{"author_name":"Viridian","cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","comments":[],"epoch":1251679380,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72584","p_author":"Viridian","p_authorkey":"507322","p_urlkey":"108406","p_title":"Viridian Update 4: Good Try, No Cigar","p_cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","p_event":"LD15","p_time":"1251679380","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"507322","us_name":"Viridian","us_username":"Viridian","event_start":"1251417600","event_key":"1","event_name":"LD15"},"text":"

Well…I bit off more than I could chew, but I might have managed if I hadn’t had some family distractions today.<\/p>\n

So. The game was Star Kittens; the goal was Dungeon Keeper in space…with kittens. How close did I come?<\/p>\n

Well, you have sculler droids that act like imps, digging out whatever areas you select. You can also tag dug-out areas as room types (the only rooms I got in were the dormitory (red) and cafeteria (yellow)).<\/p>\n

Once you have a large enough dormitory and cafeteria, kittens will start spawning, but because they have no AI, they just stand there. So the game is not completable, indeed there’s very little real gameplay at all.<\/p>\n

But here’s a screenshot!<\/p>\n

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I hope to do much better next time, and Star Kittens has so much good code in it that it would be stupid not to finish it…eventually.<\/p>","time":"August 30th, 2009 7:43 pm","title":"Viridian Update 4: Good Try, No Cigar"}