And finally, Ludum Dare 41 has ended.

The results for each category can be found here:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/results

You can check your game page for your individual results (via the My Game link up top).

Congratulations everyone! You did it! You made a game!

Ludum Dare 42 - August 10th-13th, starts 3 hours early!!

It's science experiment time!

You can read more details here, but I often get e-mails from folks in the EU asking for the Theme early, instead of at 3 AM or 4 AM local time. We are not the Global Game Jam. We are an event that exists entirely online, so handing out themes early just isn't practical for us. That said, I hear you.

So in an attempt to be a little more EU friendly, and because Science, we're going to try starting and ending the upcoming August event 3 hours early. That looks something like this:

• 3:00 PM Friday on the West coast of USA/Canada ***
• 6:00 PM Friday on the East coast of USA/Canada (me)
• 10:00 PM Friday UTC
• 11:00 PM Friday in the UK
• 12:00 AM Saturday in France, Germany, Sweden, South Africa
• 1:00 AM Saturday in Finland, Belarus, Moscow
• 3:30 AM Saturday in India ***
• 6:00 AM Saturday in West Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong
• 7:00 AM Saturday in Japan
• 8:00 AM Saturday in Sydney Australia

(My apologies if I omitted you... there are a lot of you :wink:)

And as always the event goes for 48 and 72 hours, with one hour each to submit after the end (Submission Hour).

As you can see above, the problem times are if you're on the West Coast of the USA (i.e. San Francisco) or Canada (i.e. Vancouver), where more than likely you're still at work or school. Also, those in India run in to the same problem as those in the EU. The fact is there's no perfect time to schedule an international event like ours, at least if we're going to fit the full 48 hours in.

That is the plan (August only). We go back to the regular start time in December.

NOTE: If this becomes a regular thing, it'll effect the August event ONLY. April and December Ludum Dare's will continue to be run at the regular time. This would only impact 1 of 3 events we run per year.

Again this is just an experiment. We'll be doing a survey after to see what the consensus is.

Stay Informed!

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Wrap Up

My apologies for the lack of website updates this time. It's been a bit of transition for me, the past few months looking for a job, and starting that job 3 weeks ago today (the Tuesday immediately after Ludum Dare ended). I'm still getting a feel for how to balance work with personal projects like Ludum Dare (I even took the day off today). I'll figure it out. Not having to stress about how I'm going to pay the bills is already a huge weight off my shoulders. :wink:

That's it for me. We'll see you again in August.