{"author_name":"thRob","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304155500,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"66625","p_author":"thRob","p_authorkey":"508941","p_urlkey":"102421","p_title":"Day 1","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304155500","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"508941","us_name":"thRob","us_username":"thRob","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>It&#8217;s been.. 9 hours! I&#8217;ve amassed 500+ screenshots and settled on something achievable! But this is just a milestone..<\/p>\n <p>I have myself a temporary menu\/state handler, and a good deal of prototype code &#8211; I spent 2 hours after the theme was announced brainstorming and had a lot of ideas to balance out! Here are some ideas which came out that I <strong>rejected<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Implication of danger\/attack (intense atmosphere)<\/li>\n <li>Items of power (balanced gameplay is important to me)<\/li>\n <li>Paranoia<\/li>\n <li>Emotional independence<\/li>\n <li>Clones<\/li>\n <li>Dying if alone<\/li>\n <li>Wildcard: honeytraps<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Here are the idea I&#8217;m <strong>adopting<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Survival<\/li>\n <li>Trails (tracking or tracing paths)<\/li>\n <li>Distractions\/focus<\/li>\n <li>Context sensitivity<\/li>\n <li>Separation<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I made some concept art with some distorted perspective which I&#8217;m growing fond of.. I think an extra dimension will bring it more to life?<\/p>\n <p>Either way &#8211; sleep is next on my agenda.<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/concept01-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/day1\/\" rel=\"tag\">day1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/milestone\/\" rel=\"tag\">milestone<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/sleep\/\" rel=\"tag\">sleep<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 30th, 2011 4:25 am","title":"Day 1"}