{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/screenshot1.thumbnail.PNG","local":"\/data\/posts\/2007\/12\/ae2ddb05a917647568d32ed65fb38969.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/screenshot2.thumbnail.PNG","local":"\/data\/posts\/2007\/12\/a2422f44d7ef3b83a4f00345a13f1847.png"}],"author_link":"author\/fydo\/","author_name":"fydo","cat":"LD #09 - Build the level you play - 2007","categories":["LD #09 - Build the level you play - 2007"],"comments":[],"epoch":1196616600,"event":"LD9","likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"75789","p_author":"fydo","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"283478","p_title":"LD9 Entry: boredBuild","p_cat":"LD #09 - Build the level you play - 2007","p_event":"LD10","p_time":"1196616600","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1197590400","event_key":"88","event_name":"LD10"},"source_url":"2007\/12\/02\/ld9-entry-boredbuild\/","text":"<p>The theme for LD9 was \u2018Build the level you play\u2019 so I thought a neat game mechanic would be a board game in which players take turns constructing the board before they play. As it turned out, I was leaving for my honeymoon on the second day of the competition, so I really only had about 24 hours to work on the game.<br\/>\nWith this game I did the development a little backwards. After planning a little bit, I usually jump into coding, but this time I did all the graphics first, then did the coding. I may adopt this methodology for future competitions because as I\u2019m working on the graphics, I can think of more ideas and such. <img alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/screenshot1.PNG\" title=\"boredBuild-screenshot1\"><img alt=\"boredBuild-screenshot1\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2007\/12\/ae2ddb05a917647568d32ed65fb38969.png\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/screenshot2.PNG\" title=\"boredBuild-screenshot2\"><img alt=\"boredBuild-screenshot2\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2007\/12\/a2422f44d7ef3b83a4f00345a13f1847.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graphically, I think it looks pretty good. However, in terms of gameplay, this game is a little boring (as the title may suggest). I think the extra 24 hours would have helped me flesh out the \u2018building stage\u2019 part of the game, which would make the resulting game a little more fun.<\/p>\n<p>Game written in Python+Pygame, here\u2019s a zip with a win32 build and source: <a href=\"http:\/\/fydo.net\/programming\/LD-boredBuild.zip\">http:\/\/fydo.net\/programming\/LD9-boredBuild.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/24hour\/\" rel=\"tag\">24hour<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/boardgame\/\" rel=\"tag\">boardgame<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/final\/\" rel=\"tag\">final<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/fydo\/\" rel=\"tag\">fydo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld9-build-the-level-you-play\/\" rel=\"tag\">LD9 - Build the level you play<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/python\/\" rel=\"tag\">python<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 2nd, 2007 5:30 pm","title":"LD9 Entry: boredBuild"}