{"author_name":"philcsf","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1335199800,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"56215","p_author":"philcsf","p_authorkey":"10935","p_urlkey":"91945","p_title":"17 Hours of Non-Progress","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335199800","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10935","us_name":"philcsf","us_username":"philcsf","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

At least, from the outside. I have just over six hours to go before the submission deadline, and all I have is a moving, animated player in a level. Still, it’s not too bad – The only things I need to implement to call this a ‘game’ are jumping and level collisions, then maybe toss in some randomly-positioned collectables and a scoreboard. Certainly not the grand platformer I thought I would make, but it’ll do.<\/p>\n

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Nearly all the time I’ve spent in this competition is coding the engine… and I regret not doing it before the event started. Someone using Game Maker could do in 10 minutes what it’s taken me 17 hours to do, but I don’t care. If I’m after something to show off as a portfolio piece, then a half-decent engine will look better than a quick design in an existing one (I am a coder, after all). In the past few hours I’ve coded a full input, event and entity system, and I can use this for my next project.<\/p>\n

Despite how much I suck, I promise I’ll get you guys something to play. With so many submissions already, I don’t want to be a failure.<\/p>","time":"April 23rd, 2012 11:50 am","title":"17 Hours of Non-Progress"}