{"author_name":"ladybenko","cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","comments":[{"author_name":"harrypotter123","time":"February 1, 2014 9:22 am","epoch":1391264520,"text":"Hi!<br \/>\n I was wondering whether I can use this and one other background that you posted on here as one of my backgrounds for a video game. It will not be for commercial use. Let me know as soon as you can!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"dwgray16","time":"April 23, 2014 3:51 pm","epoch":1398286260,"text":"Hey,<br \/>\n I was wondering if I could use this for a cell phone app term project. It won&#8217;t be exported to the app store or play store. Let me know asap please.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1251533700,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72969","p_author":"ladybenko","p_authorkey":"547","p_urlkey":"108791","p_title":"First Ludum Dare","p_cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","p_event":"LD15","p_time":"1251533700","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"547","us_name":"ladybenko","us_username":"\/author\/benko\/","event_start":"1251417600","event_key":"1","event_name":"LD15"},"text":"<p>Hi guys, this is my first Ludum Dare compo <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>When I woke up this morning I went to the LD site to know the theme for this compo: caverns. Kind of turn off, because I had a nice idea for a zombies game. I had a shower and thought about what kind of game I&#8217;d do: a running game. Not very original (I found out that other people are making this kind of game, too!), but I just want to have some fun this weekend, so no added pressure for winning.<\/p>\n <p>This was my breakfast (was super-hungry this morning): three mini-sandwiches of ham and cheese, with olive oil. Plus some coke. I needed caffeine and I&#8217;m not very fond of coffee, so&#8230;<\/p>\n <p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ladybenko.net\/junk\/ld15\/saturday_breakfast.jpg\" alt=\"Saturday breakfast\" \/><\/p>\n <p>I downloaded an IRC client and joined #ludumdare for first time. There were 105 people in there O_o I didn&#8217;t know LD was so popular. I asked if I could borrow a public-domain or free picture, and I was told that yes, as long as I alter the picture somehow. I went to Wikipedia and found <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Florida_Caverns_SP_inside25.jpg\">a nice CC-By photo of a cave<\/a>. I spent almost an hour working on it, and got this (click to view full picture):<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladybenko.net\/junk\/ld15\/cave_bg.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ladybenko.net\/junk\/ld15\/cave_bg_prev.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n <p>But when I finished, I took a closer look to the compo rules and&#8230; it turns out that I can&#8217;t borrow any pictures! <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/frownie.png\" alt=\":(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> I was quite disappointed because I threw away precious time, but hey, better to find this kind of stuff sooner than later! I drop the picture and drew some kind of floor to use with the game.<\/p>\n <p>Now I&#8217;m downloading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.machinaesupremacy.com\/webography.php\">some Machinae Supremacy songs<\/a> and start to code the framework (game states, sprites, and so on) of the game. I&#8217;ll be using Ruby and Gosu, so I&#8217;m expecting to have lots of fun <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> See you!<\/p>","time":"August 29th, 2009 3:15 am","title":"First Ludum Dare"}