{"author_name":"Cosmologicon","cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"September 8, 2009 8:27 am","epoch":1252416420,"text":"I used Ruby for my first entry, and Python for my second. I’ve used Flash+flixel for the rest. I would highly recommend it. Although I am not as much of a fan of AS3 as other languages like Ruby or Python, my Flash games have gotten FAR more play than my downloadable ones. I even had exe and dmg versions for Windows and Mac, but people just don’t like downloading games.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"September 8, 2009 10:57 am","epoch":1252425420,"text":"What OS are you on? Who did you ask to port it? We from the ‘other’ OSes must stick together!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"September 8, 2009 10:58 am","epoch":1252425480,"text":"Also, have you tried Wine? It works for about 50% of the Windows games I try here.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"September 8, 2009 4:19 pm","epoch":1252444740,"text":"If you worked in Python, send me your code (or is it just your download link?) and I’ll give porting it a shot. I write my LD games in Linux with Python\/PyGame, and porting is a breeze — but I do<\/em> have access to windows, which certainly helps!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1252414980,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72446","p_author":"Cosmologicon","p_authorkey":"1151","p_urlkey":"108268","p_title":"Defenestration","p_cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","p_event":"LD15","p_time":"1252414980","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"5","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1151","us_name":"Cosmologicon","us_username":"cosmologicon","event_start":"1251417600","event_key":"1","event_name":"LD15"},"text":"

This was my first Ludum Dare, and I was really looking forward to it. Well, I did have fun making a game, but there’s one major problem: I don’t have Windows, I don’t have access to Windows, and I couldn’t find anyone to port my game to Windows. So I kind of feel left out. Not only can nobody play my game, but I can’t play most of the other people’s games.<\/p>\n

I always have such a great time with PyWeek I thought for sure I’d like this too. But I really have to consider whether Ludum Dare is for me. If I needed Windows to participate, I would easily choose not to participate. But maybe that’s not necessary. I could write in C++ instead of Python, and maybe more people could run my source. Or I could learn Flash or something highly portable. I still couldn’t play most of the other games, but it’s a step up. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s been enlightening. And at the very least, I enjoyed making something, so it’s not for nothing.<\/p>","time":"September 8th, 2009 8:03 am","title":"Defenestration"}