Hello Ludum Dare community! This is Team Lazerbeam, signing on from Cape Town, South Africa!

The three of us are assembled and super excited about knocking out another weird, playful video game experience. Ludum Dare 34 marks the 1 year anniversary of the three of us creating Bionic Bliss, which was the first game we made as Team Lazerbeam.

We’re really stoked to be back on a project together, and are all really happy with the themes for Ludum Dare 34. Our concept is one that follows the journey of an adventurer, going from humble beginnings through grand quests, into their final retirement. The whole game plays out across a series of contemplative moments, favouring those over the fighting, looting, shopping and talking that typically dominates most RPG experiences. Player interaction comes in the form of guiding the hero by choosing one of two courses of action (visualized by the hero in thought bubbles). Jumping forward in the story, music, audio and visuals will then change to reflect the impact of the player’s decision.

As usual, we’re being ambitious as hell. That said, we trust that even in a very scaled down form, we think this concept will make for a pretty awesome, moving experience. Here’s a wee video of us explaining the concept!

Okay, I better get down to drawing! We’ll check in soon with more news! We hope everyone’s having an awesome jam so far!