My fever broke this morning so it looks like I’ll be fine for entering! As for tools:
-flashdevelop
-flashpunk with Noel Berry’s advanced platforming engine
-graphicsgale
-and for sound a mixture of sfxr and just clawing at a chalkboard while screeching
I’m not ready but I’m in! Hopefully tonight I won’t be too lazy and will actually try experimenting with worlds and gravity, because looking at the themes my game will probably end up featuring that. There are some flashpunk games from past competitions that have those features so I will look at their source code to see how it’s done. I’ve tried to compete in a couple other LD’s but stopped a few hours short last time because of how awful my game was. This time I’m going to actually finish it no matter how bad it is.
It starts at 10 AM on Saturday here in Korea and I’ll be travelling around on a bus for a couple of hours shortly after the theme is announced so I’ll have plenty of time to brainstorm.
I’m using flashpunk and will use Noel Berry’s advanced platformer engine if I make platformer. I use pro motion for my graphics, and I don’t know what I’ll use for sound. I guess bfxr and audacity. I even created a twitter account to get ready @aHeraldR. Now I just need to tweet.
I got an idea about an hour ago on the bus back into town an hour ago. Now that I’ve eaten it’s time to get started. It’s similar to a Cormac McCarthy book which I haven’t read, but I’ve read the title and I think I know what it’s about.
Flashpunk is fine for an engine, Bfxr or whatever for sound, Cosmigo Pro Motion for graphics is okay, and why not Flashdevelop for code. So pumped.
I’m going to go lay down.
This weekend works perfectly for me, and I’m not sure if I’ll get a chance for the next few years so I definitely should take this opportunity! I’m not exactly shaking off rust so much as I am excavating fossils. I’m going to download and install flashdevelop and flashpunk and get it all set up and see what I remember. I’ll just keep it super, super simple. Have fun everyone!