{"author_name":"Pix3M","cat":"LD #36","comments":[],"epoch":1471827060,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"5164","p_author":"Pix3M","p_authorkey":"23547","p_urlkey":"40619","p_title":"Definitely in!","p_cat":"LD #36","p_event":"LD36","p_time":"1471827060","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"23547","us_name":"Pix3M","us_username":"pix3m","event_start":"1472169600","event_key":"35","event_name":"LD36"},"text":"<p>It has been over a year since I was able to participate in Ludum Dare. Most of the reasons were due to work schedule, but I was able to schedule a time to participate last December. I wished I had a working motherboard by the time that one rolled along though. Oh well.<\/p>\n <p>This was the last piece I made for Ludum Dare before life happened:<\/p>\n <p><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-568788\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1e56944c21766fe6bdccad1b483dbe75-d8qh5oi-300x225.png\" alt=\"1e56944c21766fe6bdccad1b483dbe75-d8qh5oi\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1e56944c21766fe6bdccad1b483dbe75-d8qh5oi-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1e56944c21766fe6bdccad1b483dbe75-d8qh5oi-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1e56944c21766fe6bdccad1b483dbe75-d8qh5oi-550x413.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1e56944c21766fe6bdccad1b483dbe75-d8qh5oi.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n <p>http:\/\/pix3m.deviantart.com\/art\/Downloadable-game-Elem3nts-v1-3-1-528199938<\/p>\n <p>This time around, I am very optimistic. A couple of upgrades to myself since last time:<\/p>\n <ol>\n <li>I can now write music! The last game jams I&#8217;ve done always had to make serious shortcuts with sound since I basically didn&#8217;t know how to get started with that. However, I&#8217;ve taken some time to at least get to a basic skill level where I can also juggle sound on top of my other skills<\/li>\n <li>I have a bit more experience as a programmer which hopefully means that my process is more streamlined than last time<\/li>\n <li>Lastly, I am definitely more confident in myself as a creative. While I didn&#8217;t have the time to participate in Ludum Dares, I definitely had time to work on my own projects which means, more experience under my belt<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <p>I have barely a week to figure out my game plan, but so far, I believe that I will start with some simple music and build my art direction based on what I write. I am very flexible as an artist but my music skills are still basic and will be my biggest creative constraint. I will likely go for a radically simpler style of art that I normally work with and instead, pour most of my effort into animation.<\/p>\n <p>I will probably shoot for the compo instead of the jam this time around. Meanwhile, now would be a good time to practice musical composition and I hope to see where this Ludum Dare will go!<\/p>\n <p>Even if the entries won&#8217;t be judged, I&#8217;m here for the bragging rights =)<\/p>\n <p>My tools:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Graphicagale for art and animation\n <ul>\n <li>Logitech mouse for my drawing implement\u00a0(lol)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>GameMaker for code<\/li>\n <li>Notepad++ if I decide to use data files (probably not, who knows?)<\/li>\n <li>OpenMPT for sound and music\n <ul>\n <li>iRigKeys37 for my MIDI controller<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>","time":"August 21st, 2016 7:51 pm","title":"Definitely in!"}