{"author_name":"Beerman","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1324205100,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"60970","p_author":"Beerman","p_authorkey":"5206","p_urlkey":"96735","p_title":"Start of day 2","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324205100","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"5206","us_name":"Beerman","us_username":"beerman","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"<p>Bit of a late start to day 2, courtesy of an unexpected excursion to the pub last night.<\/p>\n <p>So, this game thing then. Well, Alone was the theme I was _really_ hoping wouldn&#8217;t win, because I couldn&#8217;t think of a damn thing to do with it, but eventually I came up with something.<\/p>\n <p>Borrowing somewhat heavily from Spectrum classic <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant_Attack\">Ant Attack<\/a>,\u00a0you play a lonely robot whose only friend, an adorable kitten, has been lost in an ancient city populated by hostile killdroids.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/16\/kitten-challenge\/kittendare\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87659\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/kittendare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>So far I&#8217;ve got a fairly acceptable random map generator and a controllable player character wandering the empty ruins.<\/p>\n \n <style type='text\/css'>\n #gallery-1 {\n margin: auto;\n }\n #gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n float: left;\n margin-top: 10px;\n text-align: center;\n width: 100%;\n }\n #gallery-1 img {\n border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n }\n #gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n margin-left: 0;\n }\n \/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n <\/style>\n <div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-95282 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Generator.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Generator-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Generator\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Generator2.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Generator2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Generator2\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n <dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n <a href='http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Robot.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Robot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Robot\" \/><\/a>\n <\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n <\/div>\n \n <p>First order of business for today then is to put some game in there. Knock up a couple of evil looking killdroid models and a fluffy kitten and get them in there, then I can start looking at adding some general polish, like sound, music, title screen and win\/lose sequences.<\/p>\n <p>*Looks at clock* Crap! I&#8217;d better get busy!<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/kitten-dare\/\" rel=\"tag\">kitten dare<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/kitten-challenge\/\" rel=\"tag\">kitten-challenge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/progress\/\" rel=\"tag\">progress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/unity3d\/\" rel=\"tag\">unity3d<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 18th, 2011 5:45 am","title":"Start of day 2"}