{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/beef-pop\/","author_name":"Beef Pop","cat":"LD #25","categories":["LD #25"],"comments":[],"epoch":1355348400,"event":"LD25","likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"78382","p_author":"Beef Pop","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"287392","p_title":"In, with the creepiest language of all time!","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355348400","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"source_url":"2012\/12\/12\/in-with-the-creepiest-language-of-all-time\/","text":"<p>Totally in.<\/p>\n<p>Well, make that\u00a0<em>half<\/em> in. I do want to participate, but I\u2019ve got a lot already going on this weekend, so we\u2019ll see how much I get done.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I will be\u00a0<em>attempting<\/em> to code in the language Boo (available at <a href=\"http:\/\/boo.codehaus.org\" title=\"boo.codehaus.org\">boo.codehaus.org<\/a>), which is similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.python.org\" title=\"www.python.org\">python<\/a>\u00a0but rests on top of the .NET framework (I\u2019ll be using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mono-project.com\" title=\"www.mono-project.com\">Mono<\/a> because Open Source), which makes it pretty much as fast as C#.<i><br\/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a relatively new language (it was first available I think in 2004\u2026 correct me if I\u2019m wrong), and there isn\u2019t as much of a documentation and library resource base available for it. Yet. I\u2019m sure as people learn to love this little beauty of a language it will begin to have more things available.<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t use unity with this because the computer I\u2019m using has no graphics card\u2026 (I know, right?) So that\u2019s a bummer, but whatever. This will be an interesting adventure, even if I don\u2019t get done what I hope to. One never knows until one tries!<\/p>\n<p>For graphics, I will stand by Paint.net as my tool of choice.<\/p>\n<p>Sfxr is great for sound effects.<\/p>\n<p>I play the bass, the guitar, and the drums, and have Garage Band and a mixer\u2026 and Saturday I\u2019m having a jam session at my house. Coincidence? Totally. But why not put the music to good use?<\/p>\n<p>On another note, I am excited that the final round of voting is up! I can hardly wait to see what the theme ends up being. (My fingers are crossed for Time Loop\u2026 we\u2019ll see how that goes, though.)<\/p>\n<p>Good luck everyone!<\/p>\n<p>++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>Alright everyone, update here. I ended up having a lot of trouble getting Mono and Boo to play nice on my computer\u2026 so I might be using AS3, FlashDevelop, and Flixel.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m getting out my Ubuntu machine to see if that will work better\u2013 we shall see.<\/p>\n<p>Glad I decided to test things out before the compo, though!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>BeefPop<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/beef-pop\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beef Pop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/declaration\/\" rel=\"tag\">declaration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld25\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld25<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 12th, 2012 9:40 pm","title":"In, with the creepiest language of all time!","title_was_empty":false}