{"author_name":"Dzarg","cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1272094500,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"71243","p_author":"Dzarg","p_authorkey":"1908","p_urlkey":"107064","p_title":"First time in LD","p_cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","p_event":"LD17","p_time":"1272094500","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1908","us_name":"Dzarg","us_username":"dzarg","event_start":"1271980800","event_key":"3","event_name":"LD17"},"text":"<p>Ok, it&#8217;s my first time in LD and I hope I can make at least something playable. I was looking forward to the theme parallel universes and had some interesting ideas for that, but I guess islands will have to do <img src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><\/p>\n <p>First hour I spent figuring out what I was going to do. Then I got a half decent idea and had to decide whether to do it in 3d or in 2d. I wanted some animation to it and I don&#8217;t like sprite sheets, so it had to be in 3d.<\/p>\n <p>I&#8217;ll be writing it in C++ with OGRE. I hope to have something playable in about 6 hours.<\/p>\n <p>Here&#8217;s something I made for it in about 40 minutes. Models are made with 3ds max and textures with paint shop pro. I&#8217;m a lousy artist but I guess this will do.<br \/>\n <img src=\"http:\/\/markku.velinen.fi\/islands\/islands1.jpg\" alt=\"3D rendering of the models and textures I quickly put together.\" \/><\/p>","time":"April 24th, 2010 2:35 am","title":"First time in LD"}