{"author_name":"Elusive Pete","cat":"LD #21","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"August 20, 2011 5:12 am","epoch":1313835120,"text":"THE PIXELS","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1313835060,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"64517","p_author":"Elusive Pete","p_authorkey":"509709","p_urlkey":"100311","p_title":"Some sprites!","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1313835060","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"509709","us_name":"Elusive Pete","us_username":"Elusive Pete","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"

My art skills aren’t great… but here’s some of what I’ve come up with so far for “Icarus Cannon”:<\/p>\n

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You can probably tell it’s all mouse-drawn vector graphics, done in Inkscape. Trying to keep things as simple as possible, with thick outlines and subtle gradients.<\/p>\n

My plan now is to get a very basic prototype up-and-running — I want to get the central ‘nugget’ of gameplay working well, and then I can build all the other stuff around it… e.g. interface elements, player upgrades, menu system, and so on. As yet, I haven’t put a single line of code together, so I’d better get a move on. Time to rock’n’roll.<\/p>","time":"August 20th, 2011 5:11 am","title":"Some sprites!"}