{"id":58,"date":"2010-08-21T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T11:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/21\/an-idea-2\/"},"modified":"2010-08-21T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T11:09:10","slug":"an-idea-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/21\/an-idea-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An idea!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Had breakfast (bread and liquid crack AKA Nestea Orange):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/breakfast.jpg\" title=\"breakfast.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/zrtn_003p27cf51d1_tn.jpg\" style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" alt=\"breakfast.JPG\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and inspiration hit me&#8230; I actually got a decent idea!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/game_design.jpg\" title=\"game_design.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/zrtn_004p74f101fb_tn.jpg\" style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px; BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" alt=\"game_design.JPG\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The idea is a mix of Bejeweled, Puzzle Quest, Possession Mechanics and Tetris&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>An invading army is attacking your castle and you have to possess the right type of enemy to deal more damage to the surrounding units&#8230; It&#8217;s kind of complicated to explain without visual aids (hopefully, or else I won&#8217;t be able to do decent instructions and nobody will understand my game).<\/p>\n<p>I think this is pretty simple to implement, so I won&#8217;t use my engine and go back to my old LD#17 framework to do the game&#8230; if I&#8217;m lucky I&#8217;ll be able to make the compo instead of the jam, let&#8217;s see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Going to use placeholder graphics until I have a firm grasp on what I&#8217;ll need to actually draw&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Really excited by this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton58\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fshadowcovenant.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F08%2F21%2Fan-idea-2%2F&amp;text=An%20idea%21&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal&amp;counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fshadowcovenant.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F08%2F21%2Fan-idea-2%2F\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had breakfast (bread and liquid crack AKA Nestea Orange): and inspiration hit me&#8230; I actually got a decent idea! 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