{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arcticantics.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/04\/f9448e5f3c7597b51c4b76f8175a9e42.gif"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arcticantics.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/04\/f9448e5f3c7597b51c4b76f8175a9e42.gif"}],"author_link":"author\/miltage\/","author_name":"Miltage","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1398680700,"event":"LD29","likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"81396","p_author":"Miltage","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290513","p_title":"A tale of ice and orcas","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398680700","p_likes":"12","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\/28\/a-tale-of-ice-and-orcas\/","text":"

Finished my 6th LD entry with 30 minutes to spare, which is a first for me. Usually I\u2019m scrambling in the last 15 minutes to add sound or buttons, but not this time. Perhaps I\u2019m learning to manage my time better.<\/p>\n

I will say this though: the last 6 hours of the competition pass far quicker than the rest. They feel more like one hour.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019ve had some sleep, I\u2019ll write a post about my entry.<\/p>\n

Arctic Antics<\/strong><\/p>\n

A game about ice-skating, paper collecting and orca avoiding!<\/p>\n

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Man the harpoons!<\/p><\/div>\n

You play an arctic researcher who has clumsily lost their life\u2019s work,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0pages blowing across the frozen sea. You\u00a0take to the ice in an effort to recover your research, but\u00a0the orcas you study have different plans though\u2026<\/p>\n

My original idea was to have many different sea creatures breaking through the ice, but upon realising how time consuming drawing all those would be, I decided to limit the scope and adjust the story to fit. I also wanted to add bits of ice flying around when an orca smashes through, and lots of blood when an orca does manage to eat you.<\/p>\n

I probably spent a third of the competition working on the ice alone, which is all procedurally drawn. The other third was drawing and animating the 8 directions of the skater, yikes\u2026<\/p>\n

Overall, I\u2019m very happy with how it turned out, even if I wasn\u2019t able to add all the nice things I wanted.<\/p>\n

I had a whale<\/strong><\/em> of a time making this one, and can\u2019t wait to try some of the other entries I\u2019ve had my ice<\/strong><\/em> on. (Okay, that\u2019s pun\u2019s a bit of a stretch, but I\u2019m keeping it.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a link to the game<\/a>, give it a go!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>","time":"April 28th, 2014 10:25 am","title":"A tale of ice and orcas","title_was_empty":false}