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Mini Ludum Dare 50 Announcement!

[raw] LD28MiniLD 07. Mar 2014 · 11:48 UTC · 84 days after compo start by ratking · 62

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This MiniLD is over! Thanks for participating, everybody!

Greetings, and welcome to the Mini Ludum Dare 50!

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As next month the big fat Ludum Dare 29 happens, you’re encouraged to use this jam as preparation and warm-up for the “real thing”. This means: hone your skills, try out new tools, experiment with different gameplay ideas or even do things you normally don’t do.

The theme for this miniLD is DEMAKES!

I chose this theme simply because it wasn’t a theme for any Ludum Dare before. Officially demakes are remakes of already created games, by using less advanced technology, a more limited platform and/or a reduced scope. But as the purpose of Ludum Dare is to have fun, you may interpret this in any way you want. You should make something that is awesome to play, not that follows the theme slavishly.

Mini Ludum Dare 50 officially starts March 22nd and ends March 24th (in your timezone), but the submission form will be open for the rest of the month [Update!] until April the 7th. Of course you may also start sooner. I recommend doing the game in 48 hours (or if you’re a team, 72 hours) nonetheless, to keep the focus tight.

[Update!] Rules: Regarding the jam there are none. Teams are allowed, all tools are allowed, using preexisting content is allowed, all genres are allowed. A fair bit of warning, though: DO NOT infringe copyrights! I will remove all entries where I have reason to believe this is the case. Thanks for understanding!

PS: For more cool game jams, visit the CompoHub!

Tags: Demakes, mini ludum dare, MiniLD

Comments

Patacorow
07. Mar 2014 · 15:15 UTC
I’ve been suggesting ‘demakes’ as a theme for so long now. Thank you so much!!!!!
07. Mar 2014 · 18:09 UTC
I hope to participate in this one, though I have Ukraine in mind more than demakes.
Pietro Ferrantelli
07. Mar 2014 · 19:23 UTC
Best theme ever !!! Thank you !
Optimus6128
08. Mar 2014 · 14:03 UTC
Suitable theme for something I wanted to start but didn’t had the motivation before. Cool!
deathray
08. Mar 2014 · 17:06 UTC
Great theme. Given that these are my favorite games, I was thinking of demaking one of the following franchices: SimCity, Civilization, Fable, Elder Scrolls.
09. Mar 2014 · 11:06 UTC
I’m a fan of Elder Scrolls and RPGs in general. A demake probably would go into the direction of a roguelike, and the 7DRL Challenge is commencing already. But in the end: do what YOU want! :-)
11. Mar 2014 · 18:15 UTC
Elder Scrolls! Elder Scrolls! Elder Scrolls! :)
09. Mar 2014 · 14:33 UTC
I’m thinking of Dwat Fortress, in space… but less complicated
GarrickWinter
09. Mar 2014 · 19:33 UTC
Oh wow, this could be interesting! I’ll have to think it over…
suoraviiva
10. Mar 2014 · 03:59 UTC
I might have to leverage the looseness of the deadline, as Dark Souls II is released this week… I’m immediately thinking of demaking Demon’s/Dark Souls.
Optimus6128
10. Mar 2014 · 09:17 UTC
I am wondering how many will go for oldschool platforms, like demaking a later game in an 8bit platform or something. I am planning something for the CPC+ but not a grandiose title, something from android that can be ported easilly, I wanted to do it in few days before I found this competition, but was too lazy to even start. Now I think I have my motivation.
10. Mar 2014 · 19:05 UTC
I want to do this one, definitely. I’ll just need an idea…
Christina Nordlander
11. Mar 2014 · 12:54 UTC
My wish came true!
11. Mar 2014 · 18:17 UTC
The sweetest theme! Can’t wait for this! :)
TijmenTio
13. Mar 2014 · 17:49 UTC
Oh man this theme is so sweeeet, if only I had time to participate :(
Cybearg
16. Mar 2014 · 01:20 UTC
So if I understand this right, we can start any time? What I have in mind isn’t something I could hope to do in 48 hours, though due more to my lack of skill than because of scope. Doing it over the whole of this next week would be nice, even if it means it couldn’t compete in anything.
17. Mar 2014 · 08:18 UTC
Yes, you may start earlier, the submission form will be open until end of March. There won’t be any disqualifications or so.
16. Mar 2014 · 07:59 UTC
How do I find a genre to work on? I am always finding it difficult to decide on a genre for a game. I can code, but what to code is the question. Problem is I suck at art, so I have to do games that can work with primitive art.
17. Mar 2014 · 08:19 UTC
I look at games I liked very much, or at least game mechanics I like; the art can be simple 8×8 sprites, really – that’s the good thing with this theme.
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19. Mar 2014 · 05:16 UTC
Great theme. Going to try and do a demake of Shadow of the Colossus. Probably N64 or PS1 level specs using a 2.5D view. Is it a faux pas to submit early? I have an event Friday that will prevent me from participating that night.
19. Mar 2014 · 06:35 UTC
Nice theme! i’m in!
19. Mar 2014 · 15:01 UTC
Hi ratking,
19. Mar 2014 · 18:08 UTC
I hope you post something anyway. The game looked fun! Thought the OP made a little game as a demo of the concept at first.
Filth and Money
20. Mar 2014 · 02:23 UTC
I’d like to announce that I’m making a Pong demake! Good times!
Patacorow
20. Mar 2014 · 15:00 UTC
I’ve submitted my game but it won’t show up! And there’s no download link on the game page!! Please fix it :(
21. Mar 2014 · 10:57 UTC
I’m going to remake goldeneye from the N64.

