{"author_name":"Entar","cat":"LD #21","comments":[],"epoch":1313624160,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"65136","p_author":"Entar","p_authorkey":"366","p_urlkey":"100932","p_title":"Verterum (also, I\u2019m in, maybe)","p_cat":"LD #21","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1313624160","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"366","us_name":"Entar","us_username":"entar","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"<p>I wanted to let all of my fellow LDers know about the turn-based strategy game for Windows Phone 7 that I developed recently, called <strong><a title=\"Verterum\" href=\"http:\/\/entardev.wordpress.com\/games\/verterum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Verterum<\/a><\/strong>. The game is designed to be easy to learn, but to have some interesting strategy too. <a title=\"Verterum\" href=\"http:\/\/entardev.wordpress.com\/games\/verterum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out<\/a>, tell your friends! Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the game in action:<\/p>\n <div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/entar.slipgateconstruct.com\/mobile\/Verterum1-landscape.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/entar.slipgateconstruct.com\/mobile\/Verterum1-landscape-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simple interface, fun strategy<\/p><\/div>\n <p>Developing the game with XNA and the other Windows Phone APIs was definitely a learning experience for me, as I had barely touched it before. Despite that, I&#8217;m happy to inform you that developing the game with XNA was very smooth. It&#8217;s geared very nicely toward getting started with some basic development, so it&#8217;s great for prototyping. Getting into more advanced graphics techniques gets a bit more complicated, but I can&#8217;t speak to that since I didn&#8217;t work with it much for this game. Overall, I had fun with it.<\/p>\n <p>Also, if I have time, I might make something for the upcoming competition. I may have a few things going on over the weekend, but we&#8217;ll see. If I do, I&#8217;ll likely use my <a title=\"Entar's Framework\" href=\"http:\/\/entar.slipgateconstruct.com\/misc-files\/Framework-v1.zip\" target=\"_blank\">framework<\/a>\u00a0(OpenGL, SDL, C\/C++), or possibly XNA. Go Ludum Dare!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/games\/\" rel=\"tag\">games<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 17th, 2011 6:36 pm","title":"Verterum (also, I\u2019m in, maybe)"}