{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/elephants.thumbnail.png","local":"\/data\/posts\/2007\/11\/179231a21647351ec74e2c27c383f24e.png"}],"author_link":"author\/philhassey\/","author_name":"philhassey","cat":"LD - Misc","categories":["LD - Misc"],"comments":[],"epoch":1196420400,"event":"","likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"75781","p_author":"philhassey","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"283471","p_title":"Elephants","p_cat":"LD - Misc","p_event":"LD10","p_time":"1196420400","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1197590400","event_key":"88","event_name":"LD10"},"source_url":"2007\/11\/30\/elephants\/","text":"<p>It was a dull Saturday afternoon and I needed to make a game.  I proposed the idea in #ludumdare and got DrPetter and trick on board with the idea.  In \u201c4 hours\u201d we whipped together a game about an elephant that jumps on a rolled up squirrel catching falling giraffes while dodging spears thrown by the natives. <em>It\u2019s more fun than a barrel of pigeons!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/elephants.png\" title=\"elephants.png\"><img alt=\"elephants.png\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2007\/11\/179231a21647351ec74e2c27c383f24e.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can get the game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imitationpickles.org\/elephant\/\">here<\/a>.  Be sure to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imitationpickles.org\/galcon\/forum\/10\/148\/\">forums<\/a>, there are some pretty sharp strategies people have worked out to get ridiculously high scores <img alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/4-hours\/\" rel=\"tag\">4-hours<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/elephants\/\" rel=\"tag\">elephants<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/final\/\" rel=\"tag\">final<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/giraffes\/\" rel=\"tag\">giraffes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/mini-game\/\" rel=\"tag\">mini-game<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/natives\/\" rel=\"tag\">natives<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/pygame\/\" rel=\"tag\">pygame<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/spears\/\" rel=\"tag\">spears<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/squirrels\/\" rel=\"tag\">squirrels<\/a><\/p>","time":"November 30th, 2007 11:00 am","title":"Elephants"}