{"author_name":"Malactus","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1323585060,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"63032","p_author":"Malactus","p_authorkey":"7440","p_urlkey":"98805","p_title":"Warm Up Week \u2013 LD22","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1323585060","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7440","us_name":"Malactus","us_username":"malactus","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"<p>I used the SoS Generator, and got a topic of &#8220;Strategy&#8221;<\/p>\n <p><strong>My Goals with the warmup:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>&gt;&gt; No set time limit &#8211; Just keep practising until the actual LD:<\/p>\n <p>&gt;&gt; Unity 3D &#8211; Blender &#8211; Genetica &#8211; Soundbooth.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Familiarize with the Unity 3D Workflow<\/li>\n <li>Practice Blendering &#8211; Especially Rapid rigging and Animation (as those will take the longest to refine otherwise)<\/li>\n <li>Practice texture generation, This would save a whole bunch of my time<\/li>\n <li>Practice Audio development out of libraries<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&gt;&gt; Try out a live streaming service to stream\u00a0 \/ record my self: probably will check out twitchTV or livestream &#8211; (will check this out later on)<\/p>\n <p><strong>Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>On #ludumdare last night someone (Sorry didn&#8217;t catch the name it was late in the night <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> ) gave me an idea of making a platformer \/ turn-based strategy game after I mentioned that my warmup theme was strategy.<\/p>\n <p>So a platformer it is: It will also be interesting to look at how exactly to make a turn based game in Unity 3D.<\/p>\n <p>Current game play inspiration from tron disk battles, battleship, worms, and Minecraft&#8217;s spleefing.<\/p>\n <p>Progress reports will come in after a bit: now its simply getting all the software setup and ready.<\/p>","time":"December 11th, 2011 1:31 am","title":"Warm Up Week \u2013 LD22"}