{"author_name":"McFunkypants","cat":"LD #21","comments":[],"epoch":1313814780,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"64689","p_author":"McFunkypants","p_authorkey":"501249","p_urlkey":"100485","p_title":"Game engine is working\u2026","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1313814780","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"501249","us_name":"mcfunkypants","us_username":"mcfunkypants","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"

\"\"<\/a>It took me an hour and a half to come up with anything to fit the theme of \u00a0“ESCAPE” but once I forced myself to sit down with a marker and a piece of paper, I soon had a simple little thumbnail sketch of what I wanted to make. \u00a0I’m using an ultra-simplistic concept that fits the theme and I’m quite happy with it. As my first progress report, I’m happy to say that I’ve finished implementing the basic gameplay mechanic. I’m using HTML5 and box2dweb and am creating a physics puzzler for web, windows exe and android (compiled to .apk using PhoneGap). It took me about two hours to code the entire thing from scratch. \u00a0I’d never tried any work with box2d before, and I stumbled with bodies and fixtures and sensors but I’m really happy to say that my basic gameplay testbed and proof-of-concept is complete: we have a “main character” that can bounce around and the engine detects when you touch a “key” which unlocks a “door”.<\/p>\n

This means that I am “done” the low level engine and have the rest of the weekend to make it look pretty!<\/strong><\/p>\n \n

Tags: android<\/a>, box2d<\/a>, html5<\/a>, PhoneGap<\/a>, progress<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 19th, 2011 11:33 pm","title":"Game engine is working\u2026"}