🍺🍗 Cognitive dissonance

🍺🍗 Nothing is true

🍺🍗 Peace

Those of you who played the game Star Crossed (LD47) may remember the short story introducing the game. That story inspired another project, a picture book titled “Sorrow, Hope, Hunger.” In addition to Star Crossed, it’s based on an old Russian folk tale about a princess and her wicked stepmother. Improvements have been made in the 2nd edition. Read it here:

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The first two stories inspired by Star Crossed were Semiautomatic and Edge Detection. “Sorrow, Hope, Hunger” is also the title of an unrelated game made for practice for LD48.

Tried to come up with themes that pay into this being the 50th round of ludum dare :)

And frankly I haven't made a game in a while, but it's time to fix that!

I am very excited, good luck all! ;)

Hope you guys like them!

I hope you like the last one as much as I do.

... and my suggestions...

GLHF :purple_heart: :dart: :frog:

Got a few ideas already of things I've been wanting to try but cant wait to see what the theme is. Might even stream this LD.

This has been the most eye-opening experience working remotely through the use of git and trying not to cry about merge conflicts. Anyways here's the theme I've thought up, really simple but I feel like it can be fun.

Similar to last time, I will stream my development along with playthrough of Ludum Games! Hope I'll see you all around when it comes.

50 is a special number and quite looking forward to this one.

I can't wait for the slaughter round. Especially for all those suggestions with Flying Islands and Frogs... :)

Not the best themes I've ever come up with but good enough, I think :)

My Ideas.

Wassup everyone! LDJam has done a lot for me these last few years. I look forward to participating again! While I'm here I'm going to share this;

My LD48 Entry "Below The Ocean" is currently on sale on STEAM! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663270/BelowTheOcean/

Below the Ocean "won" 2nd Place in OVERALL and FUN!

Hello everyone. Just a few words to say that on itch.io (the best platform for indie dev) a huge collection of games are available for 10$ (or more). This is a bundle in order to support Ukrainians people. Be cool supporting war victims - and play more. Take a look at the link below. I wish you the best ++

Дорогие друзья. Я бы хотел сообщить вам, что можно купить огромное количество видеоигр на сайте itch.io за сумму 10$ (или больше). Таким образом вы поддерживаете тех, кто страдает из-за войны в Украине. Внизу есть вложенная ссылка. Будь добр - и поиграй дальше :) Вам желаю всего хорошего. Пока пока ++

Très chers amis, je voudrais simplement relayer l'information selon laquelle un bundle conséquent est disponible sur le site itch.io afin de soutenir les victimes de la guerre en Ukraine. La somme minimale est de 10$, mais il y a des centaines de jeux. Soyez compatissants - et jouez davantage :) Je vous souhaite le meilleur ++

https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine

We love to jam with a large team so that we can add extra polish and more content.

Here are some of the jam games we've created in the past: https://enigmadragons.itch.io/

Come join us if you have any of these skills: We're open to anyone with any of these skills: - Character Artists - Environment Artists - UI Artists - Composer - Sound Designers - Writers - Coders - Game Designers - Animators

Our Stack: - Unity

:flagfr: Bonjour amis francophones ! :flagfr:

Nous sommes une équipe de trois personnes : - Camille, compositrice SoundCloud - Ikowa, animatrice Twitter - Vidu, illustrateur ArtStation

Nous cherchons un ou plusieurs développeurs/développeuses, sur Unity, afin de compléter notre équipe. Un profil de GameDesigner/GameDesigneuse serait également bienvenu !

Nous sommes de très motivés et travailleurs et déjà habitués à sortir des jeux de jam de manière efficace et dans la bonne ambiance. Voici nos précédents jeux de jam :

----> BorderLeeks, un puzzle game où il faut bien délimiter la frontière entre deux royaumes pour satisfaire les besoins de chacuns

----> 20.000 light years deep in the sky, un jeu de journal de bord d'une folle aventure spatiale

----> Cart'o Pirate, un jeu de carte où on peut jouer les deux faces de chaque carte

Si jamais vous êtes intéressé.e.s, n'hésitez pas à nous écrire en message privé sur mon instagram ou encore mon twitter

Au plaisir de faire un super jeu ensemble !

A bientôt et bonne chance pour tout le monde

Last time I was somewhat satisfied with the results (this is a complete euphemism by the way). So I'm in for the next… event! (is there still a compo/jam distinction?)

