{"author_name":"householdutensils","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 17, 2012 7:58 pm","epoch":1334710680,"text":"A game jam is a perfect place to learn a language. During my last Ludum Dare I managed to pick up Processing, so I’m sure you can get Java to cooperate!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1334640240,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59407","p_author":"householdutensils","p_authorkey":"10923","p_urlkey":"95158","p_title":"For better or worse, I\u2019m in :)","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334640240","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10923","us_name":"householdutensils","us_username":"householdutensils","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

I’ve very little experience in game development, but I’m keen to give it a shot so I’m in.<\/p>\n

I haven’t decided fully what I will be using to create my entry (I am waiting to see the theme), but I’d really like to try something in Java using libjcsi since I’ve recently re-discovered rogue likes and I feel they way they represent complex scenes and environments with only basic character sets is really beautiful.<\/p>\n

I’ve been practicing with both canvas and libjcsi so I know how to create a basic game loop, take input, and render stuff to the screen, but that’s about it. It should be interesting to see what I can come up with in such a short time.<\/p>\n

As for a theme, I’m hoping for either Stealth, procedural, artificial life, or adventure \":)\" I would like to explore some of the more abstract themes, but I fear they lend themselves to scopes far beyond my abilities, and I have a thing for Stealth games.<\/p>\n

As for a code base, I may cannibalize some stuff from the practice stuff I tinkered with, but there’s not much there, but I’ll throw a link up later once I’ve found somewhere to put it. Edit:\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/RootSecks\/PracticeRL\/<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 17th, 2012 12:24 am","title":"For better or worse, I\u2019m in :)"}