{"author_name":"fishbrain","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1335067920,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"57155","p_author":"fishbrain","p_authorkey":"3007","p_urlkey":"92904","p_title":"Just add bad guys\u2026","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335067920","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3007","us_name":"fishbrain","us_username":"\/author\/fishbrain\/","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<style type='text\/css'>\n #gallery-1 {\n margin: auto;\n }\n #gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n float: left;\n margin-top: 10px;\n text-align: center;\n width: 50%;\n }\n #gallery-1 img {\n border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n }\n #gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n margin-left: 0;\n }\n \/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n <\/style>\n <div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-129084 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/screenshot5.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/screenshot5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"screenshot\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/screenshot24.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/screenshot24-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"screenshot2\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n <\/div>\n \n <p>Well, coming along nicely&#8230; a few things to do in terms of fleshing it out.<\/p>\n <p>But I&#8217;m happy with some of the mechanics.<\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s &#8220;Asteroids&#8221; style, but with quasars (which have repulsive force) and planets (which have gravitational force) &#8211; these forces act upon your spaceship as well as your bullets. I&#8217;ve also added strafe (thrust left and right) commands which seem to work well and are quite fun.<\/p>\n <p>Graphics and animation coming along but&#8230; er&#8230; at the moment there is no goal. I&#8217;m running out of time (as we all do of course) &#8211; I had various ideas to use the planets (bases on planets, rescue little people, ability to land on planets) but think I&#8217;m going to have to prioritize and add some bad guys for dog fighting first. It feels like the sort of game\/controls where dog fighting will be good fun!<\/p>\n <p>Cheers,<\/p>","time":"April 21st, 2012 11:12 pm","title":"Just add bad guys\u2026"}