Ludum Dare 56 October 4–7, 2024

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but most importantly

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Let's CONTINUE !!

We got so many good feedbacks it's awesome, it's also really nice to see constructive advices that will help us to improve !

If you wanna try too, click here

You can also try to climb the leaderboard and get the best score of all ! :fire: :trophy: LOGO.png tPhbj5.png

Does it feel satisfying?

More cool visuals and gameplay in our game: https://alopar.itch.io/antibody We will be happy to see your reviews and grades) ezgif.com-optimize.gif

Become a lab rat... Or... Confess your love to the researchers??

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PLAY OUR GAME HERE!

https://helixngc7293.itch.io/cheese-or-squeeze-emoji-vs-ai

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Behind the Seams(of the jacket)

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We wanted to share some more concept art of our game, Horseless Headman! The early ideation period is the most fun because anything goes but as we whittle down a project some things unfortunately need to get axed.

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The game and character were originally going to be in full color, but for sake of time and readability we decided to go with a simpler palette.

It's fun to see what else survived in unexpected ways! The tiny king reveal still made it to final. Though unfortunately some enemy ideas had to be cut.

From the very beginning we wanted a fun reveal of the main character being two different entities. Here's the first initial sketch of the reveal:
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The idea of the character spinning the head like a staff came after we figured out the spinning horse head mechanic in game, and that's how it was portrayed in the intro cutscene.

Rough sketch:
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Final:
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Fun fact about the animation, everything was broken up into pieces so we can reuse as many assets as possible to save on time, here is an example:
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(the ball is subtle lore implications lol)

But this technique was used a lot to help us save on time, and it was also used quite a bit in conjunction with traditional hand-drawn animation in the intro too!

Hope you enjoyed reading!
As always you can play our game, Horseless Headman here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/horseless-headman

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Thanks for the feedbacks on ZEUS NEEDS YOU

Thanks for all the feedbacks on ZEUS NEEDS YOU ! It was super interesting and we will definetly do another jam in the future ! 2024-10-09 11-58-56.gif

Give it a try if you want !

Antibody is out!

banner1.png Antibody game is now out so you can try it right now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC5NriF4Oz0

A skeleton covered in little lives!

I really want to show what the skeleton looks like when there's only one type of little life on it (because that's how I drew it). Of course, you can mix and match them freely in our game!

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Our game is here ↓. Please play the download version!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/the-little-life

My partner and I look forward to your feedback!✨

Fixed bugs and issues! Thank you for your feedback!

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Thank you very much for your warm feedback and bug reports :tools:. We fixed most of problems which you faced and I published new release 1.0.1. Original one 1.0.0 is available in itch's download section. Now the gameplay is more smother and I hope you enjoy it :heart: Details of the changes are in the description

Soon we will update the design of game page itself!

:arrow_right: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/candyween

Ludum Dare games represented in the popular section on itch.io

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More than half of https://itch.io/games/platform-web are Ludum Dare 56 games! Great job everyone ❤️ It's so nice to see our community represented.

(And my game is in top3 which is crazy 😲 https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tiny-pack/tiny-pack)

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Please play my game :')

I need only 5 more reviews :sweat_smile: Thank you!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tiny-wars

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A little about our game - How did you jam?

Kia ora/Hello from New Zealand!

We made our game, Deck Derby: Sluglord's Speedway. You're Rustle, a beetle on the run from the Sluglord Mafia, led by the ruthless Don Sluggotti, a crime boss who owns the biggest casino in the bug underworld. After falling into heavy debt, Rustle’s only way out is to race on the infamous speedway. The deal is simple: win, and your debt is cleared. Lose, and you’ll be trapped in the slimy grip of Don Slugotti for years to come.

With our producer being in Europe and the rest of the team in New Zealand, we were super fortunate this jam to have everyone under the one roof (with the exception of our musical genius, who is based in Sweden).

IMG_0365 Large.jpeg Wellington, New Zealand on a wonderful spring day. We made the most of the theme drop (which was at 10am for us here in NZ) and brainstormed outside.

IMG_0394 Medium.jpeg Producer Baconeta working away on getting some of the art work into the game

I am not a coder or a designer, but I did help craft the story of the game, I am also credited as Head Chef, making sure our awesome team were kept fed.

682d8.png Our end result, our game! We'd love for you to play it, give us a rating, and tell us what you think. I would also love to play some of your games. So feel free to let me know how you did your jam, and your end result

Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/deck-derby-sluglords-speedway

Thanks to everyone who has played our game and give it a rating :)

Day 3 of streaming your games live on twitch!

Hello, welcome to day 3 of streaming your games live on twitch! here is the stream: https://www.twitch.tv/siraeron

also check out our game thumbnail4!.jpg https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/animal-golfing

Dive into Wonderland and Let's Support Each Other! ✨

Escape from Wonderland is waiting for you! 🌟

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/escape-from-wonderland

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We’ve already shared our game with you, and now we want to invite you to dive even deeper into Alice's journey through the twisted world of Wonderland. Dodge dangers, recruit allies, and see how long you can survive in this challenging endless runner!

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And to make things even more exciting — everyone who rates our game will get a rating and comment from us in return! We believe in building up the game jam community, so share a link to your game in the comments below, and we'll make sure to check it out and give it the attention it deserves.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/escape-from-wonderland

Let’s support each other, celebrate our creativity, and see how far we’ve all come in this jam. We can’t wait to play your games and hear what you think about ours!

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Happy gaming, and see you in Wonderland! 🌿✨

Play our game Fleaes !

Hello everyone

For this jam, we went with the idea of fleas carrying stones to build a bridge so they can reach the other side, but unfortunately, the weather is not on their side. We hope you enjoy the game! And feel free to give us feedback!

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Play our game !

Liberté, Fraternité, Code Qualité!

Finally, we managed to stabilise and fix most game breaking bugs for https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/la-revolucion-francheese-bonamouse.

In case you didn't manage to finish it, you can try your luck again!

p.s. Our game took in total 279 number of commits, how many did you have?

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