{"author_name":"Tinkergirl","cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","comments":[{"author_name":"BenKo","time":"August 29, 2009 3:22 am","epoch":1251534120,"text":"I totally LOVE the tree you have for decoration! What material flowers are made of?","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1251529200,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72986","p_author":"Tinkergirl","p_authorkey":"510317","p_urlkey":"108808","p_title":"Breakfast and Brainstorming","p_cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","p_event":"LD15","p_time":"1251529200","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"510317","us_name":"Tinkergirl","us_username":"Tinkergirl","event_start":"1251417600","event_key":"1","event_name":"LD15"},"text":"<div id=\"attachment_7638\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-7638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tinkerg_breakfast01-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"Bovril toast and orange juice breakfast\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tinkerg_breakfast01-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tinkerg_breakfast01-550x412.jpg 550w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tinkerg_breakfast01.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bovril toast and orange juice breakfast<\/p><\/div>\n <p>So! \u00a0Woke up at half 7 this morning, took a peek at the theme, and then went back to bed for a while to think about it. \u00a0Caverns, eh?<\/p>\n <p>Eventually got up properly and made bovril toast and 200ml of orange juice for breakfast! \u00a0Yum! \u00a0Liquified cow.<\/p>\n <p>Been doing some brainstorming on the pad you can see to the left there &#8211; I&#8217;ve got an idea I rather like:<\/p>\n <p><strong>Alternative Club Tycoon: The Cavern Club<\/strong><\/p>\n <p>You own and run &#8220;The Cavern Club&#8221; &#8211; a struggling nightclub for the goth\/metal\/rock community of your town\/city. \u00a0It&#8217;s up to you to choose the tracks, price the drinks, and get everyone happy (well, keep the goths poetic, at least).<\/p>\n <p>Plus Points:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>The graphics will be gravy. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to be \u00a0a number crunching game, or at least a number balancing game.<\/li>\n <li>Any graphics I do make for it will be heavily stylised and hopefully &#8216;cute&#8217;. \u00a0Look forward to cubic metal heads moshing!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Worries:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Music. \u00a0Huh. \u00a0I&#8217;m going to see if I can get away with being sneaky here, because there&#8217;s no way I can create &#8216;generic goth track number 17&#8217; and &#8216;generic metal anthem 8&#8217;.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Oh, and I discovered that I can&#8217;t use the &#8216;play and charge&#8217; cable to make an XBOX 360 pad work on the PC. \u00a0Doh! \u00a0I&#8217;ll be getting a wired controller some time today &#8211; but if it&#8217;s a sim game, mouse control seems best anyway!<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/brainstorming\/\" rel=\"tag\">brainstorming<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/breakfast\/\" rel=\"tag\">breakfast<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/caverns\/\" rel=\"tag\">caverns<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/desk\/\" rel=\"tag\">desk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/food\/\" rel=\"tag\">food<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/journal\/\" rel=\"tag\">journal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld15\/\" rel=\"tag\">LD #15 - Caverns - 2009<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 29th, 2009 2:00 am","title":"Breakfast and Brainstorming"}