{"author_name":"iximeow","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1334930880,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"58855","p_author":"iximeow","p_authorkey":"5272","p_urlkey":"94604","p_title":"I have no idea what I\u2019m doing :dog:","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334930880","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5272","us_name":"iximeow","us_username":"iximeow","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>So here we are nine hours in advance and I&#8217;m finally posting to say I&#8217;m going to do this. I&#8217;ve been lurking and following LD through 21 and 22, and it&#8217;s been really fun to see all this going on, and I want in on the fun! Last time I was almost in, but homework and exams struck, along with the engine-y thing I&#8217;ve made not quite being usable then. Since then I&#8217;ve improved it enough that I&#8217;ll be using it this time around, and I know something (of questionable quality!) will be made.<\/p>\n <p>And because it seems to be the cool thing to do.. the tools I&#8217;m using:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Java with LWJGL (and my as-yet unnamed engine that runs between me and LWJGL), and Paul Lamb&#8217;s sound system code (if I use sound at all. I&#8217;ve not competently put sound into something I&#8217;ve made yet.)<\/li>\n <li>sfxr for any sounds. MilkyTracker if I feel adventurous enough to make music.<\/li>\n <li>MSPaint for my art, because I&#8217;m a classy fellow who doesn&#8217;t need transparency<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll post a link for my engine and the related tools later, including the tool to pack animations into a format the engine can use, saving fonts for the engine to use, and a tool to take some color from an image and\u00a0replace it with transparency because MSPaint doesn&#8217;t do transparency.<\/p>\n <p>Warning though, it&#8217;s completely undocumented. That&#8217;s all on paper on my desk, so it&#8217;s sort of hard to share.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Oh right, the other important bit is that I&#8217;ll try posting relatively regular updates to here and my <a href=\"http:\/\/ixineering.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> (shameless plug, clearly) after everything gets going. Probably every fourish hours, unless I&#8217;m busy sleeping.<\/p>","time":"April 20th, 2012 9:08 am","title":"I have no idea what I\u2019m doing :dog:"}