This will be my 9th Ludum Dare, and 3 years since my first!

I’m trying a new strategy this time around. Instead of waiting for the theme to decide on the game I am going to build, I am going in with an idea and will use the theme to influence either the thematic elements or the mechanics. I figure this will eliminate the considerable time I waste trying to come up with an idea… we’ll see.

I’ll be using MonoGame, C#, VS2017 along with a branch of my my own framework/engine here https://github.com/srakowski/coldsteel, per the rules feel free to use it too :p.

Audio will be sfxr (or a variant), Audacity, Bosca Ceoil, and maybe I’ll try some of the tools listed in the last mini jam.

Graphics will mostly be Gimp, Paint.NET, Paint, and Inkscape, but I picked up Pyxel Edit and Spriter in a Humble Bundle so I may employ those as well.

I’m also anticipating doing some live streaming on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRuD5EmUMu-JAi_AW5jJLw

Good luck to everyone this weekend!