Switched the machinegun to a cannon that you charge up! It's a lot more fun and adds more depth to the gameplay. Gonna add a few more enemies and a way to get points, and make sure you die if you get hit obviously lol. Things are coming together nicely!

I was able to run the game on HTML5 on my phone (Cant actually play but it runs) and I was getting a stable 60FPS, even with the light layer I added! Everyone should be able to play this game :)

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

27 hours left...

I haven't seen anyone making a horror game so far (except for some scary spider models if that counts).

So if you're into that sort of thing, I hope we will have got you covered.

*an early draft preview

With still a couple of hours left before the deadline I managed to actually create a complete game in a weekend where I only had ~12 hours to make something. If you're also already done with yours why not be the first to give this game a rating and some feedback? Leave a link to your game in the comments and I'll give it a play too.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/carrot-patch

Cutting the scope anywhere we can, getting something that looks like a game by the end of Day 2… Hands hurt form coding, but we must press on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOkfqMwNJ0c

The old man in the Legend of Zelda is helpful.

This took me entirely too long. I still need the levels...

Our game is really coming together, it's the most proud we've been at this stage. We just to make sure we capture that fun now!

How it started:

How it was going:

How it is going!

This is the first time I publish an entry with so much time left ahead.

I don't belong to the group of heroes that do absolutely everything on their own so I cannot participate in the compo (I used some CC-licensed models & audio) but I'm very happy I was able to finish something in such a short time by myself.

It's also the first time I use godot for this and it's worked great really. I'm quite happy such a tool exists and it's only getting better.

Good luck to everybody that is still in the middle of the jam!

So I have decided to not finish the competition this time. I had some changes that I wanted to implement, but I do not have enough time to change plan and I am not going to punish myself by trying to implement the changes with such little time. So I am finished this one with a loss. But, I am cool with that. I learned some new things while creating what I have.

Learning new things and challenging my self is why I do these. I've learned quite a bit from this one. So while I am not finishing the competition. It's still a win in my book.

I was recording the Club Penguin clone I made for the Jam while I was AFK.

Hey jammers! Our first blog post, how are your games doing? We're fine and now making level generation and check out this art!

All the best! Morning tea studion

I had time to make music but I couldn't come up with anything and decided, whatever, I've done well enough without it in the past. And so, behold: Color Critters! Swap between the critters and use their unique abilities as you guide them through 15 puzzling levels of increasing difficulty!

Check it out here, and let me know what you think! I'm looking forward to playing everyone else's games during the rating period, but until then, I'm going to go celebrate getting the Compo finished early for a change!

2 hours and a half before the deadline ':D I just can't work on it anymore. It's almost what I had in mind except for a few missing FX, but I fear that not everything that a good falling-blocks puzzle needs. Quite proud of it, anyway. ^-^

These enemies sure don't seem to like the tiny creatures...

Working on the gameplay and audio over on YouTube!

https://youtube.com/live/I9KeXNpSGZI

It's done!

The assets are finished!

Our culinary Chef will now be able to cook up a variety of dishes..

Look how happy our chef is now :

We've now got evil cats working :)

I haven't touched Godot since last LD and I got really rusty. I've still got several pesky bugs to squash, so I'm not gonna finish my entry in time for the compo. But there's always the Jam, right? :D

So, long story short, I'm doing as much as I can today, but I'm finishing it tomorrow. It's either that or entering buggy mess with no graphics and no audio. I think the first option will work better. ;)

Well, my game was overly simplistic, but I made a whole game in 46 hours, 40 minutes. Whew! Time for some much-deserved celebration!

Incoming Cellular Activity!

... way to big for a game jam. Finally I'm done with coding and my game works as aspected and has 95% of all the features I wanted it to have. But I'm way behind shedule. Tomorrow I'll have less time than today but I have to make all the art and sound effects.

Concratulation to all the Compo finisher.

