I'm in again! I won't have much time this weekend, but I will try to make something small and polished anyway.

Favorite software list:

Engine

🫔 Construct2: HTML5 game creation software!

Graphics

🫔 Aseprite: Pixel art program!

🫔 GNU-IMP: Open source image editor!

🫔 Tiled: Excellent tile-based level editor!

Sound

🫔 LSDJ and bgb: Authentic Gameboy synthesizer and emulator!

🫔 Chiptone: Superb “old-school” style sound effect generator/creator!

🫔 FL Studio: Classic versatile music software!

🫔 Audacity: Open source sound editor!

Hosting

🫔 itch.io: Storefront/games host!

NOTES

🧠 I WILL NOT USE ANY AI TOOLS. ALL ART/MUSIC/SCENARIO/SFX/ETC WILL BE CREATED BY ME OR WITH “OLD-SCHOOL”-STYLE GENERATORS. ANY AI INFLUENCE WILL BE ACCIDENTAL (SOME SOFTWARE COMPANY SNEAKING SOMETHING INTO MY TOOLS, FOR INSTANCE.)

⏳️ There are only 5 LudumDares left. My milestones...

🧮 I have made 26 Compo Entries since starting in ~2013.

✅ ⭐️ Get top 100 in any category (LD28)

🔲 🌟 Get top 100 in every category at once

✅ 💫 Get top 10 in any category (LD29)

🔲 🌌 Get top 10 in every category at once

✅ 🥉 Get 3rd in any category (LD40)

✅ 🥈 Get 2nd in any category (LD58)

🔲 🏆️ Get 1st in any category

🔲 🗻 Win 1st Overall

✅ 🛸 Remake an entry as a 'proper' release (2019)

Let's see if I can check them all off before the end!