I probably will not know whether I am going to compete in this or not until the Theme is announced. I have an AI project I need to get done for school as it is due the week after the contest. If I get it done before hand or far enough along, I probably will.

If I do this will be the second LD I have entered. For LD15 this past August, I used C++/SDL as a platform. I may pull up that code from before and work with it some more, or I might actually use C#/XNA. I believe this is allowable by the rules? XNA is not open source, but is freely available. I will double check this.

At the moment, I am leaning towards C++/SDL as I would like to keep developing the 2D framework I started in the last LD. My goal with it is to create a game library that facilitates creating 2D games in as easy a manner as possible. I’m taking inspiration here from various other game libraries, Slick, XNA and even Ogre3D among others.  I am doing this in an effort to develop my object oriented design skills as well. I believe that entering the LD contests is a great way to do this development, as I can easily judge how easy it actually is to use.

Regardless if I enter or not, I can’t wait to play some of the games! Good luck everyone!

\m/ Casey