:snail: Get ready to punch some beetles! :snail: :snail: And listen to some tunes too! :snail:

The way I'm making art for this game is by making these big canvases full of every kind of item, character, and decoration I'll need for the scene, so I can see everything in context, and then saving them all as separate files so I can place them wherever I want in the game. So in the end I'm left with a pretty chaotic final piece.

2 hours on the clock so much things to do... I don't think I can finish this and call it any good, and my brain is going on a strike so I wanna sleep... dang it... I need so many sound effects and the main game loop was unmendable so it's boring... really not my greatest performance (minus the music that went really well)

Ah, my old foe.

"Hey, it looks like you're trying to use files on your computer, let me completely stop you from doing that for no discernable reason."

Progress has been slow, but I think we're doing alright for our first ever game jam. It's just now beginning to resemble a game! CrabsOnTheIsland-10-6-24.png

I made it...!

This one became something different again and I'm happy about the results.

And for the rest of the jammers and compoers... good luck, YOU CAN DO IT!

Link to the game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/birbs-online

I am so proud to be done with my compo.

This is my first time participating in this jam, maybe I searched poorly, but I didn't find this:

Should all members of the development team evaluate the games, and will this be taken into account in the "coolness" of our game, or will only the team leader's evaluation be considered? If the latter is true, does this not lead to "sharing accounts"?

(ignore the text at the bottom of the screen; it's outdated)

creature animation works when using my choice screen, yaaay

tiny (hehe) problem: every choice button and every critter are hand placed and I have to do this for every choice in my vn

BUT

when that's finally done then there's only adding the updated story script and working on a custom menu left

I absolutely won't get this done for the compo but getting it done for the jam should be easy

(also I'm regretting like ... every life choice lol)

(WHY did I decide to work on a visual novel???)

(and why couldn't I just work with like ... one or two backgrounds, two or three sprites and that's it?)

(noooo, I just HAVE to make my life way way harder lol)

It's day 2 of the jam, and I got started on my game! So like... it's day 1 for me. Social events kept me from starting on things yesterday, but thankfully I managed to get a text-adventury idea going today.

A few previous entries are definitely influencing this one, the lack of time is making me rely on things I have previously learned. That's not necessarily a bad thing I suppose.

My main worry is that I am still stuck fiddling with mechanics and actually playing the game might not be engaging--a constant struggle I always run into. I do have to work tomorrow, so there's really only a few hours left for me in the evening to slap things into shape. We'll see how that one goes! :laughing: But now I sleep!

I'm finally done with building everything, taking screenshots and uploading all the files. I think I'll use the remaining time to get a first glance at a few games. You guys have made some incredible stuff!

Good luck to everyone still working! You're almost there!

LD bugged and sent the post twice and I can't delete the second one so I just change a pic

Luring out very tiny creatures in our laboratory experiments

We've been making good progress, our tiny creatures and our player are mostly set up. There's even a fail state now. The tiny creatures are called the Boys and we love them.

I think I've published my game correctly

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/finger-gun

But I'm not seeing it, even when I check the games in private browser mode.

Anyone know what's up?

do i spend it trying to fix a clamping issue for some QOl, or quickly burn out a 3rd level

Added a shadow for the player so jumping is more fair.

I did what I could to make my first game, it's not what I expected but I hope at least you like it!

We're still an hour away from the deadline, and my game is ready!

or I'm just too lazy to polish

Too simple...But i'm a Game Designer, not a musician 0_0 That'a all only due to Walk Band and my android :)

First time making something from start to finish in Godot.

It happens to be a survivor-like where you command tiny creatures that "nom" through everything.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/nomnoms

Not really sure where we're going, but we're definitely going somewhere!

ayy, it is done: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/$397386 Cicada & Les Genouilles is a platformer about collecting frogs

Cool for people who can't drawing! For me -_-

I did not finish everything I wanted but there are shrimp in a tank. And there is some simulation and management.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/shrimp-tank-simulator

We get close to the end of the Compo and my game isn't ready... 😥

I give up and I would submit my game for the jam. Good luck to all those in the home stretch! 😘

We're currently polishing last details for DeskBuddy, to make your experience as enjoyable as possible!

