I’ve got my tilemap rendering with some placeholder graphics. Here’s a screenshot:

Busy busy busy…. back to coding!

I’m at the stage now where I’m just mapping out the gameworld and populating it with words and people. It’s looking like I’ll finish in time, which I’m pleased about

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the brave Diodontidae will fight the polution in the Sea !

So I ended up staying awake on IRC till 4am to see what the theme was. Advancing wall of doom, eh? Well, I was rooting for Bosses, but at least this beats Rain. Nobody wanted rain.

(and by nobody I mean me)

So, after tossing about some dumb ideas I’m going to go for a platformer. Details are still emerging in my mind, and while they emerge, I draw tank tracks. Hooray!

It’s 9:30 now, I haven’t been to sleep, I’m not tired and I don’t have anything importatnt I gotta do today. These are I think excellent conditions! We’ll see how long I last…

Breakfast soon, once I get these things spinning.