{"author_name":"diki","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345917240,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"53257","p_author":"diki","p_authorkey":"688","p_urlkey":"88959","p_title":"On the first 24 of the 48\u2026","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345917240","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"688","us_name":"diki","us_username":"diki","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

… things are dragging along rather slowly.<\/p>\n

After righteously sleeping past the Theme announcement (completely legitimated by my Timezone) I started sketching ideas first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n

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The results were rather meager, though; I could only imagine about 2 of them making an acceptable game. The first was the idea of generating a park full of funny plants, each slightly different than the others, and being able to influence their evolution.<\/p>\n

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That sounds rather boring, so instead I decided to go for a high-speed WipeOut\/Space Harrier\/F-ZeroX -alike racing game were the track is made of winding, growing tendrils. It’s hard to put into words, and the concept sketches are not much help either, I’m afraid \":)\"<\/p>\n

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The coding went awfully slow, though! I caught myself dropping into a quick and dirty imperative style very early, which made later iterations increasingly difficult and generally obfuscated the code.<\/p>\n

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Lunch was no highlight, either, and after spending the afternoon fighting some very annoying bugs I’ve only got a bleak prototype that must now be bent into\u00a0an actual game.<\/p>\n

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