{"author_name":"Jonathan Whiting","cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282498020,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69481","p_author":"Jonathan Whiting","p_authorkey":"527","p_urlkey":"105286","p_title":"This Won\u2019t Hurt a Bit","p_cat":"LD  #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282498020","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"527","us_name":"Jonathan Whiting","us_username":"mrpiglet","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;d really expected to be bricking it by now, with tonnes of vital an unstarted, let alone unfinished work still to do.<\/p>\n <p>Thankfully I seem to have judged the scope of my game fairly well, there&#8217;s still hours to go, and I&#8217;ve already moved firmly onto polishing rather than producing.<\/p>\n <p>Just put a simple particle system in, and it&#8217;s working wonders, really adds a lot of movement and drama.<\/p>\n <p><img src=\"http:\/\/jonathanwhiting.com\/ld\/18\/screenshot05.png\" alt=\"particles\" \/><\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ve also written some music that I&#8217;m only mildly unhappy with, which for me is pretty spectacular.<\/p>\n <p>Oh and I took half an hour out to cook some Cheesy Oat Bread (it&#8217;s like a cross between scones and cheese twists, but with bacon).  It doesn&#8217;t look especially spectacular, but I promise you, it&#8217;s amazing.<\/p>\n <p><img src=\"http:\/\/jonathanwhiting.com\/ld\/18\/oatbread.jpg\" alt=\"Cheesy Oat Bread\" \/><\/p>\n <p>After all that cheery optimism I can just tell something is about to go badly wrong, urk..<\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2010 12:27 pm","title":"This Won\u2019t Hurt a Bit"}