{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/atomic_swerve\/","author_name":"atomic_swerve","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1398478740,"event":"LD29","likes":13,"metadata":{"p_key":"81225","p_author":"atomic_swerve","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290342","p_title":"Forerunner: Second milestone","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398478740","p_likes":"13","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\/26\/forerunner-second-milestone\/","text":"

Hey again!<\/p>\n

First of all, thanks to jedeen who linked me to GifCam<\/a>\u00a0and enabled me to make the below GIF in about 5 minutes:<\/p>\n

\"Forerunner<\/p>\n

Ended up playing back\u00a0a little faster than the game actually is, but if that\u2019s the difference of an hour of work I\u2019m not complaining.<\/p>\n

As you can see, the ground is scrolling with a parallax effect. Aside from the camera rotation and the little swerves of the player ship, there is\u00a0nothing<\/em>\u00a0actually moving on screen. I\u2019m instead manipulating the texture\u2019s tiling and offset values to merely create the illusion of motion. Why am I putting so much effort into illusory effects for this game? Who knows! But I\u2019m having fun.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I\u2019m planning on getting a quick skyline placeholder up, and then spending the majority\u00a0of my\u00a0daylight on creating the actual gameplay (imagine that, a game with gameplay). I really have to prioritize my art assets, though, since I\u2019m not a very accomplished artist and even a small texture will take me quite a bit of time\u2026That will probably be my evening and then some.<\/p>\n

Oh, by the way, I\u2019ve started collecting my animations\u00a0in this handy little album<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Tags: ld29<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 26th, 2014 2:19 am","title":"Forerunner: Second milestone","title_was_empty":false}