{"author_name":"demonpants","cat":"LD #13 - Roads - 2008","comments":[],"epoch":1228640580,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"74293","p_author":"demonpants","p_authorkey":"531","p_urlkey":"110125","p_title":"4 AM Zombie Invasion","p_cat":"LD #13 - Roads - 2008","p_event":"LD13","p_time":"1228640580","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"531","us_name":"demonpants","us_username":"demonpants","event_start":"1228435200","event_key":"92","event_name":"LD13"},"text":"

Exproad, Improad and Reroad! is coming along well, I should definitely have a fun little game for tomorrow (today) night. It’s 4 AM where I am and I’m going to turn in for the night. Before I did\/do, however, I had some yummy sweetened and dried mango strips from Trader Joe’s.<\/p>\n

\"Mango<\/p>\n

The packaging, however, leaves something to be desired. I mangled my thumbs trying to get the bastard of a thing open. It’s as if I’ve got an actual mango and I’ve got to get into it. Wait, no, it’s more like having a mango with a coconut surrounding it, and then maybe like a lockbox or something on the outside of that. But I would never cut it open, no. Got to preserve freshness!<\/p>\n

\"Yay<\/p>\n

Success! We have mangos!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a more related note… good stuff from my game, like I said before. I’m going for a nifty 8-bit look, because I figured that would make it easier to make decent artwork. Turns out that ugly goes to super ugly, but whatever. I’m just drawing malformed pickup trucks, Asians, and zombies.<\/p>\n

Anyway. I also went with 8-bit because I recently made my own engine for doing modern-NES games (I’m calling it JPixel, I might release it open source soon), so I decided it would be fun to use that. I also had simple physics and particle effects coded in JPixel, so that helps save some time too.<\/p>\n

Screenshot:<\/p>\n

\"First<\/p>\n

And another:<\/p>\n

\"Second<\/p>\n

Time for some sleep!<\/p>","time":"December 7th, 2008 4:03 am","title":"4 AM Zombie Invasion"}