{"author_name":"zuurr","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 16, 2012 8:15 am","epoch":1334582100,"text":"> social online","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 16, 2012 8:16 am","epoch":1334582160,"text":"Where’s the source code for “Argh?” I’ve dabbled in Javascript-adjacent software transformation. The use of Clojurescript is awesome and I’d like to see what a real programmer’s game code looks like with it!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1334575440,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59457","p_author":"zuurr","p_authorkey":"504642","p_urlkey":"95208","p_title":"I am in: LD23","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334575440","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"3","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504642","us_name":"zuurr","us_username":"zuurr","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

I’m planning on entering Ludum Dare 23. \u00a0I will be using ClojureScript<\/a>, and developing using various HTML5 technologies.<\/p>\n

Last year I enjoyed entering the competition immensely, but I made some mistakes which I intend to correct this time around.<\/p>\n

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  1. Not releasing on the web (e.g. downloadable executable).<\/li>\n
  2. Not following the theme.<\/li>\n
  3. Not blogging\/participating in the community…. really at all<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    I didn’t do number one because I didn’t really know any useful languages. I had been a paid javascript developer for several months at that point, but I was still fairly green in terms of how to make a game, and I hadn’t done visual effects in quite some time (never being particularly good at them :). I’m choosing ClojureScript this time, as it compiles to JavaScript and can run in the browser. It also allows me to enjoy a faster pace of development compared to actual JavaScript. I did a test run this last week to push it to its performance limits, and it performed admirably<\/a><\/p>\n

    Number two fell out of not being that good. Surprisingly, I’ve become a much better programmer between last December and now. Last time I was very focussed on making anything that worked. I was hoping to follow the alone criteria by naming my game “Alone Where?”, and having no other characters. Eventually I dropped the “Alone” from the title because it felt like I was trying too hard, and then the title became shortened further to just “W”. Regardless, I’m going to follow the theme at least somewhat more closely this time.<\/p>\n

    As far as the third is concerned…. I’m notoriously terrible at doing anything social online, especially when there is code to be written! I have no patience for social networks or blogs, but who knows…. I’m at least making an effort to not be as antisocial this time around by posting this :p, and I’ll see if I can post at least nightly status reports regarding my game next time.<\/p>\n

    I’m unsure as to whether I’ll enter the Competition proper or the Jam this time. I will likely only have time to do the Competition, but who knows, that ended up being a spur-of-the-moment decision last time anyway based on “whelp it ain’t good enough now, so Jam it is”. Either way, it’ll get released!<\/p>\n

    I can’t wait.<\/p>\n

    Edit:<\/p>\n

    Seems like typically people list their tools and such.<\/p>\n

    Tools: <\/p>\n