{"author_name":"Mike Red","cat":"Uncategorized","comments":[],"epoch":1297380480,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67471","p_author":"Mike Red","p_authorkey":"510012","p_urlkey":"103274","p_title":"Newcomer to MiniLD #24","p_cat":"Uncategorized","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1297380480","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"510012","us_name":"Mike Red","us_username":"Mike Red","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"<p>Hello. I&#8217;m a long-time follower, new participant to Ludum Dare. I&#8217;ll be participating in MiniLD #24, testing my might against lower-level opponents, so to speak. If I manage to finish this well enough (considering I&#8217;m looking at pretty unfavorable conditions), I might try my hand at a regular competition.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve been rolling around a few ideas in my head around the \u00a0limitations, and I&#8217;ve ended up with something that I might be able to make, though it won&#8217;t be extraordinary, since I&#8217;m not that into the idea myself. If any other idea strikes me until I begin proper, I&#8217;ll do that, of course, but as of right now, I&#8217;ll be using..<\/p>\n <p><strong>Themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>None so far, might see. The only way I might be able to squeeze one in is via plot, which isn&#8217;t as much as I&#8217;d hoped for.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Limitations:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Two colors (possibly, if I can work the graphical style in.)<\/li>\n <li>Framerate cap at 5fps (this of course would probably only include graphics, which means it&#8217;d be a feature of the graphical style.)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Use a tool you&#8217;ve never used before. (Pygame)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I haven&#8217;t settled on a name yet, nor much of anything yet (hence the vague outline of the game), and I&#8217;m doing this Waterfall-style. I&#8217;ll be making features, then finding explanations or ingame justifications for them, and hopefully I&#8217;ll end up with something.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll also try to make a timelapse of both my desktop and my webcam, though the latter is questionable. I&#8217;ll hang out in IRC, and we&#8217;ll see how things go.<\/p>\n <p>Here we go, wish me luck.<\/p>","time":"February 10th, 2011 6:28 pm","title":"Newcomer to MiniLD #24"}