{"author_name":"MrTwister","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[{"author_name":"boblemoche","time":"April 29, 2011 11:05 pm","epoch":1304136300,"text":"Hehe, we almost had the exact same idea (see my earlier blog post about it), but I already gave up, so I can&#8217;t wait to see what you make!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 29, 2011 11:19 pm","epoch":1304137140,"text":"I like this take on the theme.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1304134560,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"66788","p_author":"MrTwister","p_authorkey":"505343","p_urlkey":"102589","p_title":"So, before someone else shows up with pretty much the same\u2026","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304134560","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505343","us_name":"MrTwister","us_username":"MrTwister","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>Our brainstorming went like this:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>LOL<\/li>\n <li>OMFG!<\/li>\n <li>Challenge Accepted<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Then, we started improving over the concept of having the old dude from Zelda giving you random <del>and useless<\/del> items whenever you start the game again. However, no matter how useless the item may look there&#8217;s always a way to finish the level with it (by either using the item in a unique fashion or by taking another path where that item becomes handy and allows you to reach the end of the level).<\/p>\n <p>Once we agreed on that, we started thinking on what the game genre would be. We narrowed the choice to &#8220;Shadowgate-like&#8221; and &#8220;Platform game&#8221;. What we chose will be a surprise.<\/p>\n <p>Then we decided what the character and enemies will be (that&#8217;s a surprise too) and we started thinking a little bit into the game &#8220;story&#8221; (or at least what the player&#8217;s mission will be).<\/p>\n <p>Then we improved the original concept a little bit, having the old man giving you a different item from the array of\u00a0 <del>useless trash he hides under his bed<\/del> useful tools he willingly shares with the player, so, if there are 4 tools and 4 levels there will be a total of 4*4*4*4 = 256 different ways to play the game from start to finish based on what the dude gave you for each level. Not bad for 4 levels.<\/p>\n <p>Now we are coding, making the base classes and improving an old map editor I made in my early days <del>of youth<\/del> to fit our purposes. We may release it to the LD community if it ends up being a multi-purpose and useful tool.<\/p>\n <p style=\"text-align: right\">(To be continued&#8230; someday)<\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2011 10:36 pm","title":"So, before someone else shows up with pretty much the same\u2026"}