{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/workspace-pic-550x391.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/a43711de8eac619aa7888674113418c1.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/workspace-pic.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/420884fd7dddd464f3674df6d0133128.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/dcolgan\/","author_name":"dcolgan","cat":"LD #27","categories":["LD #27"],"comments":[],"epoch":1377250740,"event":"LD27","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"79561","p_author":"dcolgan","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"288571","p_title":"Making a game with a web framework?","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377250740","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\/23\/making-a-game-with-a-web-framework\/","text":"<p>Hello all! \u00a0This will be something like my 6th Ludum Dare, and I\u2019m just as excited about this one as the ones before. \u00a0Since my completion rate with traditional game engines has been hit or miss, I thought I would try something new this time.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a web developer by trade, and the library I know the best is the Django web framework. \u00a0So I thought, why not make a game using Django? \u00a0Over the past few weeks I\u2019ve been experimenting with this approach and have found it to actually work pretty well. \u00a0So I\u2019ll be looking to make some sort of MMO website game thing without any rendering engine other than plain old html and css. \u00a0So, tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Python\/Django<\/li>\n<li>Django Rest Framework<\/li>\n<li>The Python Imaging Library<\/li>\n<li>Coffeescript<\/li>\n<li>KnockoutJS<\/li>\n<li>Bootstrap 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ll be streaming the whole time, starting by at least 6pm EST today if you want to join the party!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/dvcolgan\">twitch.tv\/dvcolgan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My starting code base can be found at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dcolgan\/ludumdare27\">https:\/\/github.com\/dcolgan\/ludumdare27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, obligatory workspace pic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/420884fd7dddd464f3674df6d0133128.jpg\"><img alt=\"workspace-pic\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-271526\" height=\"391\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2013\/08\/a43711de8eac619aa7888674113418c1.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/workspace-pic-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/workspace-pic-550x391.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/workspace-pic.jpg 800w\" width=\"550\"\/><\/a><\/p>","time":"August 23rd, 2013 9:39 am","title":"Making a game with a web framework?","title_was_empty":false}