{"author_name":"LoneStranger","cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","comments":[{"author_name":"smn","time":"April 22, 2010 12:30 pm","epoch":1271957400,"text":"Killer Game Programming in Java is a killer book, Sire!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1271911980,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"71518","p_author":"LoneStranger","p_authorkey":"203","p_urlkey":"107340","p_title":"Declaration of Pretentiousness","p_cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","p_event":"LD17","p_time":"1271911980","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"203","us_name":"LoneStranger","us_username":"lonestranger","event_start":"1271980800","event_key":"3","event_name":"LD17"},"text":"<p>I hereby officially declare my intent to enter the Ludum Dare 48 Hour Competition #17.<\/p>\n <p>And the standard goals:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>\n <div style=\"text-align: left\">Keep the usual art style. I sketch things out on paper and scan them in so I can colorize.\u00a0 Keeping with bold colors and gradients is probably what I\u2019ll do.<\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <div style=\"text-align: left\">KISS \u2013 Keep It Simple, Stupid!\u00a0 Making something too complex is just a recipe for a headache at 1pm on Sunday afternoon.<\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <div style=\"text-align: left\">Make useful additions to the basecode that can be used in later competitions.\u00a0 The screenshot stuff is an example of something I did previously that helps out a lot.<\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>\n <div style=\"text-align: left\">Finish most of the work by Saturday night so I can spend Sunday polishing.<\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>Don\u2019t run into dumb problems that eat up eight hours.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Same <a title=\"Basecode.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestranger.net\/ld48\/LD48_15_LoneStranger_Basecode.rar\" target=\"_self\">base code<\/a> as the past six competitions.<\/p>\n <p>Tools in use:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/cds.sun.com\/is-bin\/INTERSHOP.enfinity\/WFS\/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site\/en_US\/-\/USD\/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jre-6u16-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer\" target=\"_blank\">Java 6 SDK<\/a> (though I typically include a version for JDK 5)<\/li>\n <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eclipse IDE<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Photoshop, maybe some Illustrator<\/li>\n <li>DrPetter\u2019s <a href=\"..\/2007\/12\/13\/sfxr-sound-effects-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">sfxr<\/a> for sound effects<\/li>\n <li><a title=\"Audacity at Sourceforge\" href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Audacity<\/a><\/li>\n <li>HP OfficeJet 6450 All-In-One for scanning doodles<\/li>\n <li>Everlasting Gobstoppers<\/li>\n <li>mIRC for chattery<\/li>\n <li>Killer Game Programming in Java and the base code I mentioned above.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>As far as themes go, Hunt, Island and Companion sound fun.\u00a0 Evolution might be good, too, but I&#8217;d have to come up with something good. Might have to sketch some ideas out for each of these before Friday, and check the results of the previous rounds to see what else could slip through.\u00a0 Good Luck!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/declaration\/\" rel=\"tag\">declaration<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 21st, 2010 11:53 pm","title":"Declaration of Pretentiousness"}