{"author_name":"djdduty","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1339794600,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"55700","p_author":"djdduty","p_authorkey":"6698","p_urlkey":"91418","p_title":"6 hour game jam while on an airplane!","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1339794600","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"6698","us_name":"djdduty","us_username":"djdduty","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

On\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0I got on a 6 hour flight from my lovely home near Seattle, to Hawaii. I had arrived way to early and waited in the gate for 2 hours, which got me thinking and I decided to do a game jam while on the plane! Even though it was only 6 hours I used one of my 2D game engines that I managed to shove in a repository and clone onto my laptop before I left. Unfortunately they were out of first class, and me being the big person I am hardly fits in the coach seats, but I managed to get my laptop out, my extra batteries, and my headphones out as soon as they let us turn on electronics. I managed to make a fun little 2D sidescroller, but collision detection was being a pain and I had to resort to per-pixel collision, which is sort of cpu intensive the way I do it, another thing is there was no internet on our flight, and they block cellular connections so I was cutoff from irc and everything else. At least I got 6 hours of fun, and managed to elbow the person next to me at least 4 dozen times, and It made the flight go by so quickly. I think I am going to make the “Mile High Game Jam Club” with a set of rules\u00a0similar\u00a0to the comment I posted on\u00a0http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/06\/14\/joining-the-mile-high-club\/<\/a>\u00a0so I have a reason to program\u00a0every time\u00a0I am on a plane!<\/p>","time":"June 15th, 2012 4:10 pm","title":"6 hour game jam while on an airplane!"}