{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/game_mockup_1.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/57d5a1bd577063bbbb2249b5c34a4c6e.png"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/game_mockup_1.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/57d5a1bd577063bbbb2249b5c34a4c6e.png"}],"author_link":"author\/zapaman\/","author_name":"zapaman","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1408744500,"event":"LD30","likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"81682","p_author":"zapaman","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290799","p_title":"Fantasy Warrior Manager: 4h in","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408744500","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"source_url":"2014\/08\/22\/fantasy-warrior-manager-4h-in\/","text":"<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"The_Game:\">The Game:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Fantasy Warrior Manager is a 2D tile-based game, designed around the limitations of a NDS screen, in which the player assumes the role of a Tribe Leader. He must train and provide food for his warriors, in order to make them stronger. Every week a cosmic event takes place and merges the worlds of the game into one, and a battle between tribes take place. The goal of the game is to get your population to survive for one month (in-game time).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Technical_.28Self-imposed_limitations.29:\">Technical (Self-imposed limitations):<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>256\u00d7384 resolution<\/li>\n<li>16\u00d716 tiles (for the backgrounds and characters) and 16\u00d732 \/ 32\u00d716 \/ 32\u00d732 for the actual buildings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Challenges:\">Challenges:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>work around the small resolution<\/li>\n<li>establish a way to visually differentiate between units<\/li>\n<li>find a way to represent armies of units on a screen that can only display 16 tiles on the X axis and 24 on the Y<\/li>\n<li>create a non-intrusive UI that can work on a small screen-space<\/li>\n<li>design a fun AI to give the player a run for his \u201cmoney\u201d<\/li>\n<li>do all of this in &lt;48h<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Progress_Report:\">Progress Report:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><i>4 hours into the challenge<\/i>: I only made some mock-ups of the game\u2019s art style and ui. Now that I know what direction I want to take, I can start coding. Here are two FAKE screenshots:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/57d5a1bd577063bbbb2249b5c34a4c6e.png\"><img alt=\"game_mockup_1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-375251\" height=\"422\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/57d5a1bd577063bbbb2249b5c34a4c6e.png\" width=\"274\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/game_mockup_2.png\"><img alt=\"game_mockup_2\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-375252\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/game_mockup_2.png\" width=\"274\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/fantasy-warrior-manager\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fantasy Warrior Manager<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/worlds\/\" rel=\"tag\">Worlds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/zapaman\/\" rel=\"tag\">Zapaman<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2014 9:55 pm","title":"Fantasy Warrior Manager: 4h in","title_was_empty":false}