Arcane Anagrams is an addictive word game that draws players into the mystical world of letter manipulation and quick thinking. Play the game by making words with runes. If too many runes are summoned, it's game over.
We're so close to getting enough ratings to qualify for a score. If you have a free moment, check out Arcane Anagrams, play our game and give it a review :smile:.
Play as a skateboarder who has been summoned to make an appearance at court before noon and pay a fine for the "crime" of skateboarding. Except you don’t have any money and noon is only 2 minutes away! Skateboard around the city gathering as much loose change as you can find and make it to the courthouse in time. Just don’t get caught by the cops!
Having fallen in love with our Towners and Downers, I decided to create an animation still after the publication of the game. I sketched out frames for this animation during the creative process of the game with idea for this to be part of it.
It was very fun to learn to make animation by doing it and with crucial technical help from my brother. Here it is!
Play the game here: https://tykki19.itch.io/candles-of-doom
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/duro
Hi! This is a list of games the fulfill at least one of these requirements: - Can be or must be played on hardware other than a basic computer e.g. PlayDate games, VR games - Require unusual setup like setting up a virtual machine or emulator - Are played best IRL, e.g. paper and pencil, physical games - Are multiplayer
These games are often harder to get people to play than most LD games, and it's hard to find them when you are looking for them. If you have the required hardware, or have the time and energy to do the setup, or have friends available for multiplayer games, here is a list where you can find them all in one place.
If you know of more games that fit the bill, let me know in a comment and I will add it.
Deprecating this copy so I don't have to maintain multiple copies. Master list available here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/i-am-a-wizard-and-my-shoulder-hurts/uncommon-hardware-unusual-setup-games-list
We did it! We survived! @togis and I, we are still alive and kicking, for the ones who are worried about our health :smile:
It was an amazing and fun challenge and we got to play tons of fun games and met amazing people along the way. Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our streams. You made it fun and possible, your support made us keep going.
We hope our lenghty feedbacks were useful for you and you learned a lot from our streams and playthroughs (and from other jammers of course).
Hope to see you around, keep on making games, learning, growing and having fun!
:video_game: The list of 100 games we played
Here is our Twitch channel if you want to watch the vods and follow us around (Whole challenge took us about 40 hours of streaming :dizzy_face: ) https://www.twitch.tv/tobugis
:gem: Our LD55 Game
As some of you know, the 7th annual Penguin Con is coming up this weekend in the usual location.
For anyone who didn't get a chance to try my "game", I will have a demo table set up at -72.346906 latitude,-3.217483 longitude, and will also be fielding questions about my hair. Hope to see you there! (Bring a sweater and a thermos.)
(Bring your own fish.)
Sminer's got a lot going on in quite a small amount of screen. It's a really cool take on combining different ingredients to summon different types of monsters to defend your tower. It does this by focusing on how you're gathering your ingredients by mining down for different resources. The presentation of it is really lovely as well, it's great pixel art and so well done on so few colours!
I really love a bit of graph theory, and Elerian Demons really appeals to that part of my brain. There's a really cool puzzle in "how do I combine these different shapes without taking my pen off the paper" and this game presents that puzzle well.
Centibleed's got a really cool de-rezzed look to it and some great music. There's a good ramping up of your conflict with the opposing magical centipede, and there's just a great vibe to the whole thing. Some pretty liberal use of screenshake as well...
This game's got a really straightforward 2 resource economy that has a really satisfying loop to it. I really enjoy a good horde-mode-defend-a-thing gameplay and this pulls it off really well with a good variety of cool stuff to summon.
And of course... my own game - Hellevator
Voting for score chasers has ended and the competitors have voted on the 5 games that will be played in the tournament! Here are the 5 games in order of when they will be played.
A score based game where you need to absorb falling humans and then resummon them, either to aid in your survival or to sacrifice on altars for points.
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A score based game where you need to summon the correct friends for shapes (aka summon the same shape as them). Each arrow key corresponds to a different shape and points are earned by choosing the correct one as soon as possible.
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A speedrunning game where you need to traverse a subterranean labyrinth with hidden collectibles. You can use your javelin to knock yourself back, to use as a platform, or to summon back to get its momentum. The 100% route will be run meaning all collectibles will need to be collected before completing the game.
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A score based game where you need to draw shapes around enemies of that shape to defeat them. The stress mode version will be played which is 5x harder than the regular game submitted to the jam
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A game where you need to touch waypoints by driving around on your bike and avoiding traffic. The race mode will be played which requires players to race against each other on the same track through a series of waypoints.
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Score chasers is a tournament where people compete to get high scores in games submitted to this Ludum Dare. This includes things such as completing a game in the lowest amount of time, getting the most score in a game, or other ways a game can be competed in. The tournament is taking place on Saturday, Saturday, April 27, 2024 4:00 PM UTC at https://twitch.tv/ategondev.
Qualifications for joining is still open until 24 hours before the tournament starts. In order to qualify for the tournament you need to submit an impressive score in any game submitted to the jam. To submit you can join our discord at https://discord.gg/FhP4jaZ7KS and post a screenshot of your score in the entry submissions channel.
Hope to see you there!
Hi, I'm Bo, and I'm an artist on our team!
In this post, I explain how we optimized our pipeline, the challenges we encountered and the decisions we made to overcome them. For game Uncanny Inscriptions
We decided that the game will be in 3D, however creating characters in 3D takes much time. For instance, my model of a duck includes: sculpting, retopology, UV-layout, texturing, rigging, and finally animation. But I needed to figure out how to create several characters within a short timeframe.
