{"author_name":"mattchu","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1335026820,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"57643","p_author":"mattchu","p_authorkey":"8693","p_urlkey":"93392","p_title":"Making progress\u2026","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335026820","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8693","us_name":"mattchu","us_username":"mattchu","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;ve been making quite a bit of progress since waking up an hour ago. The more I work on it, the more this game feels way too ambitious for the scope of Ludum Dare, but I&#8217;m not entirely sure how to simplify it any more than I already have, short of taking out entire segments of gameplay, removing any of which defeat the originality that was there to begin with, however large or small an amount of \u00a0originality that may be.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/hZsmR\"><img src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hZsmR.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Not the best looking game, but hopefully the gameplay can make up for it. I don&#8217;t have time to make the graphics any better.<\/p>\n <p>Unfortunately, you can&#8217;t see a whole lot of the progress, due to it mostly being behind the scenes. Even so, I can&#8217;t help but feel it&#8217;s still way out of reach for LD.<\/p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s hoping I can finish this monster. <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":"April 21st, 2012 11:47 am","title":"Making progress\u2026"}