{"author_link":"\/users\/yngvarr","author_name":"Yngvarr","author_uid":"yngvarr","comments":[],"epoch":1553494623,"event":"LD44","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":140086,"likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"127752","p_author":"Yngvarr","p_authorkey":"1002490","p_urlkey":"343879","p_title":"Let's begin!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD44","p_time":"1553494623","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1002490","us_name":"Yngvarr","us_username":"yngvarr","event_start":"1556236800","event_key":"75","event_name":"LD 44"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD44","removed_author":false},"_superparent":139254,"_trust":12,"author":2490,"body":"![bear.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/ab9\/z\/20074.jpg)\n\nWhat time is it? It's the time for an early bird \"I'm in\" post!\n\nIt will be my 5th LD in a row, so I'm excited and engaged to finish the game and make it the most polished game of mine. I know, I always say it, but this very time I've got a plan.\n\nSeveral things make the upcoming LD special for me:\n\n* [Siberian Game Jam](https:\/\/vk.com\/sibgamejam) team is hosting the local event again! It's always so much fun to jam together with the best developers of the city. So if you're planning to jam somewhere around **Novosibirsk**, head to *CityCenter*, we're waiting for you.\n\n* My girlfriend @syudzius decided to join me this time! No more \"programmer's art\" 'cause the real artist appeared out of the blue and said _\"heard you're a jammer, I wanna join\"_ (okay, it was slightly different). She's also so thrilled with her first game jam, can't wait to start!\n\n* My old buddy @komnotmr is still busy with his army stuff and won't be around to generate bright ideas and implement features. =(\n\nTalking about tools, here's what I've got:\n\n* It's sad to admit, but despite spending nights trying all the weird stuff I could find, including Forth, Haxe, several Lisps, Elixir and even a good old C (no additional characters included), I still prefer to make games in _JavaScript_. Maybe someday the curse will be broken, but for now I want to concentrate on polishing the game, not building my own tool.\n\n* _Vim_ still is the best text editor I tried.\n\n* I have no idea what software will my real artist use to produce Real Art\u2122.\n\n* I have no idea what software do musicians use to produce sounds, but I've got an _Akai Professional LPK25_ and I'm definitely using it for the jam. I'm aware that the word \"Professional\" in the name doesn't make me a composer, but hey, it still has a better interface then any software synth I used. :laughing: \n\nLet's make some games! :video_game: And may the theme not suck this time (seriously, we can do better than applying \"Running out of...\" to every single noun on Earth).\n\n","comments":8,"comments-timestamp":"2019-04-01T01:55:46Z","created":"2019-03-25T06:12:29Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":140086,"love":9,"love-timestamp":"2019-04-05T10:48:20Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-04-05T10:48:20Z","name":"Let's begin!","node-timestamp":"2019-03-25T12:14:54Z","parent":139362,"parents":[1,5,9,139254,139362],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/shellshark\/lets-begin","published":"2019-03-25T06:17:03Z","scope":"public","slug":"lets-begin","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":419464},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"140086","n_urlkey":"343879","n_parent":"139362","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/shellshark\/lets-begin","n_slug":"lets-begin","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"2490","n_created":"1553494349","n_modified":"1554461300","n_version":"419464","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/shellshark\/lets-begin","text":"![bear.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/ab9\/z\/20074.jpg)\n\nWhat time is it? It's the time for an early bird \"I'm in\" post!\n\nIt will be my 5th LD in a row, so I'm excited and engaged to finish the game and make it the most polished game of mine. I know, I always say it, but this very time I've got a plan.\n\nSeveral things make the upcoming LD special for me:\n\n* [Siberian Game Jam](https:\/\/vk.com\/sibgamejam) team is hosting the local event again! It's always so much fun to jam together with the best developers of the city. So if you're planning to jam somewhere around **Novosibirsk**, head to *CityCenter*, we're waiting for you.\n\n* My girlfriend @syudzius decided to join me this time! No more \"programmer's art\" 'cause the real artist appeared out of the blue and said _\"heard you're a jammer, I wanna join\"_ (okay, it was slightly different). She's also so thrilled with her first game jam, can't wait to start!\n\n* My old buddy @komnotmr is still busy with his army stuff and won't be around to generate bright ideas and implement features. =(\n\nTalking about tools, here's what I've got:\n\n* It's sad to admit, but despite spending nights trying all the weird stuff I could find, including Forth, Haxe, several Lisps, Elixir and even a good old C (no additional characters included), I still prefer to make games in _JavaScript_. Maybe someday the curse will be broken, but for now I want to concentrate on polishing the game, not building my own tool.\n\n* _Vim_ still is the best text editor I tried.\n\n* I have no idea what software will my real artist use to produce Real Art\u2122.\n\n* I have no idea what software do musicians use to produce sounds, but I've got an _Akai Professional LPK25_ and I'm definitely using it for the jam. I'm aware that the word \"Professional\" in the name doesn't make me a composer, but hey, it still has a better interface then any software synth I used. :laughing: \n\nLet's make some games! :video_game: And may the theme not suck this time (seriously, we can do better than applying \"Running out of...\" to every single noun on Earth).\n\n","title":"Let's begin!","wayback_source":[]}