I decided to create 2.5D characters, which simplified my work. You'll understand why as we progress.
I'm skilled in 3D rather than drawing, starting with _ZBrush where I can rapidly refine the shape of my characters and add cost-effective details. I created a model for 2D rendering, so the most important part is the front. I don't focus on the other sides. Also, I used Polypaint(vertex paint) for texturing characters—an easy but effective method. I didn't need retopology and UVs, which are often the most frustrating parts of 3D work
For rendering, I used _Marmoset Toolbag 4. I separated the model into several layers in ZBrush and exported it to Marmoset. Then, I set up the scene, adjusted the camera angle, and lighting. Additionally, I added an extra render pass for the Normal map. Furthermore, I used this scene for other characters.
I organized and refine the render layers in Photoshop and then exported the PSB file to Unity.
The "2D PSD Importer" automatically separated my layers into sprites
Before this moment, I hadn't tried working with 2.5D. I realized that sprites don't interact well with a 3D environment and lights. This confused me, but our programmer figured out how to fix it and wrote the shader. Sprites began to behave as I wanted; I was able to use the Normal map, and the sprites responded to light.
I rigged the characters using the standard _'2D Animator' and 'IK Components' in Unity. During animation, I focused on my favorite principle of animation: 'Follow through and overlapping action'. We realized that we didn't need triggers for animation, as the animation starts automatically when we call the prefab. The programmer prepared prefabs before for characters that we planned, and I began to fill them with other characters.
I hope you found this post useful and interesting. It's my first time writing something like this. I've always wanted to share about my work on the Jam. Thank you for reading, and _don't forget to play and rate our game Uncanny Inscriptions
Thank you so much for your support and feedback! As a first-timer I am nothing but grateful for all! In accordance with your feedback, following improvements were made without addition of any new content or mechanic: * Text cannot be skipped before it ends, to avoid missing texts. * Movement speed in text scenes was decreased, to avoid potential erroneous triggering. * Text color in the final scene was changed to distinguish the speaker from the protagonist.
Jam and the bug-fix versions for Windows are also available in the game page and you are more than welcome to check them out for evaluation.
Last but not least, here is the new post-jam artwork.
That's what I fixed: * Bullets still existed after restarting the game or changing level * Mobs could shoot without existing * Mobs still existed after changing level
Test it at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/the-seven-crystals.
Hello, fellow LDJammers! I hope my story will be motivational and inspirational for you.
Three year ago, at Ludum Dare 48, the theme was "Deeper and Deeper". I decided to make a game where you first dig potatoes, and then dig deeper to mine for coal, ore and other deposits. I named my simulator "Farm and Mine", to stand out among other idle resource managers, which are usually either entirely farm-based or entirely mining-based.
At the jam the game performed moderately, but the players noticed the potential and I decided to keep working with it afterwards. After 4 months of open beta testing I was ready for the mobile release, which I did in August 2021 at Pocket Gamer's Launchpad event.
Since then I updated the game with new content on a regular basis and responded to the players' suggestions and reaction. And now I'm proud to tell that the game is available on 4 major platforms
Google Play. Farm and Mine is available for Android phones and tablets, and also for Play Games on PC https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airapport.farm.mine.idle.ludumdare48
App Store. Farm and Mine is available for iPhones and iPads and other Apple devices. If you try our game on Apple Vision Pro, don't hesitate to share your impressions! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/farm-and-mine-idle-tycoon/id1564694016
Itch. Here you can get play Farm and Mine in full screen on Windows and Linux computers. https://airapport.itch.io/farm-and-mine
Poki. Web HTML5 version of Farm and Mine is available here, so any device which can run web games will run this version of our game https://poki.com/en/g/farm-and-mine
Here is what to expect in Farm and Mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdWdXowA9Tc
Feel free to use these ones to activate the timed bonuses which will speed up your progression:
EUZUMQO: Time speed x10 (2:00) EPHP7UI: Clicks x10 (1:00) EO6MWON: Transport x2 (12hour 0m)
The current game rating on various platforms is around 4.4 - 4.8 after thousands reviews, so we hope you will enjoy the idle farming and resource mining, too. Have fun!
Be mindful of your spell choices from your deck, or you might end up as the main course on your enemy's barbecue menu!
Choose wisely!
@z0rg @andy-link @nougato @shenoit @katanajellyfish
We are so close to the top now everyone! For our first ever gamejam and for a 3rd year project and am beyond proud of what my team was able to make within the time limit and am still speechless that more the 130 people have played it, WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE TOP 5! please play, rate and share our game it means more than anything
https://youtu.be/sFtoTaEVCPQ
Hihihi, just a quick update.
The post-jam version of Tristram is up! It includes a bunch of new eye candy and a few QOL updates. If you haven't played it yet, now's the time!
Also, as seen above, I uploaded the soundtrack to YouTube, with some gameplay footage to make it more palatable. :wink:
Thanks so much to everyone who has played and rated so far! We're pushing 160 ratings, which is wild, and the response has been fantastic. :green_heart:
Summons of the Sovereign
If you like digital board games, look no further! Play against a fully voiced computer opponent or play locally against your friends. The game is a weird mix between chess and rock paper scissors but I am personally quite pleased with how it turned out. Feel free to give it a try and do not hesitate to also share your feedback!
Click here to play Summons of the Sovereign
Need ratings?
Tonight I will have plenty of time to play and rate some more submissions, so please place your submissions in the comments for me to play!
Insert coin here! Pew! Pew!
the voices are loud and they advise you to pay attention to them.. you can find them everywhere, even in your own reflection. you are free to choose your future path, and all we can do is to offer you to play our game!
