{"author_name":"johnfn","cat":"LD #21","comments":[],"epoch":1313820540,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"64641","p_author":"johnfn","p_authorkey":"3187","p_urlkey":"100437","p_title":"End of the First Day. 42 hours remain.","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1313820540","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3187","us_name":"johnfn","us_username":"johnfn","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/08\/20\/end-of-the-first-day-42-hours-remain\/ld21-2-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63642\"><br \/>\n <\/a>It&#8217;s the end of the first day, and I&#8217;m pleasantly surprised by how development has gone so far, especially considering pygame is something I&#8217;ve essentially never touched before.<\/p>\n <p>My game has stuff like<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Decent collision detection<\/li>\n <li>Maps<\/li>\n <li>Patrolling enemies<\/li>\n <li>Dialog<\/li>\n <li>Super top secret gameplay element (not really, you can go play it on github if you want)<\/li>\n <li>Open source github repo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/johnfn\/ld21\">https:\/\/github.com\/johnfn\/ld21<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <div>It&#8217;s great to be editing python in vim. Feels like home.<\/div>\n <div>I&#8217;m starting to feel a little sleepy, and I&#8217;m seeing my abstractions start to deteriorate as a result. So, it&#8217;s bed time.<\/div>\n <div>Tomorrow I&#8217;m going to whack at the rest of gameplay and see if I can beautify up the graphics. If I&#8217;m feeling ambitious, I may even toss in sound.<\/div>\n <div>Keep rocking on, fellow Darers. All your awesome images and words are a great inspiration.<\/div>\n <div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/08\/20\/end-of-the-first-day-42-hours-remain\/ld21-2-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63642\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/LD21-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a>The graphics are ALL placeholders right now. You&#8217;re the anomalous bottom right square inside the rectangle. The grumpyface is the enemy. I wonder what that blue thing is..? And how on earth are you ever going to <strong><em>ESCAPE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that rectangle? I dunno&#8230;<\/div>","time":"August 20th, 2011 1:09 am","title":"End of the First Day. 42 hours remain."}