Bring all planets safely into orbit in this relaxing, yet hectic puzzle game!

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All feedback is greatly appreciated :-)

Hey folks!

As Ludum Dare 49 comes to a close, here's a summary of what to expect.

LIVE: Counting down the Top 15 Compo and Jam games

We're trying a new thing!

It has come up time and time again "Hey Ludum Dare, you should do a live results show". I'm somewhat limited in what I can produce by myself, but instead of doing nothing, I thought I'd try live-tweeting the results... well, some of them.

https://twitter.com/ludumdare

Starting at 7:30 PM ET, 4:30 PM PT, and 23:30 UTC, the main Ludum Dare twitter account will countdown the top 15 games. Every 10 minutes, two games will be tweeted out: one from the Jam and one from the Compo. This will last for about two and a half hours. We'll be using hashtags #LDJAM and #LDLIVE.

My hope is that we get some live streamers to try the games. Anybody that wants to see the top-15 games played can jump between various live streams in the sidebar widget or on Twitch.

https://www.twitch.tv/directory/all/tags/c8d6d6ee-3b02-4ae7-81e9-4c0f434941cc

If you're streaming, be sure to use the Ludum Dare tag on Twitch. FYI: Due to a Twitch API omission, the sidebar widget currently only monitors streams with their game set to Software and Game Development. The link above to the Ludum Dare tag will find everything.

I wasn't sure what the right amount of time is, but I decided to try 10 minutes per pair of games. Yes this does mean not everybody will get a chance to play both games, but my hope is this encourages viewers to jump between multiple streams. As a streamer you might decide to play whatever you want, play just the Jam or Compo games, or multi-stream with a friend. What you do is up to you.

Finally, at the end of the countdown, I'll flip the switch letting everyone view their personalized results.

Cool?

Anyway, I'm off to grab a few Zzz's before the kickoff. See you in a few hours!

Mini FAQ

What is this "Compo" vs "Jam" thing?

We have 2 categories that people submit games to when doing Ludum Dare. The Compo is our "hardcore solo" category, and the Jam our regular category. People making games for the Compo have to work alone, and they only have 48 hours to make their games. Everyone else gets 72 hours, and they can optionally work in a team, but not everyone does.

How often do you do Ludum Dare events?

Currently we do them every 6 months: Every April and October. Follow us on Twitter, or our email newsletter for announcements.

If you're super close to 20 ratings but haven't quite made it yet, put your game in the comments! I'll try to get to as many as I can before the end of the voting period :)

If you want to try my game too, it's this one: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/a-gift-in-good-faith

Thanks for all the great feedback so far!

Hey folks, I understand that doing a VR entry means you don't get a whole lot of votes right off the bat but I've gotten the required amount in previous jams before so I'm really hoping to get there again this time as I'm rather happy with my entry which doesn't always happen haha.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/nailey-vr-only

Please give Nailey a try if you have a VR headset laying around.

Ok, this is my last last post.

Good luck on ratings mates.

play now https://michaell308.itch.io/deathrail

Hello everyone,

Thank you all for your great support and feedback about our game.

We're excited to announce to you all that we're officially working on Lovecrafting for a full release, with our own company. We've already released a game called Ashwalkers earlier this year and we've had a thrill working on this new idea in the Ludum Dare. So, as a team, we've decided that we will push the game further to reach a fully fleshed state.

Thank you again, it was awesome to participate in this event.

You all have great games and we wish we could have tested a lot more.

Good luck for tonight and we hope we'll meet again !

If you haven't tested the game, you can here : https://nameless-xiii.itch.io/lovecrafting

Give your feedback and/or participate more in playtests : https://forms.gle/NmaSYGdk8aYd7qaQA

You can follow us on Twitter here : https://twitter.com/NamelessXIII_

We are glad to announce updated and not so havy vesion of our game. Mac version ia also available! Play, enjoy and leave feedback)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/beavershock

Another Ludum is about to end and as always, there are many fun and interesting games! Congratulations to all!

Thanks team, awesome work!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/captn-slippy

Hello everyone! Its only 5 houres left, but we still need 10 points! Play and rate our game plz ^_^ https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/fire-sphere

Gameplay: https://youtu.be/e9QRKZhaPLA

I would like to have at least 45 ratings, but I don't have time to play games, so if you can spare a minute...

Play it here

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https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/laura-magan

Hello everyone!

A year ago the 47th edition of the Ludum Dare ended and we released our game, Suicidal Boyfriend and now is becoming a full game!

We rebranded our game to Void's Ballad and refined the gameplay, removing arcade component and giving a full length story! Check out the announce trailer here! https://youtu.be/wi_TI4OJwvQ

The demo for out game is already available on Steam (we partecipated to Steam Next Fest) and you can download it or put in your wishlist on Steam! The demo will also be released on November 4th on Nintendo Switch in Europe (with no release date for Americas)!

While you're here, why don't you check out our entry for this jam? Only 5 hours are left, so play, vote and comment while you still can! Escaped Plague is available clicking here!

So I promised that if i got 10 dollars for my game for this Jam I would make it into a full game. I know it is awkward to ask for money for at game jam game, but I felt that this game had the chance to become something more.

So from today I will start work on Trembling Tombs (with an s)! My plan is to add more levels with different themes, like egyptian and mayan. I want to make more interresting puzzels and more than just one way to solve them. I am really inspired by the immersive sim genre, were the world feels less scripted for specifics and feels more like an actual world. This is also what inspired the scorpions getting crushed by rubble and blocks. If you have any ideas or sugestions, please leave a comment.

If you havn't tried Trembling Tomb (without the s) then here's the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/trembling-tomb Please leave feedback if you play it. Im still in tha planning/anaylizing phase of develpment, so feedback is especially important right now. Hope you are as excited as I am :D

Yo!

Please could you spare a few minutes to play and rate Plubertium, our intergalactic exchange student simulator.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/plubertium-glactic-exchange-student-simulator

It's been a frantic time on this side and I've hard been able to play or rate any games. Would still love to see our jam entry get rated, as we're all exceptionally proud of what we made. Fingers crossed that we can make it happen!

Thanks in advance to anyone who saves the day!

Hey guys if you haven't seen this yet we would really appreciate a rating <3

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/poopy-parker#/

Play our game here! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/office-novice

So play my short (1-2 min) instead

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/timofei-cauldron Have fun!

Since it's the last day of Ludum Dare, why not see if you can escape the ruin?! A difficult tile-based puzzle game where you need to destroy the ruin around you to escape. Good luck!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/ruin-escape

Hey everyone, Wilson needs your help for a last ride !

If you haven't played Wilson's Lab yet, give it a shot ! 🧪🐒

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/wilsons-lab

Sorry, for the absence for past 2 days, everyone. Responsibilities and stuffs kept me occupied :/

First of all. Since we are close to the end... wow, I did not expect to get some many people to play my game! It is over 100 people who rated my game and over 200 that played it on itch.io. It is absolutely crazy, so... THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Since I'm back, give me those Danger Zone games! If you are in a Danger Zone, leave a comment below.

I encourage everyone to go to the Danger Zone to help others. Here is the link:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/games/danger/all