{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/mrleeperry\/","author_name":"MrLeePerry","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1398262020,"event":"LD29","likes":6,"metadata":{"p_key":"81097","p_author":"MrLeePerry","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290214","p_title":"I\u2019m in for the first time\u2026","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398262020","p_likes":"6","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"source_url":"2014\/04\/23\/im-in-for-the-first-time-38\/","text":"<p>Hey all, I\u2019m a AAA dude gone solo and taking on all the dev roles.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a long time Ludum Dare lurker, but I\u2019m excited to finally be able to participate now that I\u2019m learning to code.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I took a trial run at making something from scratch and put this together in ~8 hours of work:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/17611986\/ClutzBot.html\" title=\"CLUTZYBOT\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/17611986\/ClutzBot.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(not a full game, just arrow keys to drive around and bump into things)<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, I don\u2019t plan on USING any of that in the event, it\u2019s just the first non-tutorial thing I\u2019ve tried coding, and was a great way to get a couple 1-2 hour long stumbling confusion fests out of the way (like, oh hey, THAT\u2019S what an else-if statement is for!) <img alt=\":)\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be using\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">Code:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000\">\n<li>Unity<\/li>\n<li>UnityScript \/ JavaScript<\/li>\n<li>IDE:\u00a0MonoDevelop<\/li>\n<li>Free shader code libraries (\u201cFree MatCap Shaders\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000\">Assets:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000\">\n<li>Graphics:\u00a0I won\u2019t lie\u2026 a version of Lightwave 5 that I\u2019ve used literally since 1999 (aint broken, aint fixin it!), Modo, Photoshop<\/li>\n<li>Sound and music:\u00a0GarageBand and Audacity (It\u2019s my understanding that using loops and audio from GarageBand is allowed, so, running with that I\u2019m sure)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m on Twitter at @MrLeePerry\u2026 I\u2019ll probably vine some updates, but not live feed my work (too hard with doing art on PC and Unity on Mac)<\/p>","time":"April 23rd, 2014 2:07 pm","title":"I\u2019m in for the first time\u2026","title_was_empty":false}