{"author_name":"NiallM","cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1272172560,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"70938","p_author":"NiallM","p_authorkey":"785","p_urlkey":"106759","p_title":"Day 2","p_cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","p_event":"LD17","p_time":"1272172560","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"785","us_name":"NiallM","us_username":"niallm","event_start":"1271980800","event_key":"3","event_name":"LD17"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m awake.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty happy with yesterday&#8217;s progress, but there&#8217;s still a lot to be done.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s my todo list:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Clicking an islander shows you how long it will take to get there, gives you an embark button.<\/li>\n <li>Music.<\/li>\n <li>Rough paper background for cut-scenes (maybe a watercolour wash?).<\/li>\n <li>Cut-scene pictures.<\/li>\n <li>Randomised pickups.<\/li>\n <li>Days should tick by faster (the game&#8217;s too easy as it is).<\/li>\n <li>Tutorial hints.<\/li>\n <li>Button to tell you which islanders know the way to the enchanted isles, at the cost of some of your time.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I just realised I haven&#8217;t really explained the game yet.\u00a0 The aim is to find your way to the enchanted isles (i.e. the lost Hebrides of the title) in the West within 7 days.\u00a0 To do that you have to find 3 islanders who know the way, but travelling to the islanders takes up time, so you have to try and judge your journey.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m going to start with the coding tasks today, as they should go fastest, and the game kind of needs them since it isn&#8217;t much fun at the moment.\u00a0 I plan on getting them done by 11am, then taking about 1 1\/2 hours to make the music, followed by lunch.\u00a0 That&#8217;ll leave me the rest of the day to get the cut-scene pictures done, which are the part I&#8217;m least confident about.<\/p>","time":"April 25th, 2010 12:16 am","title":"Day 2"}