I watched Notch make Minicraft for LD22, theme “Alone”. It inspired me to join LD23 Compo and make Earth Evacuation, theme “Tiny World”. In LD24 I made Untitled for the Jam, theme “Evolution”, and I spent so much time on my computer that I had to take a walk to get my eyes back in good enough order to read my own code again. And now I’m going to join in LD25, whatever the theme may be. (I suggested the theme “Metagaming”, but I don’t know yet if it was accepted.)

I intended to learn how to use Adobe Flash after LD24, but I couldn’t get started. I wanted to start simple and learn how to animate with Flash, then learn how to use ActionScript, then learn how to use Flixel or Flashpunk or whatever, but I couldn’t find any good tutorials on animating with Flash. I also learned a bit of OpenGL recently with C++, but I’m not really ready to make a whole game with it. So, that settles the programming language and IDE I’ll be using: Java and Eclipse for the third time in a row. But I don’t mind, really.

In LD23 I didn’t have sound, but in LD24 I used sounds make with sfxr and music made with, as I think it was called, Autotracker-Bu. So, I’ll be using sfxr and Autotracker again this time. For graphics, GIMP.

In summary… Language: Java. IDE: Eclipse. Sound effects: sfxr. Music: Autotracker. Graphics: GIMP.

I’ll probably livestream at http://www.twitch.tv/pitzik4thegreat in case you care to see. It wasn’t easy to set up livestreaming. There doesn’t seem to be audio, but that’s fine with me, and I hope it’s fine with anyone watching, too. I’ll also probably make a timelapse. I will definitely do at least one of these, possibly both.

Edit: Oh, yes, I forgot to mention one thing. If you were wondering about the purpose of this message, it was to inform you that one day you will all be ruled by me. I will initiate my world takeover on the 21st.