{"author_name":"belowzerogames","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408899840,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"5826","p_author":"belowzerogames","p_authorkey":"37630","p_urlkey":"62631","p_title":"Tinker Maze Journal","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408899840","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"37630","us_name":"belowzerogames","us_username":"belowzerogames","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"

Well I just submitted my game “Tinker Maze” here at Ludum Dare. This is my first game jam I have taken part in. I really wanted to see what it was like to have to get a game done in 48 hours. I took part in a little contest on IGM a year ago but I had a week to get my game done so doing a game in this timeline was new to me.<\/p>\n

When I saw the theme connected worlds I wasn’t sure what I would do. But I saw my kids toys on the floor and got an idea to do a game about Tinker Toys. I decided to use Game Maker 8 as my engine it isn’t as fancy as Studio but it has some nice features and it compiles quickly on my computer.<\/p>\n

I modeled all the wheels and sticks etc in Anim8tor that took \u00a0me a couple hours. \u00a0Then I built my first room and the idea came to me to make a maze game just moving the pieces around the other pieces that join to it.<\/p>\n

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Level design was pretty much the bulk of the project designing the 8 mazes was not unlike playing Tinker Toys with my kids. The mazes I made sure were not unbeatable but challenging enough.<\/p>\n

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The greatest challenge was getting through the day after staying up til all hours of the night working on a game. Good thing it’s the weekend but weekends are usually for recharging yourselves.<\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2014 12:04 pm","title":"Tinker Maze Journal"}