{"author_name":"romer","cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","comments":[],"epoch":1251513660,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"73046","p_author":"romer","p_authorkey":"510335","p_urlkey":"108868","p_title":"And with that, idea!","p_cat":"LD #15 - Caverns - 2009","p_event":"LD15","p_time":"1251513660","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"510335","us_name":"romer","us_username":"romer","event_start":"1251417600","event_key":"1","event_name":"LD15"},"text":"

Normally I rack my brains for hours on end trying to come up with an idea for game based on some central theme.\u00a0 But lo, not this time!\u00a0 I’ve actually got what I think will be a doable and fun game.\u00a0 Basis for inspiration is the old original Metal Gear games for NES.\u00a0 Essentially you will try to progress through a series of caves, either attacking enemies with some form of weaponry, evading them by slipping into cracks and crevices, or creating obstacles between you and them by blowing holes in the cave floor with dynamite (this last one is actually a stretch.\u00a0 would love to add it in, but we’ll see how it goes).\u00a0 For reference, here’s an image from the old school game itself:<\/p>\n

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Image from old game Metal Gear for NES<\/p><\/div>\n

To add some more depth to it, I want to add in some adventure game aspects as well so it’s not straight arcade.\u00a0 Simple things like talk to NPCs, gather a few items and solve some inventory puzzles in order to advance through the game.\u00a0 My pipe dream would be to also add in a mini game or two to act as some of the puzzles, but really, I don’t this will happen in 48 hours.\u00a0 But hey, who knows?\u00a0 Things seem to be going smoothly right now, so we’ll see.<\/p>\n

I’d add some images of concept sketches and what not, but currently my camera battery is dead, so I’m charging that now.\u00a0 Once that’s charged, I’ll be able to take part more in the photo blogging aspect of this competition too.<\/p>","time":"August 28th, 2009 9:41 pm","title":"And with that, idea!"}