My Buddy has gone to sleep! I hope the compo people manage to submit their entries before going to bed as well :muscle:

We'll be submitting ours tomorrow along with the other jam teams. Whether you have an hour or a whole day left, good luck to everybody :fourleafclover:

...yeah, I kinda forgot to say that. For like, the entire duration of the jam.

So yeah, I made a game. It's my first attempt at making basically anything with Godot and I spent about half my time switching between Godot, the documentation and ChatGPT to get something resembling a game but I am very happy with the result.

So, if you want to play a game where you are a swarm of insects destroying local farms while evading birds, give FIELD TRIP a go!

Bonus screenshot!

If only bug fixing were so simple...

birb

What will you choose?

One day left, hope I can make it. Congratulations to everyone who participates in the compo.

That's all I have to say. Just finished this game and as always, this Ludum Dare was a blast ! Can't wait to play other games, the theme was really inspirational.

Play Yeet Them all !

I set to join this weekend after a long hiatus and decided to go with Bichis rescue, a game inspired by Pang (at its current state it's basically a clone, and the "tiny creatures" are bigger than the player character :face_palm:).

I intended to submit for the compo, but I'm still missing levels, UI and a lot of polish, sooo I'll have to skip and join the jam tomorrow. Still pretty happy with the results.

Good luck to everyone! Here's a gif of the work so far:

Oh my that took a lot more effort that I wanted. But the "game" is done, go play it or something. I need some sleep and them I'm gonna play your games!

First time soloing a game jam. And the AI is the biggest mess ever created, but it's mine :D

I'm tired and my back aches, but I've finished it. Didn't get everything in that I wanted, but I'm pretty happy with what I did get done.

Good luck everyone :8ball:

The strangest phrase I've heard from myself today: 'Oh no! I spilled coffee on the assets!!!'

ran into a last minute web game bug where keyboard keys are working fine locally but aren't recognized on itch.io. :scream:

if someone has the same problem: injecting <script>window.onclick = function () { window.focus(); }</script> into the index.html worked for me :relieved:

Here's my daft little game. Maybe I should have contributed to the jam instead of the compo? Anyways, had a nice weekend thinking about and creating this. Cheers!

Finished my own game for LD56! Excited to see everyone else's!

So excited!! :heart_eyes:

First time participating in Ludum Dare. I would be very happy to know that people are actually playing the game. So please take the time (even if it takes some preparation time). It‘s worth it!

Unfortunately I cannot post any links. Please go to my account, you will find the game there.

Date tiny randomly-generated bugs. Maybe you'll find the love bug of your dreams. Hope you enjoy Love Bugz :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/love-bugz

I didnt get my 48 hours this time, only got a big slice of sunday. But i managed to get something playable. It's ugly, working bad, not fun and just plain weird. But it is a game and it was very fun to make it.

Good night everyone, good job.

It's the end of day 2. Congratulations to all the compo entrants. We've made a lot of progress today. The placing and attacking phase are all integrated and the full gameplay loop and win and loss conditions are done. We have multiple enemy types with different ranges and abilities and the boilerplate for special attacks. @Pegasys has been working hard on getting all the units code ready so the special attacks should just slot in.

We now have animations for all our characters and they are so adorable. They just need to be hooked up.

The end is in sight and I think we can make it.

I was aiming for Compo this time around, but I waaay overscoped it the moment I decided on "AI" and "Tweakable behaviors" at the same time.

Surprised I could make something look like non-descript FPS shooter characters from a 90s game, though. Using the most basic shapes!

It makes for a sandbox, but I really think thing this needs improvement before submitting. They can't even do damage to one another!

Still aiming for Jam, though... maybe I'll throw in external assets now that I'm less confined. Wish me luck!

This is fine...

