I’m in for my third Ludum Dare

I’m using python/pygame again. After my LD #19 entry received only 9 plays, I decided I really need to learn something web-based. I started to learn ActionScript and even made a failed entry at One Month Game, but I don’t feel like I’m comfortable enough with it yet to use it for LD. So I don’t plan to get a lot of feedback again, but I still hope to have a good time!

Unfortunately my home internet is down until 29 Aug, due to a telecom workers’ strike! Since none of my neighbors were nice enough to unsecure their wifi, that means I have to take this production on the road. I plan to write my game from work, the library, and a friend’s house. Never a dull moment. I probably won’t be able to get a Windows port together until after work on Monday. I hope that doesn’t keep too many people from playing.

I hope to stick to my strengths for this game, which are humor, story, and creative use of the theme. It will probably be silent with badly hand-drawn graphics, and lack polish since I do everything from scratch, but I hope to make up for that with interesting game mechanics.

Good luck to everyone!

Comments

foobaz
24. Aug 2011 · 22:07 UTC
I kind of regret using actionscript and not pygame for my first LD. I spent about a quarter of the time looking for a decent library for a simple (GUI) button, which I eventually ended up coding myself.