{"author_name":"deltamikealpha","cat":"October Challenge 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1285940580,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"69173","p_author":"deltamikealpha","p_authorkey":"510157","p_urlkey":"104976","p_title":"An introduction to Ludum Racer","p_cat":"October Challenge 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1285940580","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"510157","us_name":"deltamikealpha","us_username":"deltamikealpha","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"

Originally posted on http:\/\/www.36peas.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n

The guys over at http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com<\/a> have started a competition for this month.<\/p>\n

In very basic terms it boils down to:<\/p>\n

You’ve got a month to build a game and try to sell at least 1 copy.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you wish to get slightly more of an insight into the competition than I’ve explained – See here<\/a><\/p>\n

This was particularly appealing due to a prototype Gareth put together some time ago but never had a place to really apply it – But an immense desire to get it used for something. This prototype was for a game called Retro Racer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the minute this is a fairly crude but fun little game with a couple of tracks, some basic dynamics and a simple control system thrown in. A screenshot has been thrown in for your enjoyment \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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The basic concept we’ve arrived at for it is to have some sort of non-traditional racer, possibly some sort of gate runner idea.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that’s where we’re up to at the minute – we’ll be putting extra posts up as we develop ideas for this project some more.<\/p>\n

We’ll be regularly blogging here and on our parent site under ‘Ludum Racer (challenge blog)<\/span><\/a>‘
\n Further to this, both myself @deltamikealpha<\/a> and Gareth @36peas<\/a> will be tweeting about the project as it evolves.<\/em><\/p>","time":"October 1st, 2010 8:43 am","title":"An introduction to Ludum Racer"}