{"author_name":"Riley Adams","cat":"LD #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282381740,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69921","p_author":"Riley Adams","p_authorkey":"1503","p_urlkey":"105741","p_title":"Quick Update","p_cat":"LD #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282381740","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1503","us_name":"Riley Adams","us_username":"praetor57","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"

Okay, 9 hours in, gonna sleep now…<\/p>\n

I’m making a shmup, it’s 3d (though until I get some nice textures and particle effects going, it doesn’t really look interesting…), and the premise is that you control a cargo ship of some sort with powerful magnet\/tractor beam-ish tech, so you can “force push” enemies into each other (I’m using bullet for some fancy physics), or pull an enemy in to use them as a shield and use their weapon to destroy other enemies.<\/p>\n

Here’s an early shot:
\n \"LD18_001\"<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2010 4:09 am","title":"Quick Update"}