{"author_name":"ACodeGerm","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304127900,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"66844","p_author":"ACodeGerm","p_authorkey":"3457","p_urlkey":"102645","p_title":"By a landslide?","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304127900","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3457","us_name":"ACodeGerm","us_username":"acodegerm","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>So a meme really took it eh?<\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s a nice open ended theme, but I can&#8217;t eek out a creative or gimmicky design around it. So as per the usual I think I&#8217;ll use the LD as an\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to test out some technologies I&#8217;ve wanted to play with (Flashpunk and Flint. Also buffering inputs). Going to go with a simple side scrolling feline beat em&#8217; up. Something pretty similar to Dad N&#8217; Me.<\/p>\n <p>A snapshot of my inspiration<\/p>\n <div id=\"attachment_45402\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-45402\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/04\/29\/by-a-landslide\/fightingcat\/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-45402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/FightingCat-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/FightingCat-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/FightingCat-550x412.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/FightingCat.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Totally a brawler<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p><strong>How do you creative folks manage to knock out non-derivative LD titles anyhow? <\/strong> I need help working my creative muscle.<\/p>\n <p>Tools<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Photoshop and Paint.NET<\/li>\n <li>sfxr<\/li>\n <li>Likely some sort of online music generator (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earslap.com\/projectslab\/otomata\">http:\/\/www.earslap.com\/projectslab\/otomata<\/a> possibly)<\/li>\n <li>Flash CS4<\/li>\n <li>Flashpunk and Tweener(unless Flashpunk has some built in tweening methods) for my libraries.<\/li>\n <li>Flash Builder<\/li>\n <li>Chronolapse &#8211; Yay timelapse!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Any suggestions on good sprite sheet \/ pixel art tools? Should I use Graphics Gale?<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>Oh, and a parting workspace snapshot:<\/p>\n <div id=\"attachment_45405\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-45405\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2011\/04\/29\/by-a-landslide\/workstationresize\/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-45405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/WorkstationResize-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/WorkstationResize-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/WorkstationResize-550x412.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/WorkstationResize.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I had a choice between cleaning my workspace area, and sleeping. Which of the two I chose is self evident.<\/p><\/div>\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/delcartion-of-intent\/\" rel=\"tag\">delcartion of intent<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/deskphoto\/\" rel=\"tag\">deskphoto<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 29th, 2011 8:45 pm","title":"By a landslide?"}