{"author_name":"deathray","cat":"LD #35","comments":[],"epoch":1460607720,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"8463","p_author":"deathray","p_authorkey":"17861","p_urlkey":"43910","p_title":"Thoughts on Each Final Theme \u2026and I\u2019m in!","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1460607720","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"17861","us_name":"deathray","us_username":"deathray","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"<p>I went through each theme and wrote up a game idea or a reason why I don&#8217;t like the theme:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/deathraygames.tumblr.com\/post\/142775660982\/final-theme-voting-for-ldjam-ld35-and-my\">http:\/\/deathraygames.tumblr.com\/post\/142775660982\/final-theme-voting-for-ldjam-ld35-and-my<\/a><\/p>\n <p>7 green, 5 yellow, 8 red.\u00a0I&#8217;m excited that there are quite a few good themes on the list!<\/p>\n <p>In case it wasn&#8217;t obvious: <em>I&#8217;m in<\/em>. It will be my 11th consecutive Ludum Dare. I guess that makes me a veteran?<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll be working with my usual toolset:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>JavaScript, HTML, CSS, all written in a Sublime editor and tested in Chrome.<\/li>\n <li>For artwork I&#8217;ll be trying to do it all in Pickle (I loved Pickle 1, so I recently bought Pickle 2; I&#8217;ve seen a lot of bugs in it so far, but it&#8217;s too late to switch editors now).<\/li>\n <li>Libraries: probably just my open source RocketBoots set of game-building tools, with jQuery, and possibly another OSS js library if I get experimental.<\/li>\n <li>Sound\/Music: Maybe bfxr for a few sounds, but it&#8217;s probably better off if I\u00a0<em>don&#8217;t<\/em> attempt music and leave it quiet.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I&#8217;m also going to try to take on the additional challenge of limiting myself to 64 pixels x 64 pixels for <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/jam\/lowrezjam2016\">the low rez game jam<\/a>. I&#8217;m also excited to try out <a href=\"http:\/\/pixeljoint.com\/forum\/forum_posts.asp?TID=16247\">this color palette<\/a> that I&#8217;ve admired for a while. We&#8217;ll see how it goes&#8230;<\/p>\n <p>Good luck to everyone!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/browser\/\" rel=\"tag\">browser<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/deathraygames\/\" rel=\"tag\">deathraygames<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/html\/\" rel=\"tag\">html<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/im-in\/\" rel=\"tag\">im in<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/javascript\/\" rel=\"tag\">javascript<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 13th, 2016 11:22 pm","title":"Thoughts on Each Final Theme \u2026and I\u2019m in!"}