{"author_name":"NeiloGD","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1303557300,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67277","p_author":"NeiloGD","p_authorkey":"1154","p_urlkey":"103080","p_title":"Less than a week to go!","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1303557300","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1154","us_name":"NeiloGD","us_username":"neilo","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"

Finally an LD I have NOTHING preventing me from entering! The last one I entered was LD17 when I was back in the UK, so about a year ago. This time, I’m settled down living and working in Australia! Sadly it’s actually warmer back in my home town than in Canberra at the moment. Anyhow weather doesn’t matter at all, I shall be spending next weekend locked in my bedroom with the following to aid me with my entry:<\/p>\n

– 17″ Macbook Pro w\/ a second monitor hooked up.
\n – EeePC 900A
\n – A small whiteboard.
\n – Lots of energy drinks, chocolate, and general readily eatable food stuffs.<\/p>\n

For this entry I will also be using my own engine, Psybrus<\/a>, rather than build the tech entirely from scratch. If you are interested, you will see a lot of last minute frantic work being\u00a0committed\u00a0over the next week so I have something usable. I’m currently using the following libraries with it:<\/p>\n

– Gamemonkey
\n – Freetype
\n – Jsoncpp
\n – libpng
\n – zlib
\n – SDL<\/p>\n

Basically, I want to write the entire game in Gamemonkey, and have more time to spend focusing on a game this time around than messing about with fiddly technical bugs. Ever so slightly envious of those using Unity, having a solid foundation there, but I like to write my own tech for various reasons.<\/p>\n

Software-wise, I will likely be using any, or all of the following in the development of my entry:<\/p>\n

– Xcode
\n – Visual Studio
\n – The GIMP
\n – Blender
\n – Ableton Live
\n – Garage Band
\n – Audacity<\/p>\n

Right, I best get on with some preparation…or maybe some more Portal 2.<\/p>","time":"April 23rd, 2011 6:15 am","title":"Less than a week to go!"}