one of my favorite games from when I was growing up.

I’m going to use unity 3d for its ease of use.

Upon completion I will post links to the source code, assets used,

a time lapse video of its creation and orcourse a link to play the game.
21. Mar 2014 · 11:42 UTC
Yeah, I hope this to be my first LD ever.

Today, I’m inspired by Google Android Puzzlebot, but I’m still thinking what to create.
22. Mar 2014 · 07:18 UTC
I don’t have any good ideas for this Mini-LD. If you’re de-making an already existing game, wouldn’t you be technically infringing on the IP of the source game? That’s unless you’re de-making your own game, or I guess you could just de-make a general game genre and not a specific title.
woodecker
22. Mar 2014 · 13:34 UTC
Hi, I would like to make a demake of Gears of War. The idea is to make the game to look like Contra (NES).
Static 64
22. Mar 2014 · 21:43 UTC
Do parody-style games count as copyright infringement? I’ve sketched my own low-quality versions of game characters, but it’s sort of tongue-in-cheek. Is this okay?
Mlkyduby
23. Mar 2014 · 02:18 UTC
Hmmm maybe a simple Don’t Starve? 😀
23. Mar 2014 · 06:07 UTC
I am screwed. I prepared every thing for a demake of Alan Wake yesterday. Sadly Unity don’t allow lighting changes on sprites, so I can’t create the atmosphere or use an actual light. Now, I have half working game but no idea what to do with it. Someone please give me an idea of what I can do.
26. Mar 2014 · 02:08 UTC
Change the shader on your sprite to sprite-diffuse. Ta-da! Lighting on sprites.
Korwegian
24. Mar 2014 · 18:23 UTC
I was really looking forward to this minidare but I seem to have missed it. Is it too late to start a project?
25. Mar 2014 · 11:47 UTC
I’m making progress with a game on the 6502-based Comopukit UK101. The machine is 34 years old now, and more than a little flaky. I’m loading the game via RS-232 from a Linux host at 1200 baud (four times the usual 300 baud for cassette loading). It’s all in BASIC so far, and way too slow! I’ll need to code some critical bits of the VDU update routine in 6502 assembler. I’ve made a couple of in-progress videos:
02. Apr 2014 · 20:30 UTC
But I want to demake psychonauts!

The whole point of demakes is to use a well-known game, what’s the use if you can’t copy the graphics and characters?
magar
04. Apr 2014 · 15:20 UTC
Is there voting in the miniLds?
Static 64
06. Apr 2014 · 17:25 UTC
Will the submission form be open throughout the day on the 7th, or is today the last day?