{"author_name":"longshorts","cat":"LD #29","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 19, 2014 12:17 pm","epoch":1397927820,"text":"SECRET (THAT ISN’T REALLY A SECRET): If you don’t finish for the Compo, keep going! The Jam exists, too. Of course, that isn’t to say you shouldn’t try for the 48, but– it’s an option! Good luck! =)","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Glockenspiel","time":"April 19, 2014 4:20 pm","epoch":1397942400,"text":"for sound effects you can use sfxr or bfxr (random sound generators). bfxr is for 8 bit type sounds.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1397923920,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"33538","p_author":"longshorts","p_authorkey":"34312","p_urlkey":"69079","p_title":"I\u2019m all set for my first Ludum Dare!","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1397923920","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"34312","us_name":"longshorts","us_username":"longshorts","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"

Was a little nervous I wouldn’t be able to get next weekend off work, but finally found someone to cover me so I can take part! This will be my first LD, so I am super stoked! I don’t expect to score particularly well on my first time round, so I’m setting some realistic goals for myself.<\/p>\n

Cross the finish<\/strong> line –<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>I’ve seen quite a few scary stories regarding developers that have not finished their game within the allotted time. I will need to make this a high priority, as I’m renowned for being a slow worker, and I’m working in Java which isn’t exactly the fastest way to program a game imo.<\/strong>
\n Play that funky<\/strong> music<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong> – I’ve made two finished games in the past, both of which have included no sound at all. Creating music from scratch scares me, so learning it will be a challenge. I’m picking software that is completely new to me, and will hopefully be able to create some magical music that I can add to my LD entry.<\/p>\n

[My Developer Arsenal]<\/strong>
\n Programing Language:<\/em> Java
\n Development Framework:<\/em> Libgdx
\n IDE:<\/em> Eclipse
\n Graphics:<\/em> GIMP
\n Tilemap Editor:<\/em> Tiled
\n Sound Effects:<\/em> sfxr
\n Music:<\/em> LMMS<\/p>\n

I’ve got a lot of preparation that I want to do; learning LMMS, learning how to do shaders in Libgdx and learning shortcuts for all my tools to speed up the process. Better get crackin!<\/p>","time":"April 19th, 2014 11:12 am","title":"I\u2019m all set for my first Ludum Dare!"}