Once again, I’ll be here for the December LD48. I enjoyed it so much last year, but scheduling conflicts prevented me from competing in the April and August competitions.<\/p>\n
I’ll be using Java and either Slick, LibGDX or jMonkeyEngine. GDX is a much more robust library for 2D games to me than Slick, although it is harder to use, but I have been wanting to try my hand at a 3D game for some time. My only worry is that, since I’m so fresh with 3D design, I won’t be able to finish it in time, and my lack of asset creation skills would probably get in the way. I’m even worse at 3D modelling than I am at sprite making.<\/p>\n
For asset creation, I will use bfxr for sound effects, Photoshop CS5 for images, Blender for models (if needed) and PXTone or FamiTracker for music (if I even get around to that). Last year, I only managed to make fanfare music for pickups in FamiTracker, but I also spent a hell of a lot of time on bug fixing that could have been done much better had I used a better collision technique.<\/p>\n
Anyway, looking forward to seeing all the cool entries this upcoming compo!<\/p>","time":"December 4th, 2011 9:24 pm","title":"I\u2019m in."}