{"author_name":"qbicfeet","cat":"LD #34","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 12, 2015 9:21 am","epoch":1449930060,"text":"woo! sounds really interesting. good luck!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1449929520,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"11278","p_author":"qbicfeet","p_authorkey":"29223","p_urlkey":"46515","p_title":"It\u2019s a start","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1449929520","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"29223","us_name":"qbicfeet","us_username":"qbicfeet","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PICO-8_0.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-513523 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PICO-8_0.gif\" alt=\"PICO-8_0\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Since I live in Europe I only woke up a couple of hours ago after a good night&#8217;s sleep, so here&#8217;s my progress after about 3 hours of tinkering.<\/p>\n <p>The basic game idea is:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>You are an unfortunate plant living far below the surface and your goal is to reach the surface.<\/li>\n <li>In order to &#8220;climb&#8221;, you\u00a0shoot a\u00a0seed. This kills the current flower, but if the seed lands safely on a platform\u00a0a child sprouts and carries on your legacy.<\/li>\n <li>If the seed is destroyed,\u00a0you lose!<\/li>\n <li>Reaching certain milestones (say 50 meters) lets you pick and choose between upgrades, such as controlling the seed&#8217;s trajectory mid-flight or making it more resistant to damage.<\/li>\n <li>The entire game is controlled using only the left and right\u00a0arrow keys and what each button or button combination does depends on context.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>So far I&#8217;ve only got the very basics down, but most of the core foundations are in place so hopefully\u00a0the pace\u00a0should pick up from here on out.<\/p>","time":"December 12th, 2015 9:12 am","title":"It\u2019s a start"}