I’m doing my “I’m in” post now because of how I always approach LD: the first night, I brainstorm for 2 hours, pick a best idea, then immediately go to sleep. Now I’m well-rested, well-breakfasted, and ready for 14 glorious hours of game dev before I go to sleep again! I’ll be using:

• Programming language: Haxe
• Game engine: HaxeFlixel
• IDE: IntelliJ IDEA
• Graphics: GIMP
• Tilemaps: Tiled
• Sound effects: bfxr
• Music: probably GarageBand

Interestingly, this theme was the second most divisive theme in the final round (as measured by fewest number of 0 votes) after the snowman. I was one of the ones who voted against this theme (boo technical restrictions), but I think I’ve got an idea that’ll work! I just feel bad for the people who wanted to make a first-person 3D game, an interactive fiction, or one of a few other things that don’t work well with the theme (though I see a few people still determined to make it work). Good luck to everyone, and I can’t wait to play what you all come up with!