{"author_name":"jovoc","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"Gilvado","time":"July 26, 2009 11:35 pm","epoch":1248669300,"text":"Awesome. You&#8217;ve totally got to finish this up &#8212; at least just basic mechanics. It&#8217;s just a really awesome idea.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"pkubit","time":"July 27, 2009 7:05 am","epoch":1248696300,"text":"Once things get complicated, it&#8217;s easy to lose your character in the sea of critters and followers (as you alluded to in your comment.  Nevertheless, it kept my attention for quite a while.  Good stuff!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"increpare","time":"July 27, 2009 5:58 pm","epoch":1248735480,"text":"fantastic.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"July 28, 2009 5:22 pm","epoch":1248819720,"text":"The randomly generated things are a neat idea, but it looks like they came out too tiny and don&#8217;t look enough like people or animals, to be interesting.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1248648360,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"73211","p_author":"jovoc","p_authorkey":"34","p_urlkey":"109033","p_title":"The Wanderer","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD14","p_time":"1248648360","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"4","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"34","us_name":"jovoc","us_username":"jovoc","event_start":"1239926400","event_key":"90","event_name":"LD14"},"text":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s not finished but it&#8217;s close enough to be interesting. We&#8217;ve got dinner plans so I&#8217;m out of time for this weekend.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ss3.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ss3-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ss3-300x236.png 300w, http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ss3.png 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n <p>It&#8217;s kind of a freeform fantasy RPG, inspired by \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2009\/02\/07\/fauna\/\">MrPiglet&#8217;s fauna entry<\/a> with random critters, i used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davebollinger.com\/works\/pixelrobots\/\">PixelRobots<\/a> to generate random creatures and NPCs. You wander the land, adding to the landscape as you explore it. But right now NPC&#8217;s can&#8217;t do more than just join your party, and critters just get in your way.<\/p>\n <p>Update: A release build is now available:<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vickijoel.org\/july-miniLD-jovoc.zip\" target=\"_blank\">The Wanderer<\/a> (700kb)<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/final\/\" rel=\"tag\">final<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/pixelrobots\/\" rel=\"tag\">pixelrobots<\/a><\/p>","time":"July 26th, 2009 5:46 pm","title":"The Wanderer"}