Morning down under for last day of the Jam. We got backgrounds in for Level 1 and other new art in yesterday and generally improved things a bunch. Lots left to do today including finish spikes, add fish, tons to do on levels and final polish. Very happy with how things are shaping up.

last hour rush added blocking bugs, but may be I should just leavy this beauty as is

Now to turn this project into a game! lol!

Another successful ludum dare.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/w-a-s-p-warrior-and-scout-protocol

Wow, with 45s on the clock i released... noticing then that there is the 1 Hour submission time and i wasn't in a hurry xD

Explore the world of my little Timukin in Timukin Explorers

We’re continuing our work on Mite Blaster together with @jscommander and @marleeeeeey. I focused on creating Game Branding Art. @jscommander busy with coding and game art. Below are prototypes for the title and backstory. Feel free to leave your feedback and design suggestions. The MVP is already available for online play at this link: https://jscommander.itch.io/ld-56 .

Things are coming along, and we're super happy with how our tiny creatures are turning out

Alas the Compo has ended and I made a pretty simple game, my hope is that it works (I never tested the non-speedrun route) BUT! After 30-60 minutes of pure pain I did get a web version up and running SO... now people can just play it without downloading so yay! (I lowkey wouldn't download my game if I was not me LOL)

SHIP IT!

My game is about trying to remember your friends names, and not end up looking like a big jerk, also the friends are really really small, and sometimes give you diseases.

First time participating to the Ludum Dare, and first ever 2D game ! It was a bit of a struggle to export, and I couldn't figure out how to embed the game on this website so it's only playable on itch, but was such a fun experience

Check it out now! Play here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/isopodrick

For any game about bees, it's very important there is a dedicated Waggle Dance button

Check out Mini Beasts if you feel so inclined...

Good mood to all, I'm participating for the first time. I decided to start with COMPO. Good luck to everyone!

The Compo is over, and I don't have the game I initially planned.

My first day I had a really fun time learning new things in Godot and feeling like I made some good progress. However, I could see a scope creep on the horizon. Sure enough waking up on the second day and playing the demo I knew I had to change the game plan. So I killed it. :skull:

The demo included some basic platforming and an evolution mechanic. If you're interested you can play it on itch.io!

https://johnbrynte.itch.io/ld-56-larva-crawler-abandoned

My actual entry: Apple Snake

The game idea I went with was something that was on my initial drawing board. The only reason I didn't go with it from the start was that I thought it too simple. In a 48 hour time frame there is however nothing that is too simple, I have now learned. :snake: :apple: :heart:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/apple-snake

Now i can sleep. Thanks my body to keep me alive.

I'm going to have to go for the Jam rather than Compo, even though I did all the assets and code alone. I have been severely distracted, but I did manage to finish a menu and sprites.

This creature is called Squeaclops. It has only one eye, which many people find creepy, but the eye is very expressive, which some people find cute. Violent battles have been fought over them.

This guy is called Slogulo. Centuries ago, a natural disaster severely reduced the amount of food they had available, so they had to evolve away any unneeded body parts, including their limbs. In the present day, they desperately eat all the food they come across in hope that i will evolve them back to their former glory.

Guide a pack of TINY CREATURES out of the SCARY FOREST!

Play now!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tiny-pack https://xk.itch.io/ld56

Come play with this little guy : fifty-six-frogs

Welcome to Tiny Trails - 2D physic game, where you need to move your tiny friends to finish zone. Check out and beat these levels: https://ink-fox.itch.io/tiny-trails

So far, so good. Managed to complete the entire economy and defense system along with invasions and enemy AI, deer AI and some other qol features. All I have to do tomorrow are the menus, levels and additional polish (sfx) and qol features that are necessary for this kind of project.

That was intense!

I barely made it and didn't have time to implement any proper win/lose -states.

But at least you can:

• whack tiny creatures
• snack tiny creatures
• put them in a glass of water to.. ..uhh.. ..germinate
• fiddle around with a reel-to-reel audio-tape machine

Now it's time to rest my weary bones.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/peculiar-pickings