{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/hatattackshot.thumbnail.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2007\/12\/75e0d321f5ca381c8e177e7607170bdc.jpg"},{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/hatattackshot.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2007\/12\/b5797c7f1692e699dd7c8e80a962da0d.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/jolle\/","author_name":"jolle","cat":"LD #08 - Swarms - 2006","categories":["LD #08 - Swarms - 2006"],"comments":[],"epoch":1196576400,"event":"LD8","likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"75794","p_author":"jolle","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"283482","p_title":"The Hat Swarm Attack on Dance Islands","p_cat":"LD #08 - Swarms - 2006","p_event":"LD10","p_time":"1196576400","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\/12\/02\/the-hat-swarm-attack-on-dance-islands\/","text":"

The Hat Swarm Attack on Dance Islands<\/em> is a game made within 14h for the LD8 Swarms compo. However, it was never really entered into the compo, because I felt it wasn\u2019t quite enough, but also couldn\u2019t figure out how to make something more of it. In the end, I abandoned it, and instead used it as a base for Ultra Fleet<\/em><\/a>, which I did enter. This might not have been the best of decisions, but no matter.<\/p>\n

You navigated your hat swarm around islands to destroy dancers that tried to defend the islands, while at the same time trying to avoid the deadly dances that was danced at you.<\/p>\n

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The Hat Swarm Attack on Dance Islands<\/em> prime features was an intro, an island generator (that I later used as a base for rather prettier islands<\/a>), the famous Hoids algorithm that simulates hats in groups flocking behaviour (later adopted for the fleets in Ultra Fleet<\/em>), stick figures, and a lot of dancing. Strangely, it was also my very first LD game (together with Ultra Fleet<\/em>) that didn\u2019t use tiles.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no dedicated distribution for The Hat Swarm Attack on Dance Islands<\/em>, but you can get it as the bonus in the Ultra Fleet<\/em> compo version<\/a>. It\u2019s for Windows, but if you\u2019re a bit clever, you can probably compile it for Linux. It requires OpenGL with 512\u00d7512 sized textures support.<\/p>\n

Tags: 2D<\/a>, arcade<\/a>, boids<\/a>, C++<\/a>, dancing<\/a>, GLFW<\/a>, hats<\/a>, humor<\/a>, intro<\/a>, islands<\/a>, non-entry<\/a>, opengl<\/a>, random<\/a>, silly<\/a>, stick figures<\/a>, swarms<\/a>, Windows<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 2nd, 2007 6:20 am","title":"The Hat Swarm Attack on Dance Islands"}