Just woke up to find out the theme. On the one hand it’s easy – no need to artwork, it’s just gonna be a white background with black shapes right? But… that’s just the visuals. How do you create a minimalist game, a game stripped down to it’s bare essentials, when you’re already planning to build a game in 48 hours that could only have the bare essentials anyway?!

Wait, I’ve got it! I’ll be coding in javascript, so all I need to do is minify my script right at the end. Well that was easy =D

Hmm, maybe I could try writing a game with the least code possible. Doesn’t sound much fun though.

The trouble is, if you strip away functionality beyond what would already be a very simple game anyway, can it still be enjoyable to play? It could be novel, but unless I have a killer idea it could end up simple as in boring, rather than minimalist.

I’m going to take a walk and hope some inspiration strikes. Until then, expect to see a white background with black shapes shooting at each other!