{"author_name":"ericdpitts","cat":"LD #22","comments":[{"author_name":"Felipe Budinich","time":"November 29, 2011 5:09 pm","epoch":1322604540,"text":"I would avoid anything that is gonna hard to port (ideally, it should be cross platform from the get go), or anything that requires that the user has something already installed.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"digital_sorceress","time":"November 30, 2011 4:45 am","epoch":1322646300,"text":"I don&#8217;t think that being cross platform (or easy to port) is important for a competition like LD. As long as you compile for one of the four main platforms (linux\/win\/osx\/web), there will be plenty of people who can play and rate your game.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Felipe Budinich","time":"November 30, 2011 11:36 am","epoch":1322670960,"text":"&#8220;I suggest using whichever language you feel you work quickest with.&#8221; Very true, as long as you target one of the main platforms you will get plenty of people to try your game, *but* it&#8217;s always better to have the most people possible to comment on your game. So if you are comfortable I would go for a web game (either html5 or flash).","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1322584080,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"63267","p_author":"ericdpitts","p_authorkey":"6759","p_urlkey":"99045","p_title":"I, too, am in","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1322584080","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"3","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"6759","us_name":"ericdpitts","us_username":"menderslan","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"<p>This will be my first LD, I&#8217;m excited for it. \u00a0I can&#8217;t decide what I want to make my game in though. \u00a0I&#8217;m skilled with Java, C\/C++, and Python, and I&#8217;ve been looking at Unity recently. \u00a0I&#8217;m thinking about perhaps using Game Maker for this competition though.<\/p>\n <p>Any thoughts\/suggestions?<\/p>","time":"November 29th, 2011 11:28 am","title":"I, too, am in"}