With under 20 hours until the competition begins (I started writing this when it ticked over), I finally remembered I needed to make one of these posts. I have been planning ot do this competition since the last LD, where I made my first ‘game’ even though there where many glitches and bugs and it was unplayable on Macs due to me being silly when programming. But I did finish it, so this time I aim to do the same! Since the last LD I have started to learn Flashpunk with AS3. I do have some *limited* previous experience with flixel but thought that it was too platformer oriented, so I started to learn Flashpunk and have to say, I am loving it. So here is my post:

• Engine/Framework: Flashpunk
• Language: AS3
• Editor: Flashdevelop V4 (I think…)
• Audio: SFXR, or something of a similar kind..
• Music: FL Studio or Garage Band if I feel like my game needs it
• and finally Graphics: Now it either depends what I will be doing. Either Paint.Net (for pixel stuff) or Flash CS5 (if I decide to go with Vectors for characters)
• Tiled or Ogmo for Map Editing (or I might do some bitmap levels in Paint.NET or Photoshop CS5)
• Timelapse: Chronolapse

So I think that’s about all I need to say. I will be streaming over at http://twitch.tv/atomicmonkeypro so come by and watch me code and stuffs 😛 Hopefully I don’t get too distracted by talking to people on Skype or Youtube.

And after the compo I will be planning on releasing the timelapse on my YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/AtomicMonkeyPro along with an idea that another LD’er suggested to me. A documentary on the creation of it. I do not plan on doing it immediately after or during the competition, but I thought it could be a fun way to make a *different* Post-Mortem, even though I will still make the normal text entry on here.

Have fun and congratulations if you are still reading this! 😛 All of your have fun in your game making weekends!

Oh yeah, and there is no way I’m ever gonna make a 3D game for this comp 😛 2D awesomeness all the way!

EDIT: Oh, I was going to write something, then just forgot it… a friend distracted me. WAIT, that’s what it was.

I did a warmup game last weekend to help me learn Flashpunk. It was very simple and easy but have a look: http://tinyurl.com/JaydenB