{"author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1334683500,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59350","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"979","p_urlkey":"95100","p_title":"Space Assault \u2013 Progress Update","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334683500","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"979","us_name":"Henry Mclaughlin","us_username":"pycron","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p>So&#8230; having simplified the design of my game, I can say with confidence that it will be a game by the end of the warmup.<\/p>\n <p>I do still intend to finish it afterwards, but for now I&#8217;ll settle for the following components:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>A few different player weapons<\/li>\n <li>Three levels, each with a boss<\/li>\n <li>A few different types of baddie<\/li>\n <li>High scores in a local file<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Not <em>incredibly<\/em> ambitious, but it&#8217;s a start for a shmup.<\/p>\n <p>I was kind of inspired by looking through some MAME roms and seeing galga and remembering how fun it was to player in a compilation of old arcade games that I used to have. (The compilation was for a console that my family sold to some friends to pay for something else and so that the other family&#8217;s two kids could play more up-to-date games)<\/p>\n <p>I was inspired to go &#8220;back to basics&#8221; with Space Assault. Therefore, it will be a fairly simple game. I have a rough idea of the weapons and baddies that will be involved in the game, but I&#8217;ll talk more about that at another time. <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>That&#8217;s pretty much it for now. I&#8217;ll post more as I go! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n <p>So&#8230;<\/p>\n <h3>Do we really need fancy things to have a good time?<\/h3>\n <p>&#8211; Henry<\/p>","time":"April 17th, 2012 12:25 pm","title":"Space Assault \u2013 Progress Update"}