My theme suggestions are:

• Rest, as in "sleep/have a break", or "no motion", "remaining part", "silence in music" (or even using a REST API in a game??)
• Chicken, as in the animal, or the coward. I always suggest this theme. Apparently, it's also slang for "a kilogram of cocaine" in the US. Yes, a kilogram, not a pound. In the US. Go figure.
• Following. I somewhat liked "it follows you" from LD49's final suggestions, but this is my weakest suggestion so far.

Have a good time with positive mood :)

Our Theme Suggestions * Sanctuary * Solstice * Ancient

Last time Sanctuary got into the last-day shortlist. Let's hope it will make it all the way this time <3

LD49 came in the middle of me dealing with a tragedy, I only joined for stress relief, but had to quit halfway through. This time, life is more stable, but I still have a lot on my plate. I plan on joining again, and hoping it will go much better this time.

I first participated in Ludum Dare 19 and it increased my programming skills a ton. I had a lot of fun and decided to do Ludum Dare 20 and Ludum Dare 22.

Would be fun too see how I do now 28 Ludum Dares later.

Very excited for this next event! Here are my suggestions that I have suggested:

• How do you use this thing?
• The Secret Ingredient Is ___
• Invasive Marketing Strategy

I hope you're all doing well admist the turmoil. Stay strong, and I hope you have a great day ♥️

This will be my second LD. My first was 47 where I did the Compo, this time Im in it for the Jam with my buddies. Can´t wait for it to begin.

My theme suggestions are: * Insane velocity * What the frick is this * It seems impossible at first

Avez-vous acheté des capsules de CBD chez Herbie ? Je pense y commander des courses, mais je ne suis pas sûr de la qualité.

Avez-vous acheté des capsules de CBD chez Herbie ? Je pense y commander des courses, mais je ne suis pas sûr de la qualité.

hey hey, i'm really excited about participating in that kind of event, because that's my first time ever when i decided to join a ludum dare and try and create something from scratch in two days. hope that'll be fun! anyways, here are my theme suggestions: 1. Beyond Infinity - game based on something "infinite": infinite terrain, infinite goal and other 2. Second Person - game, where you try to implement a "second person perspective" as a main feature 3. Otherworldly - usual mechanics with unusual execution: walking with TAB and caps lock, strange gravitation in platformer and more. feel free to experiment!

I can't wait for my 6th ludum dare. This time I hope for the participation of my friends and maybe we will create something cool.

Hello everyone. I repeat my previous post. Just a few words to say that on itch.io (the best platform for indie dev) a huge collection of games is available for 10$ (or more). This is a bundle in order to support Ukrainian people. Be cool supporting war victims - and play more. Take a look at the link below. I wish you the best ++

Дорогие друзья. Я повторяю предыдущее сообщение. Я бы хотел сообщить вам, что можно купить огромное количество видеоигр на сайте itch.io за сумму 10$ (или больше). Таким образом вы поддерживаете тех, кто страдает из-за войны в Украине. Внизу есть вложенная ссылка. Будь добр - и поиграй дальше :) Вам желаю всего хорошего. Пока пока ++

Très chers amis, je voudrais simplement (une fois encore) relayer l'information selon laquelle un bundle conséquent est disponible sur le site itch.io afin de soutenir les victimes de la guerre en Ukraine. La somme minimale est de 10$, mais il y a des centaines de jeux. Soyez compatissants - et jouez davantage :) Je vous souhaite le meilleur ++

https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine

I am going to do the compo I am a proggramer, and part artist

In. I am sure my suggestions are simple..inappropriate.

Ludum Dare 50 is kind-of a big deal. It's been 20 years since we started, and no joke, our anniversary event begins on Friday April 1st. What a curious date? :wink:

We're still getting setup here, but in the mean time feel free to go make some Theme Suggestions. For this event the Theme Selection will be the same as usual: make suggestions, slaughter, 3 rounds of theme voting plus a final round.

We are making some changes though.

New Decade, New Rules, New Event Format

Behind the scenes I've been making some of the biggest changes. Everything is still open source, but for clarity I've spun-off the code that runs this--the event website--into its own project. In time the project will become less "Ludum Dare" specific, but one step at a time.

Next, the rules are being moved. They're not live yet, but the new rules will soon be available on ludumdare.com/rules. The move will make it easier for anyone to contribute fixes, changes, and translations via the ludumdare.com project on GitHub.

Finally the rules are being heavily reworked, for the first time in nearly 5 years. The core will still be the same--hopefully easier to understand--but we had to make room for the new event format: Ludum Dare Extra.

