{"author_name":"noonat","cat":"LD #10 - Chain Reaction - 2007","comments":[],"epoch":1197849780,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"75470","p_author":"noonat","p_authorkey":"100","p_urlkey":"111302","p_title":"Final Entry \u2013 Moonbase","p_cat":"LD #10 - Chain Reaction - 2007","p_event":"LD10","p_time":"1197849780","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"100","us_name":"noonat","us_username":"nostgard","event_start":"1197590400","event_key":"88","event_name":"LD10"},"text":"<p>First Ludum Dare entry! Whew&#8230; tiring.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/moonbase.png\" title=\"moonbase.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/moonbase.thumbnail.png\" alt=\"moonbase.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Move using the arrow keys, X drops bombs, Z fires your gun. Avoid the aliens. Killing one will set of a chain reaction of bodily explosions!<\/p>\n <p>Download (Windows only):<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/phuce.com\/uploads\/moonbase.zip\">http:\/\/phuce.com\/uploads\/moonbase.zip<\/a><\/p>\n <p>I wasn&#8217;t able to fully finish the game in time. I finally got an idea I liked on Saturday, after scrapping 3 others. Unfortunately, I spent too much time messing with graphics and AI and such and not actual gameplay. Case in point:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/slugs1.png\" title=\"Before\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/slugs1.thumbnail.png\" alt=\"Before\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/slugs2.png\" title=\"After\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/slugs2.thumbnail.png\" alt=\"After\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>That took&#8230; a long, long time.<\/p>\n <p>Anyway, at about 2 hours until deadline, I finally got the gameplay implemented, tested it&#8230; and it wasn&#8217;t fun.<\/p>\n <p>So I bit the bullet and threw all the gameplay out except for these gluttons, which seemed to be the one thing that had potential. I managed to get health and a basic hud in during the last 10 minutes, but didn&#8217;t get scoring or menus or anything.<\/p>\n <p>This is actually the first game I&#8217;ve ever released, and I&#8217;d never used Ruby or Gosu before for development, so I&#8217;m pretty happy with how it turned out even so.<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/final\/\" rel=\"tag\">final<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 16th, 2007 7:03 pm","title":"Final Entry \u2013 Moonbase"}