{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/radfish-550x300.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/12\/8b8db90ecf6948195617d9d9fe8c28bd.png"}],"author_link":"author\/alexrose\/","author_name":"Alex Rose","cat":"LD #28","categories":["LD #28"],"comments":[],"epoch":1386503880,"event":"LD28","likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"80382","p_author":"Alex Rose","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"289392","p_title":"Back Again. Dilated.","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1386503880","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\/back-again-dilated\/","text":"

It is time. The moment the whole world has collectively been waiting for. The next installment in the timeless Rude Bear franchise.<\/p>\n

This\u2019ll be my fourth LD, and boy am I nervous! Every Ludum Dare I compete in the jam with my housemate @Panttts<\/a> who makes the graphics, to make a game in the Rude Bear series.<\/p>\n

It started with LD25 with Rude Bear<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Rude

You can tell we went all out on the animation budget.<\/p><\/div>\n

Then there was the one we don\u2019t talk about<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Radfish<\/a>

It may have been a buggy mess but I still loved it like a terrible, disappointing child.<\/p><\/div>\n

And finally there was Rude Bear Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"2D

Redefining the definition of \u201cEasy Mode\u201d for a generation.<\/p><\/div>\n

Incredibly, RBR (As in, Rude Bear Radio, not that other one<\/a>) made the front page of Gamasutra:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Right under Gabe. Including Russian Roulette.<\/p><\/div>\n

As well as the IndieGames.com Freeware Pick, one of many of the Ludum Dare 27 highlights by IndieStatik.com and being picked on The AV Club\u2019s Gameological society<\/a> by the lovely Derrick Sanskrit, (\u201cThere are eight micro-games in all, ranging from awful to sort-of-cute-I-guess\u201d quote unquote).<\/p>\n

So what this really means is, the next Rude Bear game has to be even better.<\/p>\n

And that scares me.<\/p>\n

The ace up my sleeve this time, though, is going to be focusing on making a game that you can play for 1 minute without losing. I\u2019m going to try really, really<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>hard not to make it impossibly difficult this time around.<\/p>\n

Plus proper hit detection, mutter mutter.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to be using Unity\u2019s new 2D engine this time, bada bing. Should save me a bunch of time I spent dilly dallying last time with invisible colliders last time.<\/p>\n

We wanted to do a vastly different game genre every time, but we\u2019re running out of genres we both like. We won\u2019t know what it\u2019ll be until the theme comes out, but since I want to get some more practise in with Unity2D, it\u2019s likely going to be some kind of platformer\/run n gun\/blah.<\/p>\n

Also, I\u2019m releasing my first commercial game<\/a> in 2 days!<\/p>\n

\"2D<\/a>

This is the part where you bookmark this in your browser for Tuesday.<\/p><\/div>\n

What this does<\/em> mean is that there could be some kind of super horrifying glitch (.. though hopefully not) that I have to attend to at some point during the jam. I really, really<\/em>, really<\/em><\/strong> hope this isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n

But anyway, yeah!<\/p>\n

Bring it on. Rude Bear\u2019s back.<\/p>","time":"December 8th, 2013 11:58 am","title":"Back Again. Dilated.","title_was_empty":false}