{"author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1295710140,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67533","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"979","p_urlkey":"103336","p_title":"Scaling Back My Idea \u2013 OR \u2013 Moving the Goalposts","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1295710140","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"979","us_name":"Henry Mclaughlin","us_username":"pycron","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided that I want to enjoy the weekend more than I want to do a super-ambitious game. So with that being said I&#8217;m scaling back my idea.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve settled on the following:<\/p>\n <p>The soviet union has released a virus into the wilderness around Flint, Michigan that has turned hundreds of people into zombies. The player is a commando in the Michigan Militia, which has been contracted by the local authorities to deal with the monsters.<\/p>\n <p>The player will fight through a series of &#8220;sectors&#8221; each of which has a given number of zombies. When the player has killed all of the zombies, they can move to the next area.<\/p>\n <p>In each area, the player will have two weapons, one main weapon and their pistol. The main weapon will be chosen before the player enters each sector, and can be either:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>An assault rifle<\/li>\n <li>A shotgun<\/li>\n <li>A high-powered rifle<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>And you keep fighting and fighting, and eventually the zombies kill you and you presumably become one of them. There you go.<\/p>\n <p>That&#8217;s the extent of my game for the Mini-LD. I can easily have this done by the deadline. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <p>Peace<\/p>\n <p>&#8212; Mr. Dude<\/p>","time":"January 22nd, 2011 10:29 am","title":"Scaling Back My Idea \u2013 OR \u2013 Moving the Goalposts"}