Ludum Dare Extra

Like the "Compo" and "Jam" formats before it, games can now be submitted in the "Extra" format. Ludum Dare Extra games are like Ludum Dare Jam games, but you have nearly 3 weeks to submit them, until we stop collecting feedback and ratings for the event. There are no final scores given in the Extra format, and thus no winners. What Extra does have is feedback. When you submit a game in the Extra format, you still get to take part in the feedback and rating process. You are encouraged (incentivized) to submit as early as possible, to give ratings and feedback, so you get feedback on your game.

The goal of Ludum Dare Extra is to make taking part in Ludum Dare more flexible. Time is not always on our side, and to have to wait 6 whole months between events because it landed on a bad weekend is extremely unfortunate. The new Extra format effectively gives you 2 more weekends to make a game and still be a part of Ludum Dare 50: April 9th weekend and April 16th weekend, but you are also free to choose your own schedule. We like weekends, but you do you.

Ludum Dare Extra submissions will be open from Friday April 1st to Thursday April 21st.

Results for the Jam and Compo events will go live later in the day on April 21st.

Wrap-up

That's it from me for now. Feel free to tweet at me or e-mail me if something breaks.

I unfortunately missed the last Ludum Dare. This time I’ll be using a game engine that I made specifically for Ludum Dare. Looking forward to testing it out. Peace!

I've never joined early enough to make suggestions before :D

I haven't had the chance to work on any of the things that I wanted to after 49, due to a lot of unfortunate circumstances since 49. I don't know how well my game will turn out as I'm mourning the death of a family member currently, but I'm excited to give it my best and have some fun to lighten the mood and help with the grief.

I feel like my suggestion-giving game is off, but here we go:

Representing for the Interactive Fiction corner of the web. Showing off the classic Inform 7 parser with a shiny new Vorple wrapper. Theme Suggestions below:

So you can download and play the game for free its currently on andriod https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Shritec.GlowEmotions

https://sites.google.com/view/paypalemaillogin https://sites.google.com/view/paypalemailloginus/ https://sites.google.com/view/paypallogin-iusa/ https://sites.google.com/view/ijstartcanonusa/ https://sites.google.com/view/coinbase-wallet-us https://sites.google.com/view/spectrum-mail/ https://sites.google.com/view/aolemaillogin-us https://sites.google.com/view/amazonprimevideologin-us https://sites.google.com/view/tubi-tvactivate-activate/ https://sites.google.com/view/quickbooksqb/ https://sites.google.com/view/xfinityemail-logini/ https://sites.google.com/view/xfinityloginusa/ https://sites.google.com/view/coinbasewallet-login/ https://sites.google.com/view/quickbookslog/ https://sites.google.com/view/ijstartcannonprinterus/ https://sites.google.com/view/coxloginus/ https://sites.google.com/view/coxloginusa/ https://sites.google.com/view/cashapploginiusa/ https://ijcanon.org/ https://paypallogini.org/ https://mykashipur.com/

the GDC or the Game Dev Community is a discord server where you can talk about Ludum Dare and other game jams even pitch your game to be played by other people join now here(if you want to hang out) https://discord.gg/PjwKTjzuTX

At it again!

I missed 49 I was out of town I think.

Gonna jam instead of comp, got a buddy coming over to jam in person.

Theme Suggestions:

• The goat is ready to eat
• sdrawkcab si gnihtyrevE (Everything is backwards)
• Cannot let go

Follow my twitch for the LD stream after the jam! https://www.twitch.tv/tiger_j

I will be streaming hundreds of games, come submit yours when it is ready either through the twitch chat during a stream or via Discord here: https://discord.gg/Jrmgcn8q [discord link will expire in 7 days]

Oh yeah and twitter cause why not, I'd love to follow you https://twitter.com/

The SixGames Club is a discord where you can chat with other game devs and cool stuff join it here https://discord.gg/Rdxkr9UAgp

1. Start from the end (i did this one before)
2. You aren’t the main character (i did something similar last time)
3. Behind the scenes

Hi there,

last time I actually managed to get something working in Unity, but I was still too shy to upload it. Hopefully this time around I can create something and upload it, so that I can properly participate for once. The weekend is already reserved for LDJAM :)

My theme suggestins are:

1. Vaccine,
2. Treasure,
3. Clouds

All the best and see you on April 1st :)

Our experienced, talented and dedicated team is looking for a 2D artist who can create drafts, concept art, covers, textures and more. We would love to have someone who can be versatile in their skill set who is not afraid to try new things and experiment.

If you don't have a team yet, or have a team of artists who would like to merge into a larger team of experienced developers, musicians and 3D artists please add me on Discord: 76561197986029044#5941

Good luck!

