{"author_name":"spilth","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1333535340,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59710","p_author":"spilth","p_authorkey":"2895","p_urlkey":"95462","p_title":"Warming Up for LD23","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1333535340","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2895","us_name":"spilth","us_username":"spilth","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

I’ve been doing a number of things to prepare for my first Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n

First off, I set up a public Ludum Dare 23 Kanban Board<\/a>\u00a0 on Trello to track my To Do items. Currently it includes a lot of preparation items (getting software installed\/updated\/familiarized, reading, etc.). During the competition I’ll be using it to organize ideas and development tasks. It’s also quite possible it might be overkill for the competition but it’s proving useful for preparation.<\/p>\n

I bought The Game Jam Survival Guide<\/a>\u00a0which I’m guessing lots of Ludum Darers already know about. It was a good read and served as a good reality-check as to what to expect and what I should be shooting for.<\/p>\n

In an effort to make sure I’m creating something releasable I added Spooner’s releasy gem<\/a> to the in-progress Astrosmash clone I’ve been creating with Chingu called Astroblast<\/a>. So far I have it successfully building and packaging on the Mac. Next up will be Windows. This project will likely serve as a template for my entry’s code layout and distribution.\u00a0I’ve also been collecting helpful Ruby and Chingu links<\/a> to use during the contest.<\/p>\n

Here’s a screenshot of Astroblast, my first attempt at a game with Ruby.<\/p>\n

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