{"author_name":"spoon","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 29, 2011 2:55 am","epoch":1304063700,"text":"If you make a game, you&#8217;re already a winner! =)","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Dataflashsabot","time":"April 29, 2011 2:58 am","epoch":1304063880,"text":"Good luck with C! I do admire its simplicity sometimes, but I would find it hard to choose it over C++, for example.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 29, 2011 3:11 am","epoch":1304064660,"text":"C++ is grand!  But I simply never learned it properly, and at this late hour I reckon it is best to stick to what I know.  C is deliciously simple though.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"GreaseMonkey","time":"April 29, 2011 3:31 am","epoch":1304065860,"text":"I&#8217;m quite happy with good ol&#8217; C. Just make sure you know your collections and stuff, let alone how to use pointers (linked lists come to mind here), otherwise you&#8217;d hardly be using it.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 29, 2011 4:20 am","epoch":1304068800,"text":"My C is okay, don&#8217;t worry!  It&#8217;s true, pointers are a basic part of C and C++, without them you&#8217;d be scuppered.  It&#8217;s best not to have this though: ****.  On the plus, it makes it look like someone has censored your code, which I find funny because I&#8217;m some sort of simpleton.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"winferno","time":"April 29, 2011 10:31 am","epoch":1304091060,"text":"If you&#8217;re targeting Linux, you&#8217;re already a winner!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1304063640,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67084","p_author":"spoon","p_authorkey":"4190","p_urlkey":"102885","p_title":"C and SDL","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304063640","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"6","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"4190","us_name":"spoon","us_username":"spoon","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m a strange maths student.\u00a0 My hobby is writing odd computer games.<\/p>\n <p>This is my first Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m not so worried about winning:\u00a0 if I can write an awesome game in 48 hours and show it to my\u00a0 friends it shall be cool.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m going to write in C, with SDL, targeting Linux and Windows.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to try to keep it simple, but some special effects can be fun <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2011 2:54 am","title":"C and SDL"}