{"author_name":"hellojed","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345870920,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"53882","p_author":"hellojed","p_authorkey":"3400","p_urlkey":"89585","p_title":"Core Dump","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345870920","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3400","us_name":"hellojed","us_username":"hellojed","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

This theme had me stumped. I basically needed something that could be “arcady” and “simple to do” while encorporating “Evolution” somehow<\/p>\n

In some flash of inspiration, I went from changing animals, to Knights\/people, to…spaceships. The game is going to be a Gradius style shooter, and as you fight, your behaviors will “Evolve” your ship. Your enemies should do the same: kill them right away and they become faster, start moving differently, ect. In code, it’s easy to switch a bunch of variables, but I need visual change too.<\/p>\n

To accomplish this, I created some bits of ship, and then tacked them onto each other, right now it looks like this: Off to a pretty good start.<\/p>\n

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