{"author_name":"Kayamon","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1334545440,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59484","p_author":"Kayamon","p_authorkey":"2658","p_urlkey":"95235","p_title":"I have come here to make games and chew gum","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334545440","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2658","us_name":"Kayamon","us_username":"kayamon","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>And I&#8217;m all out of gum.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll be entering again this time around. I&#8217;ve decided I&#8217;m going to write something without ANY POLYGONS AT ALL, which I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll have to fight against all the way.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Programming <\/strong>&#8211; C++, VS2008 Express, raw Win32 (none of that fancy framework rubbish)<\/li>\n <li><strong>Graphics <\/strong>&#8211; Deluxe Paint II Enhanced, or Deluxe Animation depending on which I need. If it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Music <\/strong>&#8211; I&#8217;ll probably knock something up in Garageband and then convert it over into a MOD file. micromod for playback, worked well last time.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Level Editor <\/strong>&#8211; I think I&#8217;ll try and write a basic tile editor into the game, I&#8217;ve done it before and it&#8217;s not really that hard (you&#8217;ve already got the tile drawing code in there anyway&#8230;)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>As for the actual gameplay, well I won&#8217;t know until the theme&#8217;s up, but I think it&#8217;s going to be some kind of physics-based 2D platformer. We&#8217;ll see. On the last LD projects I spent so much time doing all the engine\/tech stuff, that it leaves very little time for gameplay, story, music, etc. I&#8217;d like to try and knock that on the head this time. Although I said that last time too.<\/p>\n <p>Wish me luck chaps. I&#8217;ll be making one of those time-lapse videos of the whole thing so you can all watch my failure.<\/p>","time":"April 15th, 2012 10:04 pm","title":"I have come here to make games and chew gum"}