https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/the-shrining

If you decide to play it, please leave some feedback. It doesn't matter if you like it or hate it-- if what you have to say is really that horrible, then feel free to leave an anonymous comment. :P

If you leave good (and non-anonymous) feedback, I'll return the favor to the best of my ability; if you leave something generic or lazy, I probably won't.

One more episode of "Dare to Play" before the Holiday break! Come submit your games and watch me fail at playing others over at https://twitch.tv/cyberlightgames! Starting NOW!

Fun idea right?

Check this game out.

Hey everyone I just need a few more votes to hit the quota. You rate my game and I'll rate yours! Thanks :)

Play it here.

It was a really nice surprise when we found out that Farewell, Dear Cargo was at the top of itch.io's most popular games from LD43!

Thanks a lot to everyone that played and voted our little game and spread the word!

If you haven't played it yet and want to check it out:

:airplane_small: Play Farewell, Dear Cargo!

Experience "Beyond", another nightmare game from MouthlessGames

Balancing a game that is based on random mutations is a pain in the butt. That's why I tried to automate the problem, I don't think I really succeeded but it does make for a nice gif :D Try my evolution-based game at: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/cheela I will definitely try out yours ( Starting tomorrow I have a week off so I will be playing as many games possible this week)

They are coming.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/they-are-coming

Only 7 days more to rate entries! Tried "Accept this Offering" already? Time's on the run!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/accept-this-offering

Have a nice holidays!

I know I said my next blog post would be about the post-jam code refactor, but I wanted to make a news post first:

Golden Lord now works on mobile!

Play the mobile version here!

EDIT: It has come to my attention that it has issues in some versions of Mobile Safari and Firefox. I'll work on resolving those.

No longer live, but will see if it can happen again :yum:

Hey I'm a little late to the party with holidays and all, but the Ludum Dare 43 stream is finally here at https://www.twitch.tv/pwnchoguy :smile:

I will be giving proper feedback on all the games I play after the stream so please send me yours! :thumbsup:

You can also checkout our entry here!

We finally managed to create and upload the first revision of our turn-based exploration RPG BloodTrail to itch.io, so if you didn't play the game yet, you can try and rate it now (https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/blood-trail) and if you liked it dive right into the improved version on itch.io (https://fluffyvoxels.itch.io/bloodtrail).

Hey everyone! Make sure to try and review our game :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/my-little-daily-sacrifice

Balancing a game that is based on random mutations is a pain in the butt. That’s why I tried to automate the problem, I don’t think I really succeeded but it does make for a nice gif :D Try my evolution-based game at: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/cheela I will definitely try out yours ( Starting tomorrow I have a week off so I will be playing as many games possible this week)

By deleting files you make the assets disappear in the game. Fun right!?

Check this game out!

Hey y'all!

Santa is running low in gifts and time is running out, he needs you to help him replenish his stock before tomorrow!

Come help him! (and check out our game at the same time :p)

Well, I finally have some time off during these last days of the year and I wan't to play a few of your cool entries.

If you have some time to spare in the next few days I would really appreciate your feedback on my game so I can get a score.

I will play your game if you leave a comment on this post or if you leave some feedback on my game. :smiley:

Have a huge merry Christmas and happy winter holidays from Delthor Games (me)! The results of LD are coming, if you haven't played my game feel free to check it out here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/alains-sacrifice. If you wnat some feedback leave a link to your game in the comments and I'll try to play it and rate it.

It's that time again! Time to dissect my LD43 entry, The Gods Are Angry, and look at the positives and negatives of its development. I'm more proud of it than I am of my LD42 entry - and it fared much better on Newgrounds - but there's still plenty I can improve on for LD44. So, without further ado...

What Went Well

• I wanted to make a more story-based game this time round, and the theme, "Sacrifices must be made", was absolutely perfect for that. The game's story and atmosphere have generally been praised, and I do think I did a pretty good job with them.
• Compared to my previous LD games and their plain black backgrounds, The Gods Are Angry has actual environments, and with a pretty good level of visual detail. I'm still really proud of the lightning effect, if you couldn't tell from the fact that I show it off at every opportunity!
• I didn't feel like there was much I could do with my previous Ludum Dare games, but this time round, I have a complete (if basic) platforming engine. I've had a couple of ideas for more complex, full-length platformers lying around for years, and now I feel like I have a decent starting point for them.

What Went Badly

• One of these days I'm gonna learn my gosh-darn lesson about testing things. I programmed the game's ending and restart procedure, then immediately shipped it without testing to see if they worked. Predictably, they didn't. It took me a total of fifteen minutes to write the patches that fixed those issues. Nice going, me.
• The game generally lacks polish. The gameplay is too simple, and lacks any interesting mechanics; the level design isn't challenging or varied enough; there are no visual effects when you die, your sprite just disappears. Part of this is due to PICO-8 limitations, and part of it is due to me spending way too much time programming the basic engine and running out of time on Day 2.
• My sound design is still terrible. I still don't know how to use PICO-8's music tracker, and the sound effects are still annoying to a lot of people. It's at the point where I'm seriously considering entering the Jam next time round instead of the Compo, just so I can get someone else to do the music and SFX for me.

What Comes Next

Earlier today I published the final post-jam update for The Gods Are Angry on Newgrounds. It fixed the game's horizontal collision detection, and tidied up the code to make it neater and more reusable. Love Is A Battlefield DX, the post-jam version of my LD41 game, will finally be posted on Newgrounds on either January 23rd (the site's annual Pixel Day), or Valentine's Day.

For 2019, I plan to start developing more indie games outside of Ludum Dare. As I stated earlier, I've got a couple of ideas for full-scale PICO-8 platformers, for which I can re-use parts of the game's engine. My ultimate ambition is to publish a full game to Steam and/or the Discord Store, either next year or in 2020. I will continue to take part in Ludum Dare in the meantime.

A big thank you to everyone who's played The Gods Are Angry and left feedback so far! I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

We were a little disappointed in the result of the game. We aimed really high and didnt quite hit our target. We learned a lot during the process of making the game though and thats what its all about.

the combat and animations dont have that polished feel like we wanted. If anyone has any tips to improve these I'd love to hear. This project was a big stretch for us but we had fun making it