{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/snoringfrog\/","author_name":"SnoringFrog","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1398152280,"event":"LD29","likes":6,"metadata":{"p_key":"80015","p_author":"SnoringFrog","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"289025","p_title":"This is such a terrible idea but\u2026I\u2019m in","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398152280","p_likes":"6","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"source_url":"2014\/04\/22\/this-is-such-a-terrible-idea-but-im-in\/","text":"

LD Saturday marks my 3-year anniversary with my girlfriend; it\u2019s also my last weekend to work on various final projects before I graduate (I should be getting excited about that graduating college thing, but all I seem to be getting is tired). Basically, this is an absolutely terrible weekend for me to try making a game, but I\u2019m going to go for it anyways (looking back on my previous \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d posts, this is starting to become a theme for me).<\/p>\n

My usual LD goal-list looks something like this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Learn something new<\/li>\n
  2. Complete a game<\/li>\n
  3. Score better than 50% of participants in Compo\/Jam (whichever I join)<\/li>\n
  4. Score better than Puzzlem00n<\/a> in every category (one day, Tim\u2026one day!)<\/li>\n
  5. (Optional goal) Interpret the theme in a unique\/atypical way<\/li>\n
  6. (New goal!) Remember to do a post-mortem<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thanks to added stresses\/constraints of college and love and exhaustion and all that, I think I\u2019m going to have to forgo most of those, which means my goal list looks a bit more like this:<\/p>\n

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    1. Learn something new <\/del><\/li>\n
    2. Complete a game<\/del> thing<\/li>\n
    3. Score better than 50<\/del> 5% of participants in Compo\/Jam (whichever I join)<\/li>\n
    4. Score better than Puzzlem00n<\/a> in every category (one day, Tim\u2026one day!)<\/del><\/li>\n
    5. (Optional goal) Interpret the theme in a unique\/atypical way<\/del><\/li>\n
    6. Remember<\/del> Arrange for someone to do a post-mortem for me after the funeral<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Also thanks to additional stresses\/constraints, my toolset is probably going to be something I\u2019m already more familiar with (rather than using it to meet goal #2). It\u2019s all pretty up in the air, but I\u2019ve got a feeling it\u2019ll be something like this:<\/p>\n

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          • Language C#\/Lua (or a text-based game in Python)<\/li>\n
          • IDE: Visual Studio 2010\/Monogame (C#) or Vim\/Sublime (Lua and Python)<\/li>\n
          • Graphics: GIMP<\/li>\n
          • SFX: maybe sfxr\/bfxr, but probably nothing<\/li>\n
          • Music: maybe autotracker-c, but probably nothing<\/li>\n
          • Girlfriend Displeasure Diffuser: smooth talking<\/li>\n
          • Damage Control (after smooth talking failure): profuse apologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n

            Energy: caffeine<\/p>\n

            \u00a0<\/p>\n

              Motivation: caffeine\u201dSustenance\u201d: caffeineSleep: caffeineAnti-depressant: caffeineLifegiver: caffeineCaffeine: unpopular flavors of Monster, unusual energy drinks no one\u2019s ever heard of (both courtesy of Big Lots), hot tea (earl\/lady gray, lapsang souchong, gunpowder green, English breakfast)<\/ul>","time":"April 22nd, 2014 7:38 am","title":"This is such a terrible idea but\u2026I\u2019m in","title_was_empty":false}