{"author_name":"useless","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1323831600,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"62856","p_author":"useless","p_authorkey":"504605","p_urlkey":"98629","p_title":"A revision to my \u201cI\u2019m In\u201d","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1323831600","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504605","us_name":"useless","us_username":"useless","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"

I will not be making a 3D game this time around. I simply don’t have the time to learn the basics while<\/em> doing the compo, so I’ll just be making another 2D game. By basics, I mean all the 3D math and stuff needed.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t necessarily mean I won’t use jMonkeyEngine for 2D though. Its integration with external libraries on the scene graph is phenomenal and I’d like to find a way to utilize, say, Bullet nodes\/controllers in a 2D environment. Plus, I find wrangling with LibGDX to be un-fun and rewriting boilerplate code for Slick again is not in my sights. I spent way too much time on simple crap like entity management on the Discovery game from LD19.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing using jMonkeyEngine for 2D stuff the hacky way would be switching the camera to Orthographic view and just using objects with lots of volume in the Z axis, since I am terrible with physics.<\/p>\n

In addition, there are a few new tools I may<\/em> use:<\/p>\n