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The game: Connected Worlds Training Facility<\/a><\/p>\n

I wrote an article on my website about my Ludum Dare experience<\/a>. It has GIFs to show my progress throughout the weekend (sorry, no timelapse!). It was my first time taking part and I really enjoyed it. Thanks a lot.<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/p>\n

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Last weekend, I took part in\u00a0Ludum Dare<\/a>\u00a0for the first time. Ludum Dare is a game development competition in which you have to make a game in 48 hours. Before the competition, everybody votes on a theme, and this time around the most popular theme was \u201cConnected Worlds.\u201d By the end, I had successfully managed to make a little game called\u00a0Connected Worlds Training Facility<\/a>\u00a0which you can\u00a0play online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taking part had been on my mind for some years. I first learned to code with\u00a0Game Maker<\/a>, about 12 years ago, and have been interested in game development ever since. I read a lot of game development books, regularly browsed forums like\u00a0\/r\/gamedev<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Stack Exchange site<\/a>, learned a fair few libraries and tools, and\u00a0started<\/em>\u00a0making some of the ideas that were dancing in the back of my head \u2014 but never got far.<\/p>\n

I watched many Ludum Dares come and go and always told myself that I\u2019d take part next time. I was also pretty scared that once I left university and started working, I\u2019d never have the time for that kind of thing. Then I left university, got myself a job, and three weeks later took part in Ludum Dare. It\u2019s funny how that happens.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I also give an overview of everything that happened during the competition\u00a0and my thoughts on how it went and why.<\/p>\n

Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n

The first GIF:<\/p>\n

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The last GIF:<\/p>\n

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