{"author_name":"berkano","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"davidllanos22","time":"April 18, 2012 9:42 am","epoch":1334760120,"text":"Hey, it’s my first LD and I will be using slick2D too! haha Good luck man, have fun! \":)\"","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"berkano","time":"April 19, 2012 3:18 am","epoch":1334823480,"text":"Awesome, we’ll have to swap tips! Good luck!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1334743620,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"59265","p_author":"berkano","p_authorkey":"11027","p_urlkey":"95014","p_title":"My first LD","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334743620","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"11027","us_name":"berkano","us_username":"\/author\/berkano\/","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

Excited about taking part in my first LD this weekend!<\/p>\n

I’ll be developing a Java game for the first time (previously have a little experience with GameMaker and Unity).<\/p>\n

Depending on the theme, I’ll spend anywhere between 3 – 12 hours working on it.<\/p>\n

I’m also looking forward to reviewing & playing the other entries.<\/p>\n

Some details on my plans:<\/p>\n

Planned distribution:<\/strong>\u00a0web applet + standalone (platform independent jar, and probably .exe for Windows using launch4j or something similar).<\/p>\n

Libraries:\u00a0<\/strong>Slick (2D engine built on LWJGL of Minecraft fame), IBXM (music)<\/p>\n

Tools:\u00a0<\/strong>Photoshop (graphics); OpenMPT (music); Audacity & sfxr (sound FX)<\/p>\n

I’ve been learning Slick for a while and managed to get the applet & standalone builds working. \u00a0So hopefully will be in a good position to code and publish something<\/em> at least!<\/p>\n

One problem I have is that .xm files don’t play when deployed as an applet, but they work in standalone build. \u00a0If anyone has any advice how to debug this, I’d appreciate it!<\/p>","time":"April 18th, 2012 5:07 am","title":"My first LD"}