2 months before LD: I still have a lot of time to prepare and practice complex mechanics and shaders in a 3D environment. I'll start tomorrow...

2 days before LD: um... well, the clicker is also interesting

P.S.

Tune in to a good mood, then you will not be distracted often

• GML, Rust, C++, GLSL
• Aseprite, PS

I will primarily be using Game Maker Studio 2 for making the game and using Krita, SFXR, and likely other creative apps as well for making the assets.

Are you able to enter the Compo solo and then separately enter the Extra with a team (i.e. making two completely different games from scratch, one for each competition) or is it you can only enter one of the competitions period?

I'm in!

~~Almost forgot to mention that I'm in, not that the jam will be this weekend. Some of us have been counting down the days for over 3 months now~~

You now enter a world filled with adventures and tasks that even the most seasoned explorer will find challenging.

It is your destiny to follow dangerous 'Paths' through an 'Underground' world that, from time to time, will bring you to a place of of wonder. A venue where you may 'Shelter' from your daily trek.

Within this world you have only' Limited Space' to achieve your goals and must choose your trail wisely.

Ultimately, throughout your adventure, you will find mysterious 'Locks and Keys' that may open to you a world filled with light and joy, or one filled with evil, destruction and death.

Your quest awaits you brothers. Welcome to 'Sanctuary'

I’m joining this jam with a team of skilled individuals again: - Me - Voice Actor - Composer - Sound Designer

We are looking for a writer because a story driven game would be a good idea since we have a pro voice actor. Also we are looking for a GML coder who's experienced with gamemaker.

Here’s some games I’ve done in earlier jams:

Hello,

We are a team of 4 (2 devs, one 3D artist, one game designer).

We are looking for people to help us with audio (musing and sound effects).

Some of my previous games:

A test scene we made for practising:

Our itch.io pages: * EnverArco (dev) * Ieida (game design) * Me (dev)

Gotta Make Game

I'm in! As I have done the previous few editions, I will again hop into Twine to make a text-based game, and dress things up with HTML/CSS in likely minimal graphics. It remains to be seen whether I will throw my efforts at something systems-based or I'll head in a more in a narrative direction. I have no clear preference at the moment.

A lil' list of tools I expect to be using:

• :notepad_spiral: Twine
• :paintbrush: Photoshop CS6
• :musical_note: FL Studio 20
• :robot: ChatGPT (brainstorming, ideas, etc)

Wallpaper

Attention spans are short these days, get yourself a wallpaper to remind you what you were meant to be occupying yourself with!

Here’s a Zip file that contains HD and 4K versions

Let's Get Ready

This will be my 19th consecutive Ludum Dare game. My 18th game was pretty terrible, and I had planned to remake it with the lessons I had learned as a warmup this week. Two music deadlines unfortunately prevented this from happening, but perhaps I will manage to get some work in tomorrow.

See you on day 1!

I wasn't sure I would actually make it with the xbox, but I think I have enough of a basic library now to get started. Here's what the tools look like. Has to be run in an old windows xp virtual machine:

If I make it to actual models I'll be using Blender. If I have time to texture stuff I'll be using 3DCoat.

2D Stuff I usually use paint.net.

I have zero chance of having enough time for the compo, mainly because the overwatch league finals are on this weekend and I want to watch all of that live, so I'll be doing the extended time mode.

Because of that I might dip into some AI tools. I've got models for textures, icons, and voices if I get that far.

Time to start thinking about game ideas for themes! Have fun everyone! <3

Finally I caught the game jam before it started and I also have time to participate!

I'm going to be in a team with @bestegg, who's going to be doing the art for the game.

Can't wait to get started!

HEY YA BUNCH OF CUTIES!

I've been joining Ludum Dare for about two years now and I'm so excited to do it again! I love seeing what everyone comes up with. Truly some of my favorite weeks of the year! Also, I'll be streaming games, at twitch.tv/flyingkaida, throughout the game testing and voting phase. Those who vote and make comments on mine I will do the same for yours, and live! So lets all make something fun and beautiful and have fun with it! See y'all on the other side!

I've excited and nervous as this is my first Ludum Dare Compo, and my very first Game Jam! Thank you to my CS Professor for bringing this event to my attention! I haven't experimented with making a game since Senior year of Highschool, and that was on Code.org, so let's see what I can do with this new freedom! My plan is GameMaker being my engine and Clip Studio Paint Pro for my digital graphics. I'm not sure if there's anything else I need, but I guess I'll figure that out! You got this!

Switching the engine this time from GameMaker:1.4 to Raylib might use emscripten to get a web build.

• Graphics: Aesprite
• Audio: FL Studio

I'm in! Once again I'm going solo, using PICO8, which keeps ideas constrained by default. My last three entries were also made with Pico8 - I love using it in game jams, makes things easier. I'm really looking forward to a full weekend making a silly game!

See you there!

Obligatory - I'M IN!

Really not digging these themes, but I will say that I'm on team Folklore - LD needs a wrench thrown in it!

My Toolset - Unity 2023/Godot 4.1 (big IF on Godot) - Kritta and GIMP - FL Studio (maybe record some guitar and/or use the Akai MPK Mini that's been collecting dust) - BFXR/SFXR or something similar

I'd love to use Godot for the first time, but I haven't really gotten to a point where I feel super confident - so mostly likely going to be rolling with Unity.

Here's to having fun and getting shit done! :confetti_ball:

Upbge LMMS Krita

For me.

• Clean my desk

• A nice long walk

• Buy some energy efficient snacks nothing that will make me crash.

• Premake dinner so I can just microwave it.

• about an hour before start I'll shave and shower.

• lastly prepare a game dev playlist on spotify.

I wrote a big ol' blog piece full of my votes, game ideas/thoughts, and my hopes and dreams for which theme will win (along with the usual expectation that one of the themes I downvoted will win 🤣).

Note: these opinions come from someone making a tabletop game and entering the jam.