{"author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1285531080,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69182","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"979","p_urlkey":"104985","p_title":"Adjusted my Idea \u2013 Actually Got Something Done","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1285531080","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"979","us_name":"Henry Mclaughlin","us_username":"pycron","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"

Today started with me trying to install Sam HaXe (An asset packaging tool for Flash \/ haXe). After some fudging some things, I got it working, and it works great.<\/p>\n

Then, later on, I played this game<\/a>. It inspired me.<\/p>\n

I’ve decided to change my concept somewhat and make an arena shooter with robots fighting.<\/p>\n

The player will have a choice between a handful of robots, each of which they can upgrade in a handful of attributes. (Speed, rate of fire, etc.) There will also be a number of levels, each with different terrain. The player must fight their way through 10-25 waves of baddies (Haven’t decided on the actual number) and a boss in each level.<\/p>\n

The game will be fairly fast-paced, but the difficulty settings will affect the speed that things move with. I will favor using more powerful baddies over massive hordes of them, as masses of “popcorn” baddies aren’t much fun after a while, I think.<\/p>\n

At the moment, I’ve got sprites for three different players (The look of the game will be very simple) and a flash applet that displays a player character that rotates to point at the mouse. I’ve got haXe working, Sam HaXe packages my images correctly, and things are looking good! \":)\"<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I’ll try to get some kind of player movement in.<\/p>\n

– Mr. Dude<\/p>","time":"September 26th, 2010 2:58 pm","title":"Adjusted my Idea \u2013 Actually Got Something Done"}