First night of Ludum Dare caffeine intake: 0mg

Wait, what? It’s 6am and I had no caffeine? Not sure how that happened.

Regardless, I stripped down an old idea that’s been sitting in my notes for a couple months and that seems to be what my code is headed towards now. Decided on using Lua. This will be my first LD with it, but my second game (and second time overall) with it.

I got more done than I expected to tonight (concept, basic movement, jumping, and a good-enough map system), but whether or not I can even finish in time for the jam is entirely up in the air. If I do finish, it might be ridiculously short and fairly lame, but I’ve got some quick ideas to toss in for humor points to help my score out.

Even if the game is terrible, I’ll still be happy. Finishing even what I’ve done so far with college graduation just a couple weeks away (and the nice pile of projects that comes with that) is enough of an accomplishment for me. (But of course, just because it’s enough doesn’t mean I won’t aim for more!)

Now if you’ll excuse me, I believe it’s nap time.