{"author_name":"AdamWe","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304133240,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"66798","p_author":"AdamWe","p_authorkey":"3002","p_urlkey":"102599","p_title":"Prototyping and Generating Ideas","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304133240","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3002","us_name":"AdamWe","us_username":"adamwe","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>I decided to go with the adventure\/rpg route and I&#8217;m currently looking at tiled map generation. The player would start in a town and perhaps buy\/sell items and then explore the world (see screenshot) where treasure and enemies await.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m thinking that if a battle occurs, it can be resolved RPG style by cutting to a battle scene and choosing to use options or items.<\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s also 5am and I&#8217;ve been awake for 22 hours. I might go watch the sun rise and put on some coffee <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/144dG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2011 10:14 pm","title":"Prototyping and Generating Ideas"}