{"author_name":"Jimjam","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345916460,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"53264","p_author":"Jimjam","p_authorkey":"3643","p_urlkey":"88966","p_title":"Quick progress update","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345916460","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3643","us_name":"Jimjam","us_username":"jimjam","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m doing a pre-emptive progress update, because I plan to buckle down and carry on working into the night. I&#8217;m glad Evolution finally had its day, but strangely, I&#8217;ve had an incredibly hard time coming up with something that could be *fun*. So I&#8217;ve put myself in the dangerous position of trying to discover a game idea as I go. Yikes.<\/p>\n <p>What I have so far is the start of a puzzle-platformer in which you control a bunch of &#8216;meebas&#8217; and try to get a group of them to evolve as a whole, in order to reach the exit. If I knew how to play this game I would explain more&#8230;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/08\/25\/quick-progress-update\/ld24_screenie01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-165988\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-165988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ld24_screenie01-550x343.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ld24_screenie01-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ld24_screenie01-550x343.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Onwards!<\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2012 12:41 pm","title":"Quick progress update"}