{"assets": [], "author_link": "author/news/", "author_name": "news", "cat": "Uncategorized", "categories": ["Uncategorized"], "comments": [], "epoch": 1216501260, "event": "", "likes": 0, "metadata": {"p_key": "76164", "p_author": "news", "p_authorkey": "0", "p_urlkey": "283812", "p_title": "Ludum Dare #12 :: August 8-10", "p_cat": "Uncategorized", "p_event": "LD12", "p_time": "1216501260", "p_likes": "0", "p_comments": "0", "p_status": "WAYBACK", "us_key": null, "us_name": null, "us_username": null, "event_start": "1218153600", "event_key": "89", "event_name": "LD12"}, "source_url": "2008/07/19/ludum-dare-12-august-8-10/", "text": "

Hey folks! It’s time for another 48-hour game development extravaganza!

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Ludum Dare is a regular community driven game development competition. The goal is, given a theme and 48 hours, to develop a game from scratch. Ludum Dare aims to encourage game design experimentation, and provide a platform to develop and practice rapid game prototyping.

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Here’s the time-horizon:

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– July 19 – July 25: You may submit themes to the wiki
\n– July 26 – Aug 2: Themes will be edited for awesomeness by the #ludumdare regulars
\n– Aug 3 – Aug 8: Various rounds of voting. Check back daily so you don’t miss any!
\n– Aug 8 – Aug 10: Ludum Dare #12 !!! (Starting at 8pm PST)

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Links of honor:

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www.ludumdare.com – the super awesome website, refresh hourly
\nirc.afternet.org #ludumdare – the compo IRC channel, waste your time here
\n www.ludumdare.com/compo/ – the compo blog, be sure to sign up here
\n www.ludumdare.com/wiki/ – the compo wiki, submit themes & read rules here
\n www.ludumdare.com/planet/ – the compo planet, read about our exciting lives here

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See you in the races!
\n– The Faceless LD Management Team

", "time": "July 19th, 2008 9:01 pm", "title": "Ludum Dare #12 :: August 8-10"}