Well, just posted to express my intent of participating on this Ludum Dare… I won’t have the whole 48 hours to work on the game, so I decided to go for the jam instead, and since I’m at it, I’m going to use my own C++ engine, some assets from old games I have laying around, etc…

And since all the cool kids are doing it, montage of previous LDs:

If you want to see bigger images and links to the games, point your browser to http://shadowcovenant.com/blog/2010/04/13/ludum-dares-48-hour-competitions/ .

Good luck, everyone!

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Hey everyone.

This will be my second Ludum Dare and learned well from my mistakes from LD#17 :-D. Can’t wait to hear what the theme is…

Stuff I’ll be using:

Game Dev Kit: Game Editor, or Java with Slick2D… Depends on how I feel when the compo starts.

Sound & Music: sfxr, LMMS and Ardour

Graphics: The GIMP and Blender (Rendered images)

Tags: motivation

Just a quick post to state that I’m joining the ranks of those aiming to make their first LD submission this weekend. How much time I actually get is variable, but I’m hoping to have something to present for the competition. At the very least I’m sure to learn something from all this!

I will be using:

• Flash – AS3 using FlashDevelop, built on Flixel
• GIMP and maybe some Paint Shop Pro
• sfxr and maybe LMMS if I get time for music (so quite probably not…)

Hello Ludumers! Here comes Tozy again, from Argentina, after 2 trys.

This time I think I’m going to use AGS, like the first time. Dunno what the other programs and stuff will be…

I’ve learned a lot about programming but i’m still a newbie =3    If I manage to draw a lot of nice backgrounds maybe something good will come up.

Remember: the importat thing is to finish the game!

Yes, I am new.

Maybe I will get something done. I’m not sure though. I’m not a newbie to programming but I most often don’t publish my work. Maybe this will change this weekend.

I will be using Flash AS 3 and for the Music I’ll use Garage Band. (I’m not a musician so I have to see what I get done)

Cheers

DeepData

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Is this thing on? So, on the off chance that I actually participate this time around, here’s the quick Game Maker platforming engine I’ll probably be building off. It’s only slightly broken.

This is how things work, right? Ok, here you go.

Hi there. I’m Sam, and this is my first Ludum Dare. This is also the first time I’ve ever made a game. Ever. So. This is going to be interesting! I’ve been playing games for about as long as I can remember, so I think I have a properly experienced repertoire. My earliest game memory is being too afraid to play Super Mario Bros. when it came out, so I only played Duck Hunt. (Figure THAT one out.) I’ve been coding in all sorts of web languages for about 10 years (Jesus, does that make me feel old) so I’m going to stick with my trusty HTML5/Javascript for this one, since it’ll have the lowest learning curve. I’ve messed around with a number of engines and languages – Unity, Löve/Lua, Python, GameMaker – but none have stuck yet. Plus, it feels like HTML5/JS is in a sort of Atari/NES-esque infancy as far as games go. When I look at some notable games from recent years, many of them could have been made nearly exactly the same in HTML5/JS. Limbo, Braid, Canabalt. It’s just a matter of talent applying itself to the platform, as far as I’m concerned.

Besides this being my first LD and my first game, I also have plans with my favorite lady over the weekend. We have a few plans all over Massashusetts (yes, I’m a Masshole) so I won’t have anywhere near the full 48 hours to work. (I saw a few Boston-area LDers, but I’m repping the North Shore.) So, first LD, first game, even more limited time constraints. I’ll be happy if I make something that works, let alone ends.

• HTML5 + Javascript (powered by the Akihabara engine for the sake of getting right to the game-making, but I intend to make my own JS game engine soon.)
• Coda for making with the code
• Photoshop for pretty pictures
• GarageBand + my Strat + CFXR for noises

Here goes something.

Making a post to say this will be my first Ludum Dare too, noticed it’s a lot of people’s first times haha.

Not sure how much time i will have to work on my entry, but i will try to release something even if its rubbish. Later guys!

Even though I’ll try to do music if it doesn’t work out I can compensate with gameplay and graphics (not that music isn’t important, I simply don’t know how to do it). I prefer to go for a Ludum Dare anyway.

Also, Double Rainbow Zombies. Vote for it.

Tags: Ludum Dare, newbie

8 hours to go, and what’s this? Joining with tradition of posting food pictures, I present to you my tasty dinner for the weekend (and today for that matter):

This:

Became this:

And This:

mmmm *drools all over my monitor*

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Hello, I am xot. This may be my first Ludum Dare. I’ve been looking forward to it, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to find the time.

I’ll be using Game Maker for the gutty-works. Photoshop and maybe LightWave3D for the pixels. Audacity and sfxr for the bleets. Music is doubtful. I may dip into a my code library which is posted at my site GMLscripts.com but I’ll only be using code I’ve written myself naturally. There is an outside chance I may use some gizmos and/or doodads posted in the forums there.

I hope I did that right.

Tags: compo, tools

I know this is slightly out of fashion, but as I don’t have any previous LD games to combine their screenshots into a montage, here is my working environment.

Yeah, I know it’s messy – it’s destined to be like this.

Oh, and I just realized that I won’t be able to code during most of Saturday, so possibly will make it into Jam. Or maybe not at all. I’ll try, though.

I’ve not yet gotten OGRE3D installed correctly. Specifically, its CMake build system isn’t working for me.

This is going to be interesting.

Still going to try OGRE3D for my game, as I’d really like to use it in the future and having only 72h to make a game with it is great motivation.

Tags: motivation

Enough of the pseudo-motivational pics, heres my workstation. The odd orange light on the far right monitor is because its actually my server. Its a micro-ATX board mounted inside a defunct 19″ monitor. Works like a dream and is even controlled by the panel on the front! It hosts my irssi, my svn and email.

Protip: Diet Coke has significantly more caffeine than regular!

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Gettin’ ready for LD, just cleaned up my desktop o.O  (doesnt happen that often)

Humble, but it does the job smoothly 😉

ps:  darn, the countdown clock makes me nervious…

Note: Desk may be slightly messy sometimes

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Figured since I saw some images here of various people’s workplaces, I’d include my own.  I’ll make another post sometime tonight with my personal code library.

There we go!  All set for the compo!

Not shown:
Case of (more) beer
Bag of fries