{"author_link":"\/users\/littlegamer","author_name":"LittleGamer","author_uid":"littlegamer","comments":[],"epoch":1712996250,"event":"LD55","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":389708,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"204781","p_author":"LittleGamer","p_authorkey":"1192099","p_urlkey":"440686","p_title":"Rough start","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD55","p_time":"1712996250","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1192099","us_name":"LittleGamer","us_username":"littlegamer","event_start":"1712966400","event_key":"120","event_name":"Ludum Dare 55"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":383062,"_trust":1,"author":192099,"body":"Kind of a rough start this time. After waking up in the night to check the theme, I got a bit embarrassed ; I had no idea what to do with this one, I don't really like the theme. But hey, it's part of the challenge. I wanted \"You're not the main character\", because I immediately had an idea.\n\nThe rest of the night was a bit hard for sleep, and dreams didn't really helped me get an idea.\n\nSo two hours ago in the morning I started pondering. what if I adapted my idea for not the main character to this theme ? It could actually work. But it loses a bit the spirit too. And an idea working for two themes seems a bit less compelling, all of a sudden.\n\nSo I kept thinking while taking my breakfast. And I decided, after four ideas, to go with a game where you are a witch trying to stop an evil force, in a horizontal shmup gameplay.\nThe twist : you summon not only your bullets, but also thunder and crows to help you, and even health refills and power up ! Want to activate a bullet time mode ? Summon seconds to Time itself !\nBut everything has a cost : summoning something asks for salt. And salt is not naturally found airborne. Solution ? Avoid the ennemies bullet with timed dodge to absorb their own, and extract the salt in their summoning by catching them in your summoning circle. Nothing too hard for a witch really.\n\n\nAbsolutely no idea if I'll be able to pull this off because it's a bit ambitious, and I actually can't commit full week end to the LD. But I'll try to do a Proof of Concept at least.\n\nHere are the first drafts : \n\n![LD Picture Drafts (2).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e63.jpg)\n\n![LD Picture Drafts (3).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e64.jpg)\n\n![LD Picture Drafts (4).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e65.jpg)\n\n![LD Picture Drafts (1).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e62.jpg)","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2024-04-13T09:11:43Z","created":"2024-04-13T08:06:37Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":389708,"love":5,"love-timestamp":"2024-04-13T10:39:46Z","meta":[],"modified":"2024-04-13T10:39:46Z","name":"Rough start","node-timestamp":"2024-04-13T08:18:07Z","parent":389705,"parents":[1,5,9,383062,389705],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/salt-them-up\/rough-start","published":"2024-04-13T08:17:30Z","scope":"public","slug":"rough-start","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1203531},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"389708","n_urlkey":"440686","n_parent":"389705","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/salt-them-up\/rough-start","n_slug":"rough-start","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"192099","n_created":"1712995597","n_modified":"1713004786","n_version":"1203531","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/salt-them-up\/rough-start","text":"Kind of a rough start this time. After waking up in the night to check the theme, I got a bit embarrassed ; I had no idea what to do with this one, I don't really like the theme. But hey, it's part of the challenge. I wanted \"You're not the main character\", because I immediately had an idea.\n\nThe rest of the night was a bit hard for sleep, and dreams didn't really helped me get an idea.\n\nSo two hours ago in the morning I started pondering. what if I adapted my idea for not the main character to this theme ? It could actually work. But it loses a bit the spirit too. And an idea working for two themes seems a bit less compelling, all of a sudden.\n\nSo I kept thinking while taking my breakfast. And I decided, after four ideas, to go with a game where you are a witch trying to stop an evil force, in a horizontal shmup gameplay.\nThe twist : you summon not only your bullets, but also thunder and crows to help you, and even health refills and power up ! Want to activate a bullet time mode ? Summon seconds to Time itself !\nBut everything has a cost : summoning something asks for salt. And salt is not naturally found airborne. Solution ? Avoid the ennemies bullet with timed dodge to absorb their own, and extract the salt in their summoning by catching them in your summoning circle. Nothing too hard for a witch really.\n\n\nAbsolutely no idea if I'll be able to pull this off because it's a bit ambitious, and I actually can't commit full week end to the LD. But I'll try to do a Proof of Concept at least.\n\nHere are the first drafts : \n\n![LD Picture Drafts (2).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e63.jpg)\n\n![LD Picture Drafts (3).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e64.jpg)\n\n![LD Picture Drafts (4).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e65.jpg)\n\n![LD Picture Drafts (1).jpg](\/\/\/raw\/36e\/e2\/z\/60e62.jpg)","title":"Rough start","wayback_source":[]}