{"author_name":"Jeremy1080","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1345739700,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"54913","p_author":"Jeremy1080","p_authorkey":"15093","p_urlkey":"90627","p_title":"I\u2019m in\u2026","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1345739700","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15093","us_name":"Jeremy1080","us_username":"jeremy1080","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>Hey guys,<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m in! This will be my first Ludum Dare ever, actually my first game design competition ever!<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll be creating my game using a Java applet so that it is playable on any system.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>I&#8217;ll be using Eclipse with Java for the game<\/li>\n <li>For sound I&#8217;ll be using BFXR<\/li>\n <li>Graphics I&#8217;ll be trying with PhotoShop, I&#8217;ve never been good with them though so we will see how it goes<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I&#8217;ve created a few games using Java before, Surcaft, which was a 2D top down minecraft &#8220;clone&#8221; was one of my first, and I even integrated Multiplayer with sockets. I took a long break from Java afterwords, and just recently (2 weeks ago) I picked up a Java book, read it from cover to cover, and instantly had a new\u00a0ambition for game design. So I spent 3 or \u00a04 days making a Trading Card Game called Deck ruins, which is kinda fun actually! and then as a warmup to LD24, I started on a Survival Island game where you are on an island and you can chop down trees, plant them, they will grow back, and you have to get apples from them to keep your hunger up. That&#8217;s as far as I have gotten with that one (Only spent maybe 6 hours on it), because the graphics are holding me back.<\/p>\n <p>So today I decided to start on a Tower Defense style game, because math has always been my lacking suit with games, so I wanted to try to brush up on it for the compo.<\/p>\n <p>And links to some of my games:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Suraft \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"www.SayersSoftware.com\/suraft \" href=\"http:\/\/www.SayersSoftware.com\/suraft\" target=\"_blank\">www.SayersSoftware.com\/suraft\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n <li>DeckRuins &#8211; <a title=\"www.FreeMinecraftHost.com\/Deckruins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FreeMinecraftHost.com\/Deckruins\" target=\"_blank\">www.FreeMinecraftHost.com\/Deckruins<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Thanks for reading! Good luck to everyone!<\/p>","time":"August 23rd, 2012 11:35 am","title":"I\u2019m in\u2026"}