{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/jod\/","author_name":"Jod","cat":"LD #28","categories":["LD #28"],"comments":[],"epoch":1386517020,"event":"LD28","likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"79422","p_author":"Jod","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288432","p_title":"The best weekend of december, LD28!","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1386517020","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"source_url":"2013\/12\/08\/the-best-weekend-of-december-ld28\/","text":"<p>I\u2019m in for LD 28! Looking forward to another weekend of going into overdrive, staying up too late. Also wondering if I designed the game right, if the story makes sense and if I planned enough time for testing (respectively:\u00a0yes, maaaaybe, no).<\/p>\n<p>Once again I\u2019ll be using the Ren\u2019Py framework for my creation. I often wake up at night, screaming, bursting into wakefulness from the nightmare of the Ludum Dare community finding out that I am not, actually a programmer in any meaning of the word*.<\/p>\n<p>Last time I spent all my time on content and layout and nearly none on game mechanics. This time I\u2019m planning on switching things around: Basic story, more intricate game mechanics. I\u2019m not going to drop the story completely (it\u2019s the category I scored the best in. Even made the top 30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-27\/?action=preview&amp;uid=20442\">last time<\/a>**. Also planning in some time to work on music and sfx.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, I have no clue what the game is going to be. I hate to do too much planning before I know the theme. Instead I\u2019ll let the theme guide me, create about three ideas and then pick one.<\/p>\n<p>The list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Framework:<\/strong>\u00a0Ren\u2019Py (based on Python. Hurrah for Python!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camera:<\/strong> Samsung Galaxy II<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recording:<\/strong> Samsung Galaxy II<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music &amp; SFX editing:<\/strong> FL 11<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Graphics:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Paint.Net (I should really learn GIMP)<\/li>\n<li><b>Food: <\/b>Proper dinner and breakfast. Really, do yourself a favour and take the time to eat a proper meal during LD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty much it. Let me wrap this up with a picture of an Emperor Pinguin:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/07\/Emperor_Penguin_Manchot_empereur.jpg\/220px-Emperor_Penguin_Manchot_empereur.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>That will be all. I hope everyone has fun, I know I will!<\/p>\n<p>-Jod<\/p>\n<p>*Slight dramatization.<\/p>\n<p>** Apologies for the shameless self-promotion there. Still a little bit giddy whenever I look at that list.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","time":"December 8th, 2013 3:37 pm","title":"The best weekend of december, LD28!","title_was_empty":false}