{"author_name":"Joseph Roque","cat":"LD #24","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"August 3, 2012 10:23 pm","epoch":1344050580,"text":"If you know some OpenGL I suggest you stick with the LWJGL library &#8211; it&#8217;s pretty light, it&#8217;s updated and if Notch used it for Minecraft I guess it&#8217;s pretty powerful. I have used it for almost all my Java\/Scala games and I&#8217;m pleased of it.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1344042300,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"55529","p_author":"Joseph Roque","p_authorkey":"504971","p_urlkey":"91247","p_title":"First Ludum Dare approaches","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1344042300","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504971","us_name":"Joseph Roque","us_username":"Joseph Roque","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m not exactly new to the site, I&#8217;ve been around spectating for a few Ludum Dares, I think since the 18th. But I finally took the time to learn a programming language and practice my skills in making a game so I guess I&#8217;m finally gonna participate. I originally planned on entering some time ago by making a game with Flash but now I&#8217;ve got Java under my belt so I&#8217;m going with that.<\/p>\n <p>My weapons of choice will be:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Language: Java<\/li>\n <li>Graphics: Paint.NET<\/li>\n <li>Sound: SFXR<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I haven&#8217;t had a chance to look into any other libraries yet but I may familiarize myself with some before it all gets started and consider using one to make my first competition a little easier on myself \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n <p>Anyway, best of luck to all and I look forward to just a weekend of getting away with my code <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>","time":"August 3rd, 2012 8:05 pm","title":"First Ludum Dare approaches"}