{"author_name":"LoneStranger","cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","comments":[],"epoch":1260604440,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72190","p_author":"LoneStranger","p_authorkey":"203","p_urlkey":"108012","p_title":"Getting Started with Exploration","p_cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","p_event":"LD16","p_time":"1260604440","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"203","us_name":"LoneStranger","us_username":"lonestranger","event_start":"1260489600","event_key":"2","event_name":"LD16"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;ve got an idea for Exploration that I&#8217;ve had for awhile and wanted to do as a project.\u00a0 The theme gives me a great opportunity to do it.<\/p>\n <p>The idea is that you are an explorer sent to sail the world and to bring back riches and claim land in the name of the mother country.<\/p>\n <p>I don&#8217;t have much at all yet.\u00a0 I struggled with how I wanted to represent the world data and scrapped a few ideas before settling on a bitmap and accompanying data file.\u00a0 As of now, I have it able to load up the bitmap and extra info into a class, but nothing is done with them yet.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m falling asleep at my desk, so I think I should get some sleep and continue fresh in the morning.<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/exploration\/\" rel=\"tag\">exploration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld48_16\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld48_16<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 12th, 2009 2:54 am","title":"Getting Started with Exploration"}