Now I can say for sure I'm in
Assuming that nothing unexpected happens, so yes, I was lying, I cannot say for sure, but I can at least confirm that I'm going to be in if the things stay in the way they currently are.
So let's start this classical "I'm in" post with the mandatory listing of the tools I'm going to use:
Tools
- Programming language: JavaScript (and Html5, naturally). I'll be using canvas functions. I have a 2D (and even 3D) WebGL engines in my Github, but I get the best compatibility if I use canvas functions.
- Libraries: Howler.js for audio
- Graphics: GIMP. That's all I need.
- Audio: Bfxr for sound effects, if I have time. There won't be no music, I'm a terrible composer, so making a decent piece of music would take hours of time.
- Code editor: vscode. I don't like IDEs. I do all my coding in vscode (including languages like C, C#, Java, Python, Javascript of course, but even LaTeX). I'm not a cool guy, so I won't be using Emacs or even Vim. Sorry.
- Operating system: Linux Mint. I'm still not a cool guy, so no Arch Linux for me.
- Browser(s): I'll do the main development on Opera (and therefore it should also work on Chrome and most other Chromium derivatives), but I'll also test my game on Firefox. Those are the most common browsers people use. I don't have an overpriced yet underpowered fruit machine, so no support for Safari. If my game works on Edge, that will probably be an accident.
- Map editor: Almost forgot to mention this. In the case I need tilemaps, I'll use Tiled.
My starting code can be found here: https://github.com/jani-nykanen/ld45-starting-code
It's very barebones, but should have everything I need. I have not made a full game with it, yet (although 90% of the code is from older, finished projects of mine), so I cannot say for 100% sure that it won't need any chances or if it's missing something essential. Time will tell.
And in the case you want to know what kind of games I have made before, here's a link to my Itch.io profile: https://jani-nykanen.itch.io.
(By the way, wasn't there some big Discord server dedicated for Ludum Dare or something?)