{"author_name":"Frimkron","cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","comments":[],"epoch":1304018280,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"67120","p_author":"Frimkron","p_authorkey":"158","p_urlkey":"102921","p_title":"I\u2019m out. I mean IN!","p_cat":"LD #20 - It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take This!","p_event":"LD20","p_time":"1304018280","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"158","us_name":"Frimkron","us_username":"frimkron","event_start":"1304035200","event_key":"6","event_name":"LD20"},"text":"<p>I have a good feeling about this LD. I missed the last one so I&#8217;m going to make up for it this time with extra awesomeness. It&#8217;s a 4-day weekend here in the UK, thanks to some guy getting married or something, so I&#8217;ll have extra time to get my environment, tools and libraries ready beforehand, maybe get some food in the fridge in preparation, etc. And on the Monday I&#8217;ll be able to do that <em>jam<\/em> thing that all the cool kids are doing these days. It&#8217;ll be fun to see how far the momentum takes me, post-deadline.<\/p>\n <p>My toolset:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nano-editor.org\/\">nano<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; yeah I code in nano. Shut up.<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Fiona\/Myrmidon\">Myrmidon<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; a PyOpenGL-based 2D framework by <a href=\"\/compo\/author\/fiona\">Fiona<\/a><\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Frimkron\/pythonutils\">pythonutils<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; a small collection of miscellaneous util functions I wrote<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.py2exe.org\/\">py2exe<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; creates standalone Windows exe from a python program.<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanbalance.net\/gale\/us\/\">Graphics Gale<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; still my favourite pixel editor for animation. Luckily it works reasonably in Wine<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">The GIMP<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; open-source paint program<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosegardenmusic.com\/\">Rosegarden<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; an open-source sequencer I&#8217;m still getting to grips with<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drpetter.se\/project_sfxr.html\">sfxr<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; MSPaint for sound\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\">Audacity<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; sound editor for cleaning up stuff<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Fiona\/pycatcher\">PyCatcher<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; for making a timelapse. Fiona fixed it!<\/li>\n <li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper\">Lots of paper<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; for brainstorming<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>And some rules I&#8217;m laying down for myself, to help avoid the mistakes of previous attempts at this:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Prepare<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m going to make sure I get enough sleep beforehand<\/li>\n <li><strong>Keep it simple<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m going to pick an idea that I <em>believe<\/em> I could make in half a day, and if I really have it done by then, I&#8217;ll give it some serious polish<\/li>\n <li><strong>Don&#8217;t be clever<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m not going to try too hard to be clever with the theme or to invent a whole new genre<\/li>\n <li><strong>Suppress desire for clean code<\/strong> &#8211; I decided after the last competition that I would put less focus on code quality<\/li>\n <li><strong>Make it fun<\/strong> &#8211; I&#8217;m going to put more focus on tweaking my gameplay until it plays well<\/li>\n <li><strong>Make time for audio<\/strong> &#8211; I never get any sounds or music done. But this time will be different!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/im-in\/\" rel=\"tag\">im in<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld20\/\" rel=\"tag\">LD20<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/preparation\/\" rel=\"tag\">preparation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/tools\/\" rel=\"tag\">tools<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 28th, 2011 2:18 pm","title":"I\u2019m out. I mean IN!"}