{"author_name":"Accidental Rebel","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"August 27, 2012 2:25 am","epoch":1346052300,"text":"Inverted mouse setting, thanks &lt;3","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1346052000,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"51942","p_author":"Accidental Rebel","p_authorkey":"505346","p_urlkey":"87640","p_title":"Screenshot Update: Right to information","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346052000","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505346","us_name":"Accidental Rebel","us_username":"Accidental Rebel","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>T<em>ry out the latest dev build\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/accidentalrebel.com\/games\/ld24\/WebPlayer.html\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/accidentalrebel.com\/games\/ld24\/WebPlayer.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-175305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-175305 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screenupdate-24-550x343.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screenupdate-24-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screenupdate-24-550x343.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/screenupdate-24.png 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>I decided to add more info to the HUD screen. I labeled the points accumulator and added a new indicator which tells the player how many he needs to get to the next level.<\/p>\n <p>I believe that these information are essential to the game play. Not only does it serve as a counter for progress, it also gives the players a goal to reach.<\/p>\n <p>Also, when the virus is upgrading, a new node will only appear after the upgrade has finished. This will give players time to breathe and it will tell them that it is the start of the next level. It&#8217;s subtle compared to having a &#8220;Next level&#8221; screen appear.<\/p>\n <p>15 hours to go.<\/p>\n <p><strong>Recently finished:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>HUD Indicators<\/li>\n <li>Next level delay<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>To do list:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Dying event<\/li>\n <li>Virus version (the current difficulty level)<\/li>\n <li>Compass (pointer to next repair node)<\/li>\n <\/ul>","time":"August 27th, 2012 2:20 am","title":"Screenshot Update: Right to information"}