{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/rmatey\/","author_name":"Richard Matey","cat":"LD #26","categories":["LD #26"],"comments":[],"epoch":1367027400,"event":"LD26","likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"79103","p_author":"Richard Matey","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288113","p_title":"LD26 : Rogue Pirates: Post 1: Idea","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367027400","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"source_url":"2013\/04\/27\/ld26-rogue-pirates-post-1-idea\/","text":"

Participating in the Ludum Dare for the second time. This time the theme is \u201cMinimal\u201d , not a big fan of themes that try to strip away or limit the expectations of developers. This is something you should always be trying to do in a game jam, you already have limited time to create. So the theme should encourage more ambitious ideas and then let those two dynamics balance out.<\/p>\n

After a couple of hours of trying to rack my brain for a new design, I kept going back to ideas similar to my previous global game jam entry \u201cSleep Walker\u201d. Instead I wanted to make a game with some challenge and game play loops that could add up to a meaty game. Finally came to the conclusion of the Minimal life of a pirate. It is very simple, your on a ship , if your off the ship your dead. I guess this where that cut throat attitude emerges. Combining those ideas into a rogue like meta game with some inspirations from \u201cFTL\u201d , Rogue Pirates has emerged and I am very happy to work on this over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Tags: motivation<\/a>, pirates<\/a>, Richard Matey<\/a>, Rogue Like<\/a>, unity<\/a>, unity3d<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2013 1:50 am","title":"LD26 : Rogue Pirates: Post 1: Idea","title_was_empty":false}