{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/tombofry\/","author_name":"Tom Gardiner","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1397326260,"event":"LD29","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"81768","p_author":"Tom Gardiner","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290885","p_title":"4th Time In!","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1397326260","p_likes":"4","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\/12\/4th-time-in-2\/","text":"<p>Hey guys, I\u2019ve been taking part in the Ludum Dare competitions since April last year, and it would be an honour to take part for another year!<\/p>\n<p>This time, I\u2019ll be switching up my tools. Last year I primarily used Game Maker 8 on Windows, however I\u2019ve recently turned to free solutions instead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IDE: Sublime Text 3<\/li>\n<li>Framework: <a href=\"http:\/\/haxeflixel.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"HaxeFlixel\">HaxeFlixel<\/a> (Haxe\/OpenFL\/Flixel). Definitely check it out if you haven\u2019t already. It\u2019s absolutely fantastic! (apparently they\u2019ll be supporting consoles soon, that\u2019s awesome!)<\/li>\n<li>Art\/Asset creation: GIMP<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/elementaryos.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"elementary OS\">elementary OS<\/a>. It\u2019s a free Linux operating system based on Ubuntu. It looks amazing, and it\u2019s lightning fast. Not sure about livestreaming with it though. We\u2019ll see, I\u2019ll do some tests soon.<\/li>\n<li>As for music, I\u2019ll switch over to Windows 7 half way through to use FL Studio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The game I make will be uploaded to Itch.io, GameJolt, IndieDB, and the Google Play Store (see point below)<\/p>\n<p>Expect the game I make to be released on all desktop operating systems (either Flash or native compilations), and <strong>Android<\/strong> Phones and Tablets. I will likely design the game with phones in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck everybody!<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/android\/\" rel=\"tag\">android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/flixel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Flixel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/haxeflixel\/\" rel=\"tag\">HaXeFlixel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld29\/\" rel=\"tag\">ld29<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 12th, 2014 6:11 pm","title":"4th Time In!","title_was_empty":false}