{"author_name":"bernardfrancois","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1292020260,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"68951","p_author":"bernardfrancois","p_authorkey":"3055","p_urlkey":"104754","p_title":"I\u2019m in","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1292020260","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"3055","us_name":"bernardfrancois","us_username":"bernardfrancois","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m in (most likely). Although I registered to the mailing list a while ago, I&#8217;m about to participate for the first time in Ludum Dare this weekend.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve been doing some game compos in the past:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>The retroremakes.com competitions (in 2003 and 2004 I think): Blockman3D (a remake of a game called Block Man by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soleau.com\/dosgame.html\">Soleau Software<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/games.softpedia.com\/get\/Freeware-Games\/Pipetris.shtml\">Pipetris<\/a> (a combination of Pipe mania and Tetris). These were made in DarkBasic. I&#8217;m not sure about the exact years any more, as the competition&#8217;s pages aren&#8217;t online any more. Six or seven years seems to be too long for the memory of the Internet&#8230;<\/li>\n <li>The global game jam in 2009 and 2010: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalgamejam.org\/games\/burn-them-out-0\">Burn them out<\/a> (done in Python + pygame) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalgamejam.org\/2010\/vikings-n-bankers\">Vikings &amp; Bankers<\/a> (done in Unity3d).<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>If anyone would try any of the previous compo games I worked on I would suggest trying Vikings &amp; Bankers. It contains some interesting puzzles, and I had a great time working on this. Especially the creation of the music and sound effects was a great experience; this was done with only a microphone and <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\">Audacity<\/a>.<\/p>\n <p>During weekdays I&#8217;m quite busy with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.previewlabs.com\">PreviewLabs<\/a>, a company specialized in rapid game prototyping. Rapid prototyping is actually not that different from making games successfully in 48h.<\/p>\n <p>I feel like going for &#8216;The Competition&#8217;, but I may participate in &#8216;The Jam&#8217; in case I can gather some people nearby.<\/p>","time":"December 10th, 2010 5:31 pm","title":"I\u2019m in"}