{"id":29,"date":"2008-05-19T23:31:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T04:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2008-05-19T23:31:18","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T04:31:18","slug":"sandbox-of-god-2-contest-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Sandbox of God 2 Contest Winner!"},"content":{"rendered":"

And the winner goes to the following entry…
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\nWe call ourselves ‘the human race’,
\nWe flourish because we’re resourceful.
\nBut after a foe caused us disgrace,
\nWe are forever remorseful.<\/em>
\n
\nOur lives were peaceful and quiet,
\nOn the plains of this land we inhabit.
\nThen, suddenly, a fierce, bloody riot,
\nCaused by our nemesis; the rabbit.<\/em>
\n
\nA treacherous enemy are they,
\nWith a sharp, agile mind and perception.
\nThey strike in an ingenius way,
\nMixing tactics with skill and deception.<\/em>
\n
\nOur skirmish has raged for generations,
\nWith casualties reaching the millions.
\nDespite diplomatic negotiations,
\nThey continue to strike our civilians.<\/em>
\n
\nIt seems there’s no way we’ll ever stop fighting,
\nWe won’t make a truce for love or for money.
\nThere’s no chance of our two civilizations uniting,
\nThe battle won’t cease between human and bunny.<\/em>
\n
\n— Anonymous human<\/em>
\n
\nBig congrats to joe_042293 who wrote the awesomeness that is the poem. Nice work. Runner up goes to LostOverThere’s poem in the beginning of the first page<\/a> of this topic. Great job everyone!
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\n***
\nI think it’s time for a SOG 2 update, eh? I’ll be completely honest here: the project is stalled for now. Fred has gotten quite a few sprites done but there are still plenty more to go. On my end, only the night\/day cycle is done. There is still much, much more work to do.
\n
\nHonestly, the idea of working on SOG 2 fills me with dread. Working on a game like Spirits of Metropolis (which I’m currently doing) or Liquisity 2 is so much more fun, because I have to figure out how to balance the gameplay and actually have fun with the final product. SOG 2 is a lot like doing a tabletop 500 piece jigsaw puzzle: You know how it’ll turn out in the end, but it’s the getting there that’s hell.
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\nMaybe that’s not the best analogy, hah.
\n
\nI hadn’t heard from Fred in a while but we were both knee deep in school at one point. I know we’ll finish the project, but for right now it’s going to simmer as I get SofM done, which is still targeted for a June release. Gotta finish one of these games, after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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