mouse action support with some skeleton code<\/li>\n <li>Keyboard shortcuts for full screen, toggle music<\/li>\n <li>A few helpful utility classes\/methods<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Getting <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Katsu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <p>The latest version is available from Github under a public domain licence.\u00a0Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/berkano\/katsu\">https:\/\/github.com\/berkano\/katsu<\/a>, or just\u00a0<strong>git clone\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/berkano\/katsu.git<\/strong><\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2012 1:50 am","title":"My 3rd LD! \/ Katsu for IDEA+Slick2D"}