{"author_name":"metacozm","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345885500,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"53687","p_author":"metacozm","p_authorkey":"15546","p_urlkey":"89390","p_title":"My idea: evolving a computer virus","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345885500","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15546","us_name":"metacozm","us_username":"metacozm","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>I thought something like a &#8220;<a title=\"Wikipedia Tamagotchi\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamagotchi\" target=\"_blank\">tamagotchi<\/a>&#8221; would be great. You could nurture it until it can evolve to the next level. Then I thought about which creature (beside teens) behaves that way&#8230; of course: viruses! I decided for a *computer* virus rather than a &#8220;real world&#8221; virus, because then I can get bonkers on how that little fella would look \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <p>To get stuff for nurturing it (i. e. code snippets or similar) you must send it down the data highway and shoot code, firewalls, etc.<\/p>\n <p>Let\u00b4s see if that is as much fun when it\u00b4s done as it is now in my mind!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/design\/\" rel=\"tag\">design<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/game\/\" rel=\"tag\">game<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/idea\/\" rel=\"tag\">idea<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2012 4:05 am","title":"My idea: evolving a computer virus"}