{"author_name":"Robert Swan","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"Suese","time":"April 20, 2012 8:57 am","epoch":1334930220,"text":"Yep,  I think it seems like a bit more than &#8216;base code&#8217; to me.   It would please me if Ludum Dare wasn&#8217;t so lax.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 20, 2012 9:22 am","epoch":1334931720,"text":"C&#8217;mon, mate! Let the guy use his base code!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 20, 2012 9:32 am","epoch":1334932320,"text":"Making complete game &gt; making everything from scratch. Serious business.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Moth","time":"April 22, 2012 3:37 am","epoch":1335083820,"text":"I think this looks gorgeous. I am a big fan of games with giant cubes and&#8230; stuff. Really chunky and colorful, I especially dig the wind waker style smoke. I can&#8217;t wait to see what you&#8217;re concocting!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1334928840,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"58871","p_author":"Robert Swan","p_authorkey":"1845","p_urlkey":"94620","p_title":"Here\u2019s my base game code\u2026","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334928840","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"4","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1845","us_name":"Robert Swan","us_username":"robert-swan","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>&#8230;if I decide to use it!<\/p>\n <p>Last time I wrote everything from scratch but it was hard and I might only get 24 hours this year &#8211; so I decided to take apart my indie game Diorama to create a bare bones environment. This was a far bigger deal than expected as removing the licensed network component hurt! The base code contains land generation and saving, player collision, raycasting, boolean modification of the scenery (left + right mouse buttons) and particles.<\/p>\n <p>While this seems quite a bit for base code, I know its the\u00a0equivalent\u00a0of a few clicks in GameMaker or Unity so\u00a0philosophically\u00a0I feel happy <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aahgames.com\/downloads\/ludumdare23\/\">http:\/\/www.aahgames.com\/downloads\/ludumdare23\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0the windows Visual Studio 2008 projects and files and also a working Windows executable for you to test (output\/latest\/exe_client.exe)<\/p>\n <p><img style=\"cursor: -webkit-zoom-in\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aahgames.com\/downloads\/ludumdare23\/ludumdare23_base_screen_00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"April 20th, 2012 8:34 am","title":"Here\u2019s my base game code\u2026"}