{"author_name":"robashton","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1324120980,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"61783","p_author":"robashton","p_authorkey":"7112","p_urlkey":"97549","p_title":"Progress Update 4.0","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324120980","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7112","us_name":"robashton","us_username":"robashton","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"<p>Oh man,<\/p>\n <p>So I&#8217;ve had a nap and written a bit more code, this is my status<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><del>make sure I can write a script to tell the story I want to tell,<\/del><\/li>\n <li><del>sort out a splash screen, loading, and basic application life-cycle<\/del><\/li>\n <li><del>add NPCs<\/del><\/li>\n <li><del>add environment objects<\/del><\/li>\n <li>write the story from beginning to end<\/li>\n <li>Make sure the game has a logical beginning, middle and end<\/li>\n <li>Tweak tweak tweak, polish, real \u00a0graphics and real sounds<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>All the mechanics appear to be functional (or at least as much as they need to be), obviously it looks awful but I&#8217;m not going to touch look and feel and sounds until tomorrow evening (about 8 hours before the deadline).<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/12\/17\/progress-update-4-0\/update_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/update_2-550x488.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/update_2-300x266.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/update_2-550x488.png 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/update_2.png 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>As you can see, it&#8217;s going to be a story about\u00a0friendship, the &#8216;alone&#8217; theme is covered by the plot :-). If I can get the plot done &#8211; that middle task of &#8220;<strong>write the story from \u00a0beginning to end<\/strong>&#8221; is looking quite daunting &#8211; I need to complete that in the next six hours or at least get close. I don&#8217;t mind if the game is only 5 minutes long, but it needs to make sense and actually <em>work<\/em>\u00a0for those five minutes!!<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Sleep since competition start: 1 hour<\/li>\n <li>Coffee count: 4<\/li>\n <li>Orange juice count: 6<\/li>\n <li>Food so far: Cereal, bacon + eggs with toasted baguette, an apple<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","time":"December 17th, 2011 6:23 am","title":"Progress Update 4.0"}