Gearing up for my 5th LD in a row… just can’t stay away

I’m a software engineer based in London and enjoy a bit of casual game development in my free time.

For this LD, I’ve switched to libgdx instead of Slick2D since getting an Android phone and becoming interested in mobile. In the run-up to the compo I ported my LD26 entry (“squarespace”) as a learning exercise. The base code and game implementation can be downloaded from the link below, I’ll be using this as a reference. Hoping to make a small game based off this in the warm-up this weekend, and see if I can get Android/HTML5 support working too…

My tool set:

• Language: Java
• IDE: IntelliJ IDEA
• Libraries: Katsu v4 (Personal Library/Base Code for 2D Java Games – based on libgdx)
• Level Design: Tiled
• Graphics: Photoshop
• Sounds/Music: OpenMPT, Audacity, SFXR
• Other: Coffee (coding); Pizza (survival); Tripel Karmeliet (late night motivation/humorization/removal of creative blocks)

Good luck to all – here’s hoping for a good theme, and looking forward to playing your entries!