{"author_name":"vincepascoe","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1374824460,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"42264","p_author":"vincepascoe","p_authorkey":"507273","p_urlkey":"77887","p_title":"day 4: Boarding pirates: I guess you can call it a game","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1374824460","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"507273","us_name":"vincepascoe","us_username":"vincepascoe","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Boarding-Pirates-day-4.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-263697\" alt=\"Boarding Pirates day 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Boarding-Pirates-day-4-300x226.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Boarding-Pirates-day-4-300x226.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Boarding-Pirates-day-4-550x415.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Boarding-Pirates-day-4.png 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>Ok basicly the goal is to kill the captin on the enemy ship before they kill yours!<br \/>\n and the game works there&#8217;s now a way to win!<\/p>\n <p>added:<br \/>\n basic unit sprites<br \/>\n win and lose screens<br \/>\n captains on each ship<br \/>\n enemy captain shoots at your closest crew (need to limit his range)<br \/>\n death animations<br \/>\n random blood!!<br \/>\n Bigger ships<br \/>\n scroll screen with mouse&#8230; (I think I&#8217;d rather have a W.A.S.D control I&#8217;ll try to add that tomorrow)<\/p>\n <p>Today&#8217;s fail:<br \/>\n tried to add some sound to the cannons and it really slowed down the playback to a slide show&#8230;<\/p>\n <p>Game play ranged from supper easy to impossible&#8230; wish I could find a better balance<\/p>\n <p>I really feel like I&#8217;m behind schedule and either I need to drop sound or drop all artwork or both and make the game better balanced! Any advice on where I should be at this point?<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"July 26th, 2013 2:41 am","title":"day 4: Boarding pirates: I guess you can call it a game"}