{"assets":[],"author_link":"","author_name":"","cat":"LD - Misc","categories":["LD - Misc"],"comments":[],"epoch":1265667840,"event":"","likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"77252","p_author":"","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"285976","p_title":"Can you LD while traveling?","p_cat":"LD - Misc","p_event":"LD16","p_time":"1265667840","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1260489600","event_key":"2","event_name":"LD16"},"source_url":"2010\/02\/08\/can-you-ld-while-traveling\/","text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AirLudumDare.jpg\"><img alt=\"AirLudumDare\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14884\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AirLudumDare.jpg\" title=\"AirLudumDare\" width=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GDC is coming up soon, and it does seem like we have a reasonable sized group attending.  The traveling part does suck however.  So I thought I\u2019d open up a fun little discussion topic.  Can you LD on the go?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.tigsource.com\/index.php?topic=10932.0\">thread on TIGSource<\/a> that reminded me of the idea.  One key point this thread brings up is battery life.  In their case, they were on a train without outlets, so they had to make the battery life of their laptops matter.  Traveling by plane though, there are often several connecting flights, so there may be opportunities to find a power outlet at airports.  Charge up for the next run.<\/p>\n<p>Another point brought up is art, how it\u2019s rather difficult to draw a straight line while on a train.  In LD\u2019s case, good art is never really necessary anyways, but it\u2019s always nice to see.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, catching flights often involves getting up early.  You\u2019re perhaps not in the best of moods, groggy, feeling ill, sitting a small uncomfortable seat, or such.  Plus you need to spend a bunch of your time doing your travel duties (going through customs, waiting in a lobby, eating).  So on an 8 hour+ flight, you\u2019re not going to get 8 hours of work in.  On the other hand, it\u2019s an 8 hour flight, and what would your rather be doing?  <img alt=\";)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_wink.gif\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Post your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"postmetadata alt\">\n<small>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 10:24 pm\t\t\t\t\t\tand is filed under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-misc\/\" rel=\"category tag\" title=\"View all posts in LD - Misc\">LD - Misc<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2010\/02\/08\/can-you-ld-while-traveling\/feed\/\">RSS 2.0<\/a> feed.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can <a href=\"#respond\">leave a response<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2010\/02\/08\/can-you-ld-while-traveling\/trackback\/\" rel=\"trackback\">trackback<\/a> from your own site.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/small>\n<\/p>","time":"February 8th, 2010 10:24 pm","title":"Can you LD while traveling?","title_was_empty":false}