{"author_name":"Kenny G","cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","comments":[{"author_name":"lurreluck","time":"December 12, 2009 3:21 pm","epoch":1260649260,"text":"nice, sdl ftw","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1260648300,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72055","p_author":"Kenny G","p_authorkey":"1022","p_urlkey":"107877","p_title":"28 hours left","p_cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","p_event":"LD16","p_time":"1260648300","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1022","us_name":"Kenny G","us_username":"kenny-g","event_start":"1260489600","event_key":"2","event_name":"LD16"},"text":"<p>After being late to my first Ludum Dare, having trouble deciding on a design based on the theme, and not even opening Visual Studio until 12 hours into the competition, I have finally made some progress!<\/p>\n <p><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screenshot1-550x435.PNG\" alt=\"LD48 Exploration - First Screenshot\" width=\"550\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screenshot1-300x237.PNG 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screenshot1-550x435.PNG 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screenshot1.PNG 646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n <p>Basically you just play as a guy who is in underground caves and is searching for a long lost treasure, and a way out. It will be on one large level (or at least that&#8217;s my plan) and you need to <em>explore<\/em> and collect items to unlock different and hidden areas. (Those yellow rectangles are animated coins that spin, btw)<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;m using C++ and an SDL engine that I have been working on. For my crappy programmer art I&#8217;m just using MS Paint. My platform is Windows.<\/p>","time":"December 12th, 2009 3:05 pm","title":"28 hours left"}