To Join or Not to Join

I really REALLY want to join the next Ludum Dare competition, but I’ve never made a game in so little time before.

Also, I’m not sure the difference between a MiniLD and a normal LD.  I hope it’s the same thing, because during the summer is the only time I can join it.

I hope my skills in Flash don’t fail me now!  I may make some good games, but it takes forever to get some things to cooperate with me.  I absolutely hate doing collision physics because it’s a lot of frustrating trial and error.  I also don’t want to spend my entire time working with the world render-er.  Am I allowed to reuse code I’ve already made before?  If so, then my originality will need to be key.  Also, I want to stand out from the rest which might be hard.  There are hundreds (thousands?) of brilliant programmers here, and if I am to stick out, I need to be strong.

As you can see, this might be a bit fun for me to participate in.  (In other words, I’ll be a reck!)

I wonder who I’m posting this to.  Will everyone see this, or just people viewing my profile? O.o

– Zanz

 

UPDATE:
It’s been 2 miniLDs now, and I’m feeling more confident that I’ll rock at the full Ludum Dare.  I doubt I can get first place in anything though; I’ve seen some of these submissions and they’re absolutely amazing.  I think I know what to focus on though.

Comments

Puzzlem00n
15. Jun 2012 · 01:04 UTC
Haha, don’t worry, you’ll get used to the technical stuff of the site. Your posts are made to the front page and your individual profile page. And as for MiniLD/LD difference, LD is much less relaxed, where the rules are enforced completely, but if you want to break a rule or two, a Mini is your chance. Translation: reusing code is fine for this one!
15. Jun 2012 · 23:31 UTC
Just see what you can do and have fun.