My boyfriend mentions LD every time it comes up and he never actually tries it. So finally, I said I would give it a shot if I could find software that helped with the coding side (I am not a programmer and have only rudimentary knowledge of HTML). I think he thinks this is a challenge and he realized if I was going to try that he had to man up and do it as well. Mostly, though I’m doing this to give him motivation. Just as he supported my attempts to write a novel in 30 days (I was successful) I want to support his attempts to write a game in 2 days. Additionally, this will motivate anyone who thinks they can’t. Because really, if someone with no programming experience can pull something together, you talented folk have no excuses. Here is my declaration of what I will be using.

• Game Maker 8.0 Lite (game will definitely be 2d)
• Graphics: Game Maker Graphics editor and maybe Photoshop
• Music: Musgai
• Sound: sfxr
• Libraries: None
• Other Tools: Oxygen 8 Midi Controller (to really make some good music), lots of blueberry tea, pandora for music (probably final fantasy stuff) and lots of cookies.

Happy Game Developing!