{"author_name":"cadin","cat":"LD #22","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 16, 2011 11:26 pm","epoch":1324095960,"text":"Not sure how I will fit Kittens into this concept…","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","time":"December 16, 2011 11:28 pm","epoch":1324096080,"text":"I had the same response about the theme too \":)\"","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1324095900,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"62071","p_author":"cadin","p_authorkey":"7233","p_urlkey":"97837","p_title":"\u2018Spawn\u2019 First Day Progress","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324095900","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"7233","us_name":"cadin","us_username":"cadin","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"

Initially I wasn\u2019t too thrilled about the theme, but I think I came up with an idea that I like.<\/p>\n

While brainstorming, I kept coming back to the idea of a tiny micro-organism swimming though a vast ocean. There is tons of life around it, but the scale of everything is so tremendous that it could just swim and swim and never find anything else.<\/p>\n

I rejected this idea a few times because I thought it would feel too similar to flOw<\/a>. I think I\u2019ve come up with a unique take on it though.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll play the game as a little amoeba creature, all alone in the enormous ocean. You have to collect food. Once you collect a certain amount of food you have enough energy to spawn a new creature. The type of creature that is created depends on the types of food you eat.<\/p>\n

I really want to make this feel open-ended and exploratory, but again I fear that it will end up feeling like a flOw rip-off, so we\u2019ll see how it goes. I might end up adding a time limit or enemies or something else that will end the game.<\/p>\n

Progress has been pretty good so far. 4.5 hours in and I\u2019ve prototyped the basic logic and movement. Tomorrow I will try to refine the gameplay ideas and start working on some art and sounds hopefully.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some ugly placeholder art:<\/p>\n

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See you in the morning!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>","time":"December 16th, 2011 11:25 pm","title":"\u2018Spawn\u2019 First Day Progress"}