{"author_name":"SimianLogic","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398521580,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"31851","p_author":"SimianLogic","p_authorkey":"15570","p_urlkey":"67350","p_title":"We\u2019re in! Loch Ness \/ Lake Monster Puzzle Thing.","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398521580","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15570","us_name":"SimianLogic","us_username":"simianlogic","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"<p>Even though I just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/04\/21\/free-tool-poker-card-generator\/\">finished a tool for making poker cards<\/a>, my wife Diana wanted to participate in this Ludum Dare and learn how to use Unity. Last night we brainstormed ideas.<\/p>\n <p>Rejected ideas:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>you&#8217;re a cave dweller\u00a0lady who can only survive in the sun for a few moments. you have to run out and snatch men and take them back underground to your cave harem<\/li>\n <li>there are monsters under your bed and you have to trick them into coming out<\/li>\n <li>you&#8217;re a washing machine and you steal socks<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>What we&#8217;re going with:<\/p>\n <p>You&#8217;re the Loch Ness monster, but not the dinosaur one that everyone thinks you\u00a0are. Something more tentacle-y. Your goal is to avoid detection by sonar boats and submarines, sneak a tentacle up to the surface, and snatch tourists.<\/p>\n <p>Thinking we&#8217;ll do it puzzle-game style, where each level has a set number of tourists to grab and a set number of patrolling enemies.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/04\/26\/were-in-loch-ness-lake-monster-puzzle-thing\/photo-on-4-26-14-at-11-05-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-345713\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-345713 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Photo-on-4-26-14-at-11.05-AM-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"Photo on 4-26-14 at 11.05 AM\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Photo-on-4-26-14-at-11.05-AM-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Photo-on-4-26-14-at-11.05-AM-550x366.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Photo-on-4-26-14-at-11.05-AM.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>This morning so far I&#8217;ve gotten her set up on github and Unity and we&#8217;re about to start working on the tentacle prototype.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2014\/04\/26\/were-in-loch-ness-lake-monster-puzzle-thing\/screen-shot-2014-04-26-at-11-00-45-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-345557\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-345557 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-26-at-11.00.45-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-26 at 11.00.45 AM\" width=\"290\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>Tools:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Unity<\/li>\n <li>Photoshop for me, Krita for Diana<\/li>\n <li>(maybe Flash, thinking we won&#8217;t need animation, though)<\/li>\n <li>Glyph Designer<\/li>\n <li>Texture Packer<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"April 26th, 2014 9:13 am","title":"We\u2019re in! Loch Ness \/ Lake Monster Puzzle Thing."}