This time I have other things on my mind in the LD weekend.  For one thing, I’m working on a bigger Ouya game project which is almost ready for release.  Also I am trying to enjoy my last vacation days.  So, I won’t produce 11 games like last time.   Nevertheless I should be able to produce something interesting is less than 8 hours, and I want to participate in rating, AND I still need something for 1GAM August, so I’m in.  I want this to be a learning experience, to hell with the ratings, so I want to make something I usually do not make:

• a puzzle or strategy game
• a storyline or at least an evocative theme
• my own soundtrack (something I haven’t done in a long time)
• sounds with a microphone instead of sfxr

I was thinking of producing something 3D, but I won’t have the time to prepare myself for a new 3D PC platform.  So I will use Flash or Java with JGame as usual. And:

• Gimp, Inkscape, Evolvotron, my random sprite generator
• sfxr, Audacity
• JBox2D or Box2DFlash for physics

My planned schedule:

Saturday: lie on the beach meditating on the theme

Saturday evening: whip up a couple of prototypes

Sunday: spend 4-8 hours making the game

Monday: if all else fails, participate in the jam