{"author_name":"pbackx","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1334574120,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59460","p_author":"pbackx","p_authorkey":"5353","p_urlkey":"95211","p_title":"Signing in from Ghent, BE","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334574120","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5353","us_name":"pbackx","us_username":"pbackx","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>Yes, I too will be joining this Ludum Dare. I&#8217;ve been able to keep the weekend free of any major distractions. I am warming up this week with using the following tools:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>ActionScript 3<\/li>\n <li>Flixel<\/li>\n <li>FlashDevelop<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Depending on how things go, I might also create (and announce, per the rules) a helper library by Friday.<\/p>\n <p>I would&#8217;ve liked to do this in JavaScript, but I feel the tools and browsers aren&#8217;t up to where AS3 is. I also dabbled with Unity for a while, but really, how many people have it readily installed in their browser? So I went with the default choice that will work on the widest range of platforms (except i*)<\/p>\n <p>My most important goal of the weekend: figuring out if game programming is something I want to do more of.<\/p>\n <p>If any one lives in or around Ghent, Belgium and is interested in a gathering, please let me know.<\/p>","time":"April 16th, 2012 6:02 am","title":"Signing in from Ghent, BE"}