These are my humble suggestions

I hope we have a great theme this LD!

New to this game jam, I am a music composer looking for a team!

I am planning on participating! Once again though, my band commitments are messing up my schedule bc of an indoor percussion performance on the most important day of any weekend jam. I will probably have to do the jam and grind until Monday night. Thankfully my last year of high school so no more band in future jams 😂 I will be using Java with the eclipse IDE (or clickteam fusion if I’m in a mega time crunch) and Krita for artwork, BFXR for Sfx and Bosca ceoil for music!

My suggestions this time. Of course some are biased by the recent occurrences:

• Min/Max
• Living in harmony
• Make _ not WAR! (_ for a custom placholder)

Stay safe an healthy. Cheers!

As long as I make a simple loop that is a GAME and not a WINDOW MANAGER where you 'play' the stock market, I can finish this Ludum Dare too!

My weird themes...

Looking forward to this one!

So excited for LD 50! :D

Well last couple themes was not fun for me so I tried to add my spice a bit. Let's see where it goes.

-something from nothing -growing older -feeling watched

You dont have to submit 3 themes just because it is possible. Its perfectly fine to stick to one or two good ideas. (Thats no criticism on submitting all three - but dont force yourself to squeeze in something subpar only for completenes sake)

This is our first Ludum Dare event, can't wait! Here are our suggestions:

Hangout chat with other game devs share your games if you want to join the link https://discord.gg/Rdxkr9UAgp

I am learning unity for 5 months and I am looking for a group. my discord ata#6672 my github satas20

here is my portfolio https://soundcloud.com/pen-948580667/sets/portfolio1

If you are interested dm me on discord ppen#7474

What are people's suggestions for getting helpful feedback? I was thinking it might help if I put my own self feedback so users will know what I already know (yes, include music, I got it) as well as listing out specific areas I'm interested in getting feedback on. Though I don't always know what kind of feedback is useful until I hear it. I worry people won't read what I write though, maybe it would be more visible if I put it as the first comment for the game? Seeing video of someone playing my game is always great because it allows me to see all the areas where I've made bad assumptions and the user often doesn't even know something went wrong in those cases.

What about giving good feedback? Should I be recording videos?! Just write "great game" for the karma (joke)? What kind of feedback are you looking for in your games?

How do I remove it?

Does anyone have any suggestions for any free music/daw for making cool video game music that would be pretty quick to learn and doesn’t require a physical electric keyboard? Ik bosca ceoil is great but it is too 8-bit for some genres at times (Ik it’s technically not 8-bit but idk how else to say it) are there any indie devs that have any good suggestions?

I am ready, here are my suggestions... That you need to see in the slaughter round! muaaahaaahaaaa

Hi! We are a team of an artist and a sound designer and are looking for a programmer. We are not very experienced so any level is welcome, we’re just looking to have fun and make a cool game :) You can use any engine you like, but we would prefer unity because we both have a bit of experience in unity/C#. Dm me on discord @Arkose#5759 :)

Hi! We are a team of an artist and a sound designer and are looking for a programmer. We are not very experienced so any level is welcome, we’re just looking to have fun and make a cool game :) You can use any engine you like, but we would prefer unity because we both have a bit of experience in unity/C#. Dm me on discord @Arkose#5759 :)

please ignore

Hello all we are currently assembling a team. We are currently looking for 1 sound affect artist, 1 artist 2D or 3D, and 1 programmer. If your interested feel free to DM me have a good day all. KingOfNova #9334

Min Requirements Be at least 16 Speak/Write English

The last time I didn't take part to the theme suggestions, but this time I did (even if, as always, this is not especially good)

Allow me to suggest the following themes : * You control the environment, not the character. * You are the sidekick. * Take advantage of the environment to help you.

Less words, less typos, more space for interpretation.

Let's see, if those advices & suggestions bear some fruits.

