Hi guys, this is my first Ludum Dare compo

When I woke up this morning I went to the LD site to know the theme for this compo: caverns. Kind of turn off, because I had a nice idea for a zombies game. I had a shower and thought about what kind of game I’d do: a running game. Not very original (I found out that other people are making this kind of game, too!), but I just want to have some fun this weekend, so no added pressure for winning.

This was my breakfast (was super-hungry this morning): three mini-sandwiches of ham and cheese, with olive oil. Plus some coke. I needed caffeine and I’m not very fond of coffee, so…

I downloaded an IRC client and joined #ludumdare for first time. There were 105 people in there O_o I didn’t know LD was so popular. I asked if I could borrow a public-domain or free picture, and I was told that yes, as long as I alter the picture somehow. I went to Wikipedia and found a nice CC-By photo of a cave. I spent almost an hour working on it, and got this (click to view full picture):

But when I finished, I took a closer look to the compo rules and… it turns out that I can’t borrow any pictures! I was quite disappointed because I threw away precious time, but hey, better to find this kind of stuff sooner than later! I drop the picture and drew some kind of floor to use with the game.

Now I’m downloading some Machinae Supremacy songs and start to code the framework (game states, sprites, and so on) of the game. I’ll be using Ruby and Gosu, so I’m expecting to have lots of fun See you!