Wow, time for another LD. How fast the time goes. I’m getting excited as usual. So many talented people (left and right brain thinkers) getting together in one (virtual) place. Let’s blow the (virtual) doors off this (virtual) place this time!<\/p>\n
Anyways, this will be at least my 10th LD (lost count actually) and I’m as excited as ever to create, create, create. That’s what this is all about to me in the end; I just love to create things.<\/p>\n
This time I’m going to build an old fashioned graphic adventure like Sierra’s Mystery House, which happened to be the first graphic adventure ever created.<\/p>\n
I’m going to go take photos with my new camera and use those as the source of the art I create. Should be a ton of fun. Like a wild goose chase but instead of chasing a goose, I’ll be running around trying to find the shots I need for the game. I’ve gotten pretty good with Photoshop too lately, so I think I’m ready.<\/p>\n
In the last LD, I created my own javascript interactive fiction engine, but I think it’s too specific to reuse without serious changes. Since I don’t want to spend the time on technical issues this time, I’m planning to use a nice IF engine called ChoiceScript which looks a little better than Twine and seems to have the features I will need.<\/p>\n
The key for my entry to be any good is I have to come up with a good story, so I’m trying to read as much as possible to get my mind in the right mental shape. Garbage in, garbage out, as they say.<\/p>\n
Good luck to all who enter the contest and have fun!<\/p>","time":"August 9th, 2013 9:29 am","title":"The Secret of Getting Ahead is Getting Started (Mark Twain)"}