I’m in! This will be my 3rd Ludum Dare and I can’t wait. I’m a bit better organised this time round, too Good luck to all the entrants, looking forward to playing & reviewing your games!

Here’s what I’ll be using:

• Language: Java
• IDE: IntelliJ IDEA
• Libraries: Katsu (Personal Quick-Start IDEA Project + Slick/SlickUtil/LWJGL)
• Level Design: Tiled
• Graphics: Photoshop
• Sounds/Music: OpenMPT, Audacity, SFXR, maybe some free VSTs
• TODO List/Task Tracker: https://kanbanflow.com

Katsu Features:

• Ready-to-go standalone game build based on Slick2D/LWJGL with launcher scripts (Win+Mac+Linux+Solaris)
• Ready-to-go applet build
• Skeleton code for 2D map+tileset loading (Tiled), basic entity support and rendering loops
• Resources structure and sample code for SFX/music handling
• UI/splash screen/side panel
• Mouse action support with some skeleton code
• Keyboard shortcuts for full screen, toggle music
• A few helpful utility classes/methods

Getting Katsu

The latest version is available from Github under a public domain licence. Visit https://github.com/berkano/katsu, or just git clone https://github.com/berkano/katsu.git