{"author_name":"Codheadz","cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282430520,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69679","p_author":"Codheadz","p_authorkey":"1516","p_urlkey":"105484","p_title":"Alien Super Mega Blaster \u2013 Work in Progress","p_cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282430520","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1516","us_name":"Codheadz","us_username":"codheadz","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"<div id=\"attachment_24956\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-24956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/asmb-wip1-300x220.png\" alt=\"Alien Super Mega Blaster - WIP 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/asmb-wip1-300x220.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/asmb-wip1-550x404.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/asmb-wip1.png 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alien Super Mega Blaster - WIP 1<\/p><\/div>\n <p>Only managed a couple hours of coding so far this weekend.\u00a0 At present have all the\u00a0game state\u00a0up and working.\u00a0 I&#8217;m using XNA and have a tried and\u00a0tested pattern for it. \u00a0So even though I&#8217;m not\u00a0using a library other than XNA, its quick initial step and I can\u00a0get this up and running withing\u00a030\u00a0mins.\u00a0 All the coding from now will be components, so for example if I run out of time and have not implemented a &#8220;display screen in game play component&#8221; then it will not break anything else.<\/p>\n <p>You can see from the attached link that I&#8217;ve made some progression on the game play aspects.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_kS_sVICN0g\">Ludum Dare 18 &#8211; AlienSuperMegaBlaster 2010-08-22 01-20 <\/a><\/p>\n <p>Fair bit today and lots of family stuff for tomorrow.\u00a0 So touch and go for the compo, but should be able to submit for the Jam.<\/p>\n <p>PS Watched Tron\u00a0earlier today and if nothing else been mildly influenced by the colour scheme. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":-)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>PS: Keep forgetting to add titles to posts.\u00a0 Sorry if this pops back to the top of the list.<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2010 5:42 pm","title":"Alien Super Mega Blaster \u2013 Work in Progress"}