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Ludumdare is just a couple of days away now, so I'm starting to get things ready.  Work has been crazy recently, so I haven't really had much evening time for trying out tech. I did, however, learn that some of the tech I was planning to use was actually too problematic to use, so a bullet dodged right there.

Here's a list of software and hardware that I'm planning to use for this.  I bet you're excited to read this! D: 

• iMac 2.8ghz with Leopard OSX
• Windows Laptop  - old Toshiba Portege A200 with XP
• iPod Microphone  - Belkin 'tunetalk' (or maybe just the built in mic in my mac), for creating sound effects (!!)

• Unity - game development tool
• Textmate - mac text editor, used for coding
• Colloquy for IRC chatting
• CFXR - sxfr port, creates beepy 8-bit sound effects
• GarageBand - making music and filtering sound samples
  
• Photoshop CS4 - 14 days left on the trial version, haha.
• 3DSMAX 2009 (PC) - 3D models and animation
• gile[s] (PC) - 3D lightmaps (difficult to export though, so maybe not)

I need to stock up on drinks and food to keep me going throughout the weekend, and I might get up super early tomorrow morning to set me up for an early start on Saturday. I'm keen to think of the simplest idea I can think of, and then make it even simpler. I don't want to burn myself out doing this, as it's just for fun, but I'm still going to try my hardest with it.  Better something simple and polished than anything else. Yosh! o_o