{"author_name":"TheSnide","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346065140,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51912","p_author":"TheSnide","p_authorkey":"13443","p_urlkey":"87610","p_title":"Food Chain : Not this time\u2026","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346065140","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"13443","us_name":"TheSnide","us_username":"steveschnepp","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

Well, i didn’t really plan to participate on LD this time, but the theme was quite historical.<\/p>\n

So, I just started out something, but having only about 6 usable hours to work on it was obviously too short.<\/p>\n

My concept was to make a cellular automaton, with 3 kinds of cells : green for food, blue for herbivore and red for carnivore. The different things interacts to have a changing landscape. Each cell can have 3 generation levels, that consume more resources.<\/p>\n

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The player lays basic green cells on the map, and it let them evolve from there.<\/p>\n

The basics of the game went quite smoothly but the balance is way<\/em> more difficult to achieve than what I initially envisioned.<\/p>\n

I’m still planning to finish it post-LD, and share it with you.<\/p>\n

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