Hello and good morning.

It is with an excited heart and fresh cup of tea that I inform you all I am a “GO!” for Ludum Dare 30. A very good friend of mine known as “Catmoo” got me into game jams a couple of years back and it has been one of the most fun passtimes I have discovered. As a full time game designer it is one of the best things you can do to tune your skills and expand your thinking.

Now to the obligatorys

I Will be tweeting from @xopsx

I am using a template for the first time which I am uploading now. It contains folder names, a splash screen sound and graphic and two control objects with movement instructions

(EDIT: template here – https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1slfyHxOtX3MWVKdm51bjZpWlU/edit?usp=sharing )

I am going to set myself a challenge of NOT using Bevel and or Emboss in photoshop on ANY of my created assets.

I will, as always, feature hidden space tea

 

My chosen tools are

Game Maker – https://www.yoyogames.com/studio

BFXR http://www.bfxr.net/

Photoshop (some really old version from somewhere …)

Audacity/Premiere, etc…

Garage Band as my music creator

Xmind for my brainstorming and I recommend it to everyone as a fast prototyping tool – http://www.xmind.net/

 

Here are my previous entries

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=21374

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=21374

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=21374

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=21374

 

I wish you all good luck and I await the theme in anticipation!

 

G