{"author_name":"Henry McLaughlin","cat":"LD #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282422960,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69712","p_author":"Henry McLaughlin","p_authorkey":"979","p_urlkey":"105517","p_title":"Dear Flash","p_cat":"LD #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282422960","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":"

(If AtkinsSJ is addressing his language of choice…)<\/p>\n

Dear Flash,<\/p>\n

I know I’ve been hard on you. Bragging about Java being better at applets, bemoaning “Crappy flash games”, and thinking of myself as “above” playing on sites like Kongregate.<\/p>\n

I want to admit that I was wrong about you. I can see something in you that’s different from other engines, from other languages. I get the feeling that… That you just want me to have fun with what I’m doing. You want me enjoy my work. Today you and I had a rocky start, but we had a good time regardless. Using FlashPunk, you let me dive right into game logic without hesitation. After using only Pygame and other SDL-based libs for a long time, I can’t tell you how good that felt. With Flixel, you show me the sophistication that you are capable of. Even that little bit of time I spent on Kongregate proved that prejudice yet more baseless. I’ve seen what you can do.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we’ll begin again. Hopefully we can get a real game going, huh? I have to say, Python’s never given me that. Hm.<\/p>\n

I know you and I can be great friends. You’re powerful, you’re high-level, and you’re very fun to work with. We’ll definitely be seeing more of each other.<\/p>\n

Thanks for proving me wrong,
\n –Mr. Dude<\/p>","time":"August 21st, 2010 3:36 pm","title":"Dear Flash"}