{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ld30_screenshot3.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/7e3dbd763e73f0ac814ba2da6ccb050e.png"}],"author_link":"author\/bamboo\/","author_name":"Devtactics","cat":"LD #30","categories":["LD #30"],"comments":[],"epoch":1408863840,"event":"LD30","likes":21,"metadata":{"p_key":"81795","p_author":"Devtactics","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290912","p_title":"Shifting focus from the compo to the jam","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408863840","p_likes":"21","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\/24\/shifting-focus-from-the-compo-to-the-jam\/","text":"<p>There was too much stuff going on this weekend and I also got off to a very sluggish start, so my game isn\u2019t in great shape right now. Definitely won\u2019t be ready for the 48hr deadline, but I\u2019ll see what I can get done in time for the jam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfycat.com\/YearlyInformalKodiakbear\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter\" height=\"235\" src=\"http:\/\/giant.gfycat.com\/YearlyInformalKodiakbear.gif\" width=\"430\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s some sort of gladiator vs slime thing, with the <em>Connected Worlds<\/em> elements only barely implemented at this point. No title, no title screen, no sound (as usual). But it does have little birds circling in the sky! Lots of time has been spent on the camera, which is still a bit glitchy.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m also using Unity\u2019s standard ThirdPersonController script. It\u2019s\u00a0shocking just how terrible it is.\u00a0I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s provided as an \u2018official\u2019 asset. The code is a mess in so many ways \u2014 I was sorely tempted to start cleaning it up but the clock was ticking.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"ld30_screenshot3\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-381451\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2014\/08\/7e3dbd763e73f0ac814ba2da6ccb050e.png\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 2px;background: #fff;\"><div class=\"iLikeThis\" id=\"iLikeThis-381330\"><span class=\"counter\"><a class=\"image\" onclick=\"likeThis(381330);\">21<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"postmetadata\">\n<small>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Sunday, August 24th, 2014 at 7:04 am\t\t\t\t\t\tand is filed under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/category\/ld-30\/\" rel=\"category tag\" title=\"View all posts in LD #30\">LD #30<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/08\/24\/shifting-focus-from-the-compo-to-the-jam\/feed\/\">RSS 2.0<\/a> feed.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can <a href=\"#respond\">leave a response<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/08\/24\/shifting-focus-from-the-compo-to-the-jam\/trackback\/\" rel=\"trackback\">trackback<\/a> from your own site.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/small>\n<\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2014 7:04 am","title":"Shifting focus from the compo to the jam","title_was_empty":false}