Hello everyone. I repeat my previous post. Just a few words to say that on itch.io (the best platform for indie dev) a huge collection of games is available for 10$ (or more). This is a bundle in order to support Ukrainian people. Be cool supporting war victims - and play more. Take a look at the link below. The special offer is still available one day now. I wish you the best ++

Дорогие друзья. Я повторяю предыдущее сообщение. Я бы хотел сообщить вам, что можно купить огромное количество видеоигр на сайте itch.io за сумму 10$ (или больше). Таким образом вы поддерживаете тех, кто страдает из-за войны в Украине. Внизу есть вложенная ссылка. Будь добр - и поиграй дальше :) Один день остается до конца акций. Вам желаю всего хорошего. Пока пока ++

Très chers amis, je voudrais simplement (une fois encore) relayer l'information selon laquelle un bundle conséquent est disponible sur le site itch.io afin de soutenir les victimes de la guerre en Ukraine. La somme minimale est de 10$, mais il y a des centaines de jeux. Soyez compatissants - et jouez davantage :) Il vous reste une journée pour profiter de l'offre. Je vous souhaite le meilleur ++

https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine

here is our server if you are interested join

https://discord.gg/6shD3E4u

A time lapse video of our jam entry last year. (me and @gingerjams206)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9g5fa7GJ1s

You can see the submission panic and the screenshot artifacts for itch towards the end =D

Hi guys,

I'm a music composer looking for a team! Here's my OST portfolio: https://soundcloud.com/yukyt/sets/humanoide-short-movie-ost/s-rpN5XLY1ZjN?utmsource=clipboard&utmmedium=text&utmcampaign=socialsharing

As per usual I will be using Unity, Paint dot Net and Blender. Also as per tradition here are my themes I suggested.

I tried to go for themes that where very open to interpretation.

Blame me later:

• One mechanic
• Everything floats
• It's not real

Hi my name is Corey, and I am looking for a team to make a game. I am 14 years old, and I have been making games in flash for about 9 months, now and I'd like to meet/work with people my age. My discord is shxdowCorey#5694 and my newgrounds is CoreyMcDonald. Thank you and I foward to working with you.

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Let's roll the dice! * Golden * Half of a life * Layers

Well, this is the year. I've followed this for years. It's time. Now I think I have what it takes to participate. Its so exciting. These are my theme suggestions.

• Infestation
• Words have power
• Blinded

I'll be using Unity, Aseprite and probably Little Sound DJ.

Good luck everyone!

Last time my body decided to take my three annual high fever days on the exact weekend Ludum Dare was taking place. Not this time. I have officially denied a sick leave request and I am ready to make a game again.

As per usual, my tool lineup consists of:

• :computer: GameMaker Studio 2 for coding
• :musical_note: Ableton Live 11 and a bit of bfxr for music and sound effects
• :paintbrush: Aseprite for slightly OK pixel art
• :globewithmeridians: GitHub for code hosting
• :notebookwithdecorative_cover: (NEW!) Notepad++ to actually plan things before implementing them

Yeah, I'm really starting to feel the hype building. I'll most likely stream the entire game creation process on my Twitch channel once again so if you have a few minutes, feel free to stop by.

In other news, my third party voting tool pyJAMa is getting a really nice GUI update soon. No more console hacker skill needed if you don't want to. But it's completely optional. If you like the hacker feel, feel free to keep using it.

Congrats, you made it through my post. Have my theme suggestions as a reward. For some reason the website wouldn't let me upload an image so have them in text.

• It feels
• Intertwined
• Breaking through

See you all in two weeks. Good luck and have fun everyone :D

My proposed themes:

One Mechanic Everything Floats It’s not real

The rules page seems to be gone and gives a 404 error. Are there any rules about release platforms? I'd like to use a game engine I have been working on for a while now, but I can currently only make builds for Linux. I know that that will lock out probably 98% of the playerbase (or maybe less? Don't know how many game devs here run linux), but that isn't really my concern.

I'd be happy enough if I just managed to make a full game from scratch with an engine made from scratch :P

I see some neat theme suggestions being posted, thoughtful and open to interpretation. Hopefully mine are too :)

Every LD I've voted in, there's been a lot of theme suggestions focused on fast-paced action. I'd like to bring some balance to that, and add something that lends itself better to ideas for slower gameplay.

I enjoy playing and watching games that make good use of flow, where one move leads smoothly into the next, and can create incredibly satisfying sequences. I'd love to see what everyone can do with it.

Likewise, I'd love to see what people come up with for this one :D I think it can let players approach different games with a similar mindset, and still has good potential for variety.

Let's make the themes interesting, and LD50 an amazing event :sparkles:

For the fourth time in a row. Looking forward to an interesting theme for this special 50th anniversary!

Using unity and blender, possibly audacity for sound.

Here are my suggestions. A bit inspired by current events perhaps, but I think games can sometimes help us explore or understand humanity. Or I hope at least they're good themes and open to some creative interpretation. I, for one, have always wanted to make a game full of robots!

Now that I've finally settled on a programming language, and framework, (Rust and Macroquad) hopefully I can join! LD 48 was a great jam for me, and I think I did really well! (The overall rating was #212 and Fun was #150 :D)