{"author_name":"csanyk","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345867500,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"53936","p_author":"csanyk","p_authorkey":"10473","p_urlkey":"89639","p_title":"Early alpha: Karyote for LD24: Evolution","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345867500","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10473","us_name":"csanyk","us_username":"\/author\/csanyk\/","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

It’s not much at all yet, but I have an alpha build of my entry for Ludum Dare 24: Evolution\u00a0up and running<\/a>\u00a0in HTML5.<\/p>\n

Karyote<\/a><\/h2>\n

It’s not really playable yet, at the moment I’m just working out some motion and object prototypes. \u00a0Graphics are all placeholders. You’re always in the center. \u00a0Move with the arrow keys. \u00a0Left\/Right turns, Up moves forward.<\/p>\n

Somehow, I’m doing another game with a microorganism theme. \u00a0LD#23 was Bactarium, LD#24 will be called Karyote. \u00a0You control a single celled organism that mutates as you play.<\/p>\n

I still need to figure out what exactly you’re doing in the game, but I have some ideas that I haven’t implemented yet, so I’m a little further along than it looks as far as the concept goes. \u00a0I’m designing as I go, mainly this is design by fiddling around. \u00a0That’s a dangerous way to go on any project, but when I don’t have much of an idea to begin with, I find it’s one of the most reliable ways of getting me going. \u00a0Hopefully I’ve learned enough lessons from previous projects to avoid messing up the code architecture, so debugging and feature changes don’t turn into a nightmare toward deadline.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: Chris Sanyk<\/a>, Cleveland Game Developers<\/a>, evolution<\/a>, Karyote<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2012 11:05 pm","title":"Early alpha: Karyote for LD24: Evolution"}