{"author_name":"dcolgan","cat":"October Challenge 2012","comments":[{"author_name":"Zelen3d","time":"October 18, 2012 7:33 pm","epoch":1350606780,"text":"Nice little basic game, but I got bored after the 12th wave \ud83d\ude1b Good luck monetizing this!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1350591300,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51211","p_author":"dcolgan","p_authorkey":"2293","p_urlkey":"86904","p_title":"Progress is being make\u2019d on my Generic Space Shooter!","p_cat":"October Challenge 2012","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1350591300","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2293","us_name":"dcolgan","us_username":"dcolgan","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

In the past my game attempts have been foiled by being too ambitious. \u00a0So for the October Challenge I’ve decide to try a different approach: make something very simple but highly polished. \u00a0As such, I’ve settled on a space shooter, currently codenamed Shooty. \u00a0Unfortunately, there are quite a few other space shooter games called Shooty or something similar, so I’m still deciding on a name. \u00a0I’m writing it in Impact.js<\/a>, which is turning out to be the best Javascript game engine I’ve used. \u00a0In past competitions I’ve tried to make canvas games from scratch or from other lesser-known engines, but I haven’t made nearly as fast of progress.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a page with Google ads up, which will be my method of monetization. \u00a0If you’d like to try it out, go to:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/lifelessboring.com\/shooty<\/a><\/p>\n

Any and all feedback is appreciated. \u00a0Currently you use WASD or the arrow keys to move your ship around and the mouse to aim. \u00a0At this point, if you die, refresh the page.<\/p>\n

I’m optimistic about at least finishing this game to a playable state by the end of October. \u00a0If I make it that far this will be my first completed game!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>","time":"October 18th, 2012 3:15 pm","title":"Progress is being make\u2019d on my Generic Space Shooter!"}