Hello everyone,

Looks like it’s time to tackle the old Ludum Dare beast once again.  I couldn’t participate last time, but I’ve made sure to set aside the weekend this time and I’m really looking forward the 48-hour rush!

My hope for a theme this time is something that would suit a tycoon-type game or a simple turn-based RPG.  I really want to push myself to make one or the other within the constraints of the compo!

• Html 5 Canvas / Javascript, of course using the amazing Phaser framework!
• The trusted Gimp for art.  I haven’t found anything more reliable, and I’ve been learning more about how to use it properly lately!
• Spriter for animation, if required.  I really enjoyed using it during LD30 and I love how it makes it easy to create fluid animations with simple motion tweens.  The only problem with it is it doesn’t help at all for pixel-art animations.
• Again, I really want to try to make some custom music.  This time I’ll be looking into LMMS, but if that doesn’t work out I’ll use the incredibly free Abundant-Music for random music generation.
• The equally incredibly free BFXR for random game sound generation, if required!
• Sublime Text 3 for code editing.  Perfect lightweight code editor.
• GitHub for source control management.
• My own website to host the finished product.
• Chronolapse for time lapse capture. It’s always awesome to look back at that time lapse and see just where my time went through the weekend.

Best of luck to everyone participating in this exciting new Ludum Dare, and I look forward to playing all of your games after it’s complete!

~Cudabear