{"author_name":"teomat","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1335036540,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"57502","p_author":"teomat","p_authorkey":"3102","p_urlkey":"93251","p_title":"Progress report: shouldn\u2019t have played minecraft.","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335036540","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3102","us_name":"teomat","us_username":"teomat","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>My idea for the theme so far:<\/p>\n <p>You are a glowworm, trapped in the bottom of an ant hill and have to escape.<\/p>\n <p>That&#8217;s about it&#8230;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>So here&#8217;s what I have so far:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>\u00a0Player movement<\/li>\n <li>\u00a0enemy movement (more or less)<\/li>\n <li>\u00a0enemies can detect the player and kinda try to get to him \u00a0by moving in his direction<\/li>\n <li>\u00a0enemies can hurt the player<\/li>\n <li>\u00a0level resets on player death<\/li>\n <li>\u00a02 different enemy types (patrolling and guard)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>And this is what it looks like right now:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/04\/21\/progress-report-shouldnt-have-played-minecraft\/1-41\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-126369\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11-550x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>That&#8217;s the player (left) and a guard ant sending raycasts to detect the player.<\/p>\n <p>I spent about 2 hours dicking around trying to get that single sprite rendered where it belongs.<\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s still kinda off, but close enough.<\/p>\n <p>Lessons learned so far:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>\u00a0prepare rendering code before the competition starts. (wasted 2 hours)<\/li>\n <li>don&#8217;t play minecraft to relax. (another 3 hours lost)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Tomorrow I&#8217;ll be adding some more gameplay mechanics, the actual sprites and animations and then level design.<\/p>\n <p>Then if I have time left, sounds and maybe music.<\/p>\n <p>And then polish, eventually, maybe.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m pretty confident that I can get something at least playable done, let&#8217;s see how everything works out.<\/p>","time":"April 21st, 2012 2:29 pm","title":"Progress report: shouldn\u2019t have played minecraft."}