{"author_link":"\/users\/duke1102","author_name":"duke1102","author_uid":"duke1102","comments":[],"epoch":1533671741,"event":"LD42","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":103413,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"116124","p_author":"duke1102","p_authorkey":"1003234","p_urlkey":"332107","p_title":"Ready for the weekend full of jamming!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD42","p_time":"1533671741","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1003234","us_name":"duke1102","us_username":"duke1102","event_start":"1533859200","event_key":"73","event_name":"LD 42"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD42","removed_author":false},"_superparent":97793,"_trust":1,"author":3234,"body":"As I posted earlier last week, I'm most likely participating in this wonderful 42. Ludum Dare. So far the Theme Voting is encouraging.  \n\nThe tools of my choice are fairly common and nothing special and I will probably stick to 2D for simplicity, but here we go:  \n\n- **Game Engine**\n    - Unity3D or Godot\n- **Graphics**\n    - Photoshop\n    - Pyxel Edit\n    - Blender (**maybe**)\n    - I might experiment with Rotoscoping using \"Paint of Persia\" (https:\/\/dunin.itch.io\/ptop)\n- **Audio**\n    - Audacity\n    - Mixcraft 8\n    - Abundant Music (probably; http:\/\/abundant-music.com\/) or some similar Algorithmic Music Generator\n- **IDE\/Text Editor**\n    - Visual Studio 2017\n    - Visual Studio Code\n- **Organisation Tools**\n    - Trello\n    - Paper & Pencil\n    - Whiteboard\n- **Version Control**\n    - Git (with GitHub)\n- **Relaxation Tools**\n    - Comfy couch\n    - 2 extremely cuddly cats\n- **Hydration Tools**\n    - Countless cans of generic energy drinks\n    - Generic Cola\n    - Tasty water from my tap\n- **Getting my Mind Off Coding Tools**\n    - Fresh air outside\n    - Android Phone with Pokemon Go\n    - Ukulele\n\nOkay, that's about it. I'd imagine this set of tools is rather common for a lot of folks, except maybe 2 extremely cuddly cats keeping me company and definitely trying to get my attention if they get hungry or in need of pets. But I'll survive that!  \n\nAs a reward for reading this post, have a picture of my cats! [Click me!](https:\/\/puu.sh\/AbsMp\/6f9f6bdd45.jpg)  \n\nSee you this weekend!\n\n# Do you know about the Ludum Dare IRC Channel?  \n**EDIT:** Oh! Tim just asked me to remind everyone who's reading about the Ludum Dare IRC Channel over on AfterNET! Feel free to connect and join **#ludumdare on irc.afternet.org** with your favorite IRC client and discuss the jam with other jammers! If you don't have a client for IRC, I recommend Hexchat (https:\/\/hexchat.github.io\/) - nice and easy to use client. If you'd rather want to use a web based client, google for Mibbit or Kiwi IRC.","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2018-08-07T21:44:21Z","created":"2018-08-07T19:33:46Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":103413,"love":5,"love-timestamp":"2018-08-08T08:08:02Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-08-08T08:08:02Z","name":"Ready for the weekend full of jamming!","node-timestamp":"2018-08-07T20:01:46Z","parent":100594,"parents":[1,5,9,97793,100594],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/$100594\/ready-for-the-weekend-full-of-jamming","published":"2018-08-07T19:55:41Z","scope":"public","slug":"ready-for-the-weekend-full-of-jamming","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":297100},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"103413","n_urlkey":"332107","n_parent":"100594","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/$100594\/ready-for-the-weekend-full-of-jamming","n_slug":"ready-for-the-weekend-full-of-ja","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"3234","n_created":"1533670426","n_modified":"1533715682","n_version":"297100","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/$100594\/ready-for-the-weekend-full-of-jamming","text":"As I posted earlier last week, I'm most likely participating in this wonderful 42. Ludum Dare. So far the Theme Voting is encouraging.  \n\nThe tools of my choice are fairly common and nothing special and I will probably stick to 2D for simplicity, but here we go:  \n\n- **Game Engine**\n    - Unity3D or Godot\n- **Graphics**\n    - Photoshop\n    - Pyxel Edit\n    - Blender (**maybe**)\n    - I might experiment with Rotoscoping using \"Paint of Persia\" (https:\/\/dunin.itch.io\/ptop)\n- **Audio**\n    - Audacity\n    - Mixcraft 8\n    - Abundant Music (probably; http:\/\/abundant-music.com\/) or some similar Algorithmic Music Generator\n- **IDE\/Text Editor**\n    - Visual Studio 2017\n    - Visual Studio Code\n- **Organisation Tools**\n    - Trello\n    - Paper & Pencil\n    - Whiteboard\n- **Version Control**\n    - Git (with GitHub)\n- **Relaxation Tools**\n    - Comfy couch\n    - 2 extremely cuddly cats\n- **Hydration Tools**\n    - Countless cans of generic energy drinks\n    - Generic Cola\n    - Tasty water from my tap\n- **Getting my Mind Off Coding Tools**\n    - Fresh air outside\n    - Android Phone with Pokemon Go\n    - Ukulele\n\nOkay, that's about it. I'd imagine this set of tools is rather common for a lot of folks, except maybe 2 extremely cuddly cats keeping me company and definitely trying to get my attention if they get hungry or in need of pets. But I'll survive that!  \n\nAs a reward for reading this post, have a picture of my cats! [Click me!](https:\/\/puu.sh\/AbsMp\/6f9f6bdd45.jpg)  \n\nSee you this weekend!\n\n# Do you know about the Ludum Dare IRC Channel?  \n**EDIT:** Oh! Tim just asked me to remind everyone who's reading about the Ludum Dare IRC Channel over on AfterNET! Feel free to connect and join **#ludumdare on irc.afternet.org** with your favorite IRC client and discuss the jam with other jammers! If you don't have a client for IRC, I recommend Hexchat (https:\/\/hexchat.github.io\/) - nice and easy to use client. If you'd rather want to use a web based client, google for Mibbit or Kiwi IRC.","title":"Ready for the weekend full of jamming!","wayback_source":[]}