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Here’s the idea: 

• Up to 128 players chase and shoot each other. IN SPACE.
• Weapon upgrades are per-shot.
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Here’s the point:

• Leave a multiplayer server running for the duration of the judging.
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• Have the server spit out logs and give out pointless awesome LD trophies.

Here’s how it was done:

• Forget about fancy lag compensation and cheat detection
• Three thousand lines of C
• Two original songs
• One person jam team
• “Minimal” scale testing.

Best moments:

• It works!
• No it doesn’t! But it’s broken in awesome ways!
• Particles!
• PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW etc.

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This was probably my favourite LD since my first. Once again I spent all of my time on a technical prototype instead of polishing, but you know what? That’s okay! I think Ludum Dare is the perfect place to take risks and try something new. And judging by the other entries, lots of my comrade contestants agree.

I had a blast. I’ll try to rate as many entries as I can, and I’ll also try to stay on the UltraPew server as much as I can so everybody has somebody to play against.

Thanks everybody! See you in the comments sections of your entries, and I can’t wait for LD27!

P.S.: OpenGL coder looking for artist for next Ludum Dare or earlier. @justinbowes on Twitter.