{"author_name":"bluescrn","cat":"LD #01 - Guardian - 2002","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"March 23, 2008 4:36 pm","epoch":1206308160,"text":"That game rocks! I think it remains my favorite from all the ld48 competitions.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1206294420,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"75391","p_author":"bluescrn","p_authorkey":"207","p_urlkey":"111223","p_title":"The Flame Game","p_cat":"LD #01 - Guardian - 2002","p_event":"LD11","p_time":"1206294420","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"207","us_name":"bluescrn","us_username":"bluescrn","event_start":"1208476800","event_key":"87","event_name":"LD11"},"text":"

And so it began…\u00a0 bluescrn’s first LD48 entry. And probably the best…<\/p>\n

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It was the start of some recurring themes in my LD entries… 2D tilemaps, too much time spent on particle effects, and a rather loose interpretation of the theme… guarding a collection of arbitrary floating crates from a rapidly spreading fire, by covering them in dripping green goo from a blob character controlled by rotating the world…\u00a0 Yes, I’d decided very early on I wanted to do some sort of rotating-screen platformy thing, and it gradually evolved into something that very loosely fit the theme…<\/p>\n

This is definitely my most fun LD entry to go back and play again – and probably the most complete<\/p>\n

The thing I did right was to keep it simple. The level was a simple grid (trivial collision detection), the character was a blob (minimal art effort), simple textures + repeating patterns elsewhere. And fairly simple game logic – which left me time to mess about with effects. And recording some audio, including that most memorable ‘awwww b****cks!’<\/p>","time":"March 23rd, 2008 12:47 pm","title":"The Flame Game"}