{"author_name":"Fiona","cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","comments":[],"epoch":1260630420,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72128","p_author":"Fiona","p_authorkey":"150","p_urlkey":"107950","p_title":"Good start I think (Debris Field)","p_cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","p_event":"LD16","p_time":"1260630420","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"150","us_name":"Fiona","us_username":"fiona","event_start":"1260489600","event_key":"2","event_name":"LD16"},"text":"<p>Exploration as a theme left me wanting to procedurally generate a universe that I could fly about in.<\/p>\n <p>I eventually realised that this way led failure, so I locallised my idea a bit more.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen1-300x225.png\" alt=\"screen1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen1-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen1-550x412.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen1.png 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>The idea is that you&#8217;re a member of a scavenger group and you stumble across a massive debris field. You&#8217;re told about valuable items that you need to find in the debris field so you go in there, exploring the place and trying to find them before someone else does.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve managed to get the controls down, done an awesome parralax star field, done the worthless debris, done physics and collisions, done particles and done a little targeter so you know what things are before you pick them up.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen2-300x225.png\" alt=\"screen2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen2-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/screen2-550x413.png 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Also some terrible programmer graphics. Next up is the tractor beam so you can pick up useful items.<\/p>","time":"December 12th, 2009 10:07 am","title":"Good start I think (Debris Field)"}