{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213_112151-300x225.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/b328f3c1fc27ff12cd4306319e32ee90.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213_112151.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/7722a7922c5f2a5b82b88b6a78b76511.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/zxeno\/","author_name":"ZXeno","cat":"LD #28","categories":["LD #28"],"comments":[],"epoch":1386938700,"event":"LD28","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"79535","p_author":"ZXeno","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288545","p_title":"My First Game Jam","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1386938700","p_likes":"4","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\/13\/my-first-game-jam-2\/","text":"<p>Oh dear universe, that sounds like a horrid porn title! Oh well, I\u2019m sticking with it.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m in on my first game jam ever. I started learning game\/software development in January of this year, but don\u2019t have all that much to directly show off. I have learned drastic amounts over the course of the last 4 months, after a 3 month break to handle several life transitions.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing I\u2019m hopeful for, is that I don\u2019t get over-ambitious and try to do something too complicated, lose motivation and then just give up. I\u2019ve had a couple of those projects recently, so I\u2019m actively focusing on trying to simplify.<\/p>\n<p>As for the tools I\u2019ll be using: Unity (C#), Paint.net\/GIMP\/Photoshop, Audacity, possibly Blender if I can get my brain around it, Visual Studio 2012, and probably something I\u2019ve forgotten exists that I use.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019re getting close now, I\u2019ve opted to clean up my workspace a bit and share it with all of you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/7722a7922c5f2a5b82b88b6a78b76511.jpg\"><img alt=\"20131213_112151\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-306353\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/b328f3c1fc27ff12cd4306319e32ee90.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t be live-streaming, but I will probably be blogging\/tweeting (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.signalreceived.com\">blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZXeno\">twitter<\/a>) my progress and screenshots throughout the weekend. I\u2019m also not against moving whatever my project ends up being to the jam instead of the dare if I need to, but I\u2019m still committed to hitting the 48 hour deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to everyone, wherever you are!<\/p>","time":"December 13th, 2013 12:45 pm","title":"My First Game Jam","title_was_empty":false}