{"author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 18, 2010 12:30 am","epoch":1292650200,"text":"I really like the way she looks!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1292647620,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"68532","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"979","p_urlkey":"104335","p_title":"My Game \u2013 Concept and First Demo","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1292647620","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"979","us_name":"Henry Mclaughlin","us_username":"pycron","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"

Edit: I forgot the “concept” part!<\/em><\/p>\n

My game’s title is “Probe”. It is about a little robot that is sent to explore a mysterious alien fortress and runs into hostile machines and even finds usable alien technology. (Meaning Metroid-style upgrades)<\/p>\n

There will be two characters: Zoe and Frankie. They will have somewhat different attributes, as is the way I do these things. I’m using Zoe for testing, because, well, I just usually make the female lead before the male. It’s a weird tradition that’s embedded itself into my work habits. It’s kind of like having a playable character of each gender, I guess. Just something I like to do.<\/p>\n

Yeah… Um… I didn’t think I’d get this much done this fast. I thought this would take me at least another four hours. But I have what I called in my schedule post a “prototype”.<\/p>\n

Or at least the beginnings of one.<\/p>\n

What I have, specifically, is:<\/p>\n