{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/S01lLogo_250.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/34facd9ce79046ac6065df9313b023bd.png"}],"author_link":"author\/capnlove\/","author_name":"Simon Love","cat":"LD #27","categories":["LD #27"],"comments":[],"epoch":1376863800,"event":"LD27","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"79438","p_author":"Simon Love","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288448","p_title":"LD27 : Dive in","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1376863800","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"source_url":"2013\/08\/18\/ld27-dive-in\/","text":"<p>I\u2019ve finally decided to dive headfirst into the arena.<\/p>\n<p>I will be using the Torque 2D game engine, which is entirely open-source under the MIT license since february of this year.<\/p>\n<p>I will provide the results of my entry on my github page and submit a pre-compiled .exe version to the voters, of course!<\/p>\n<p>You may find the source code to this particular version of the \u00a0engine at the URL below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/capnlove\/Torque2D\/tree\/LD27\">https:\/\/github.com\/capnlove\/Torque2D\/tree\/LD27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attention OSX users : If anyone wants to compile the engine for OSX (from the repository linked above) and shoot me the .app, I will gladly convert the entry to support both platforms (Windows &amp; OSX)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The road to LD27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past 2 weeks, I\u2019ve been fixing bugs in the engine, testing every aspect of it to make sure that T2D is ready for this type of competition.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve tested the art asset pipeline and timed myself to evaluate how long certain tasks may take.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I\u2019ve learned is that no matter how prepared you are, you have NO IDEA of how the competition will turn out.<\/p>\n<p>Will my game be any fun, will I spend time unwisely on aspects that aren\u2019t necessary, will I have something coherent after the 48 hours?<\/p>\n<p>All those questions plague the mind but no answers can be found until the iron is forged in the fires of Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You may follow my updates here and on my personal blog at s01l.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-admin\/www.s01l.com\"><img alt=\"S01lLogo_250\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-267121\" height=\"175\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/34facd9ce79046ac6065df9313b023bd.png\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/S01lLogo_250-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/S01lLogo_250.png 250w\" width=\"175\"\/><\/a><\/p>","time":"August 18th, 2013 10:10 pm","title":"LD27 : Dive in","title_was_empty":false}