{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282375320,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69946","p_author":"Jonathan Whiting","p_authorkey":"527","p_urlkey":"105766","p_title":"Building Steam With a Grain of Salt","p_cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282375320","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"527","us_name":"Jonathan Whiting","us_username":"mrpiglet","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"<p>So things are progressing pretty nicely.  It&#8217;s a while since I&#8217;ve put enemies into a game that I&#8217;ve made, so doing so is quite a fun challenge.<\/p>\n <p>A first build <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanwhiting.com\/ld\/18\/build01.html\">is available here<\/a>.  Contains movement-y stuff, and a teeny bit of animation.  Certainly nothing that special yet, but it&#8217;s a solid start.<\/p>\n <p>Thought I&#8217;d also share a photo of my rather excessive &#8216;desktop&#8217; arrangement.  My housemates have gone off on holiday for a week, so I&#8217;ve decided to claim the entire dining room table to myself:<\/p>\n <p><img src=\"http:\/\/jonathanwhiting.com\/ld\/18\/deskshot.png\" alt=\"Desk Shot\" \/><\/p>\n <p>Also, my housemates being away means I&#8217;m looking after this little madam:<\/p>\n <p><img src=\"http:\/\/jonathanwhiting.com\/ld\/18\/tinkerbell.png\" alt=\"bunny!\" \/><\/p>\n <p>As far as I can tell Tinkerbell&#8217;s main job this weekend is to be really distracting (and cute).<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2010 2:22 am","title":"Building Steam With a Grain of Salt"}