{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/pov\/","author_name":"PoV","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1397648340,"event":"LD29","likes":38,"metadata":{"p_key":"81132","p_author":"PoV","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290249","p_title":"Warmup Weekend \u2013 Ludum Dare 29","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1397648340","p_likes":"38","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\/16\/warmup-weekend-ludum-dare-29\/","text":"<p>Are you <em>psyched<\/em> for Ludum Dare 29? <strong>Yeah!<\/strong> Are you <em>ready<\/em> for Ludum Dare 29? <strong>No!??<\/strong> Then between now and Ludum Dare 29\u2032s start time, you\u2019re encouraged to test your tools. We call it Warmup Weekend (but we don\u2019t mind if you\u2019re early or late). Make some art, import it, and draw it on screen. Make some sounds, import them, and play them on cue. If you\u2019re using a new development tool, figure out the development cycle. Learn how to make a release too!<\/p>\n<p>Bullet point summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No rules or limits. This is practice.<\/li>\n<li>Learn your development tools! Write some code, run it.<\/li>\n<li>Make some art, get it on screen, make it move.<\/li>\n<li>Print some text to the screen. Print some text to a log (if applicable).<\/li>\n<li>Make some sound, get it in game, make it play.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re motivated enough, make your experiments in to a game!<\/li>\n<li>Make something that should take \u201chours\u201d, not 2 days.<\/li>\n<li>Then package it up, put it online.<\/li>\n<li>No time or day limit. But if you have no other plans this weekend, why not?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like what you\u2019ve done, feel free to share it.<\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"+1\">[ <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29-warmup\/\">Submit Here<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-29-warmup\/?action=preview\">View all Warmup Games<\/a> ]<\/font><\/center><\/p>","time":"April 16th, 2014 11:39 am","title":"Warmup Weekend \u2013 Ludum Dare 29","title_was_empty":false}