{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/robothobodanceparty\/","author_name":"RobotHoboDanceParty","cat":"LD #32","categories":["LD #32"],"comments":[],"epoch":1429329240,"event":"LD32","likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"82718","p_author":"RobotHoboDanceParty","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"293450","p_title":"Making great progress for my first LD Jam","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1429329240","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"source_url":"2015\/04\/18\/making-great-progress-for-my-first-ld-jam\/","text":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For the theme, I thought what is more unconventional than a weapon that has as much of a chance at killing you as it does the enemies? And then it hit me\u2026 GIANT SPIKY BALL OF DEATH!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LD32.gif\"><img alt=\"LD32\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-445494 size-full\" height=\"434\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LD32.gif\" width=\"626\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Its my fist time using physics in Game Maker so things are still a little buggy but I got the \u201cBall of Death\u201d working so I got that going for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Things I want\u00a0to add:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Power ups to make the chain shorter or longer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Enemy AI (Some will run at you, others may try to dodge the \u201cBall of Death\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Sound effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A bigger map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A scoring system<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Title screen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Game over<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The blood splatter effect I got from the amazing Zack Bell, his tutorial can be found here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http:\/\/zackbellgames.com\/2015\/03\/31\/effects-blood-splatter\/#more-442<\/p>","time":"April 18th, 2015 3:54 am","title":"Making great progress for my first LD Jam","title_was_empty":false}