We are in the final weekend for rating games, so for today and tomorrow, I will be listing every game that I have already posted or that has been posted in the comments that still doesn't have enough votes. As usual, if your game is not listed (use ctrl+f, search for your game’s URL) and doesn't have enough ratings (i.e. the “ratings received” is orange and doesn't have a check mark beside it), please feel free to link it in the comments. As usual, all these games can be found at https://ldjam.com/games/danger/all and https://ldjam.com/games/zero/all

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/prison-farming

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/flight-photo

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/fishtank-royale

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/trites

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/very-large-golf

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/bu113t-h311

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/volley-shoot

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/date-me-dating-sim-clicker

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/rogue-race

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/space-cow-boy

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/golf-rush

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/yellow-and-blue

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/time-turner

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/elaab-bark

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/no-giraffe

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/knife-throwing-gallery

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/simulator-for-average-people

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/smacktalk-live

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/amazing-blackjack

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/filthy-blockheads

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/zorkman-aka-pacman-the-text-adventure

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cooking-mecha

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/office-tactics

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/tower-racer

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/my-theory-about-the-universe

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/robozes

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/underground-tractors

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/my-first-day-in-the-agency

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/beach-please-splash-1

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/doesnt-add-up

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/unnamed-game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-mad-kings-tournament

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hit-em-harder

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/interplanetary-jousting

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/robodog

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hate-2d-horror-game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/panela-quest

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/spooky-speeding

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/crush-of-duty-saga

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/heist-41

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/blaster-typer

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/simon-says-race

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/jump-forest-jump

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/tanxz

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/platfighter

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/dimensional-rift-escape

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cloudy-island

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/solitairey-in-school-the-card-game-dating-simvisual-novel

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/galagamaze

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/tetris-escape-2d

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/globuloball

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/fort-of-dwarves

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/asimovs-breakout

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/card-em-up

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/high-flying-beats

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/antumbra

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ship-hacker

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/not-a-turtle-race-multiplayer

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-exterminator

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/unbeheaded-monarchs

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/theres-only-stars-in-the-fire-line

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/musketeer-s

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/chef-of-war-1

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/speed-fortress

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/magneto-de-liquidus

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/firun

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-mad-kings-tournament

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/run-farmer

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/after-common-era

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/a-gentlemans-shooter

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/incredungeoneer

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hack-turn

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/shadow-puppets-dms-revenge

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/super-match-walker

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/bouncebot-doorquest

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/super-happy-curling

I apologize for the long post and if there are duplicates.

Game Control

RTS mode:

Left Click&Drag: Units selection.

Right Click: Units Movement.

C (Keyboard): Switch to FPS mode(ONLY WHEN A SINGLE UNIT IS SELECTED).

FPS mode:

Left Click: Shooting.

C (Keyboard): Switch to RTS mode.

Words About Control In FPS mode you can move and shoot, but only control one unit. In RTS mode you can only move, but control multiple units.

At first, I was thinking something like you can only move in RTS mode and only shoot in the FPS mode. Finally, I decided to give the player the chance of controlling multiple units so each unit could hold one position for defense.

Type’n Jump has just received over 1000 views at itch.io! That’s incredible, we’re super happy!

We hope that our players enjoyed playing Type ‘n Run. 🙂

* In case you missed, we have a record of the best players so far, both in time and/or commands perfomance. You can check out the current World Records here! *

👉 If you haven’t played Type ‘n Jump yet, give it a try here! 👈

Do you remember this guy?

For our nearing 1.0 release I'm working on a second team of cats for player 2 - there will be a battle mode to compete against your friends. This guy will be featured:

I'm having loads of fun designing these cats while still having to write the manual for Haiti Kitty - the fun kind of procrastination 😅

I'm working on a much enhanced version of my LD#41 entry.

It has true terrains, instead of just a flat plane, along with trees and details. Still has the same simple polygonal style, though.

My jam version: Match Strike

Hey everybody!

We reached the 50+ votes for Line'em up and we had a lot of very good feedback. Many many (many?) thanks! We published a Mac and a Linux version to celebrate that.

For those who didn't already test our little game. Line'em up is a mix between a puzzle match and a shoot'em up where you need to match symbols with colors to kill your enemies. Hope you'll like it!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/lineem-up

Cheers! :D

My first Ludum Dare entry and second Jam game, please take a moment to play and rate, thanks.

Play the WebGL version here -> https://razorlance.itch.io/escape-the-future

Rate the game here -> https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/escape-the-future

Come try Proelium!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/proelium

A game where you will have to fight against the unstoppable passage of time !

So! It's been long enough for me to reflect on how LD41 went for me, and now it's time to do a post-mortem!

First, I'm going to ask that you play my game. You don't have to rate it if you don't want to, but if you're going to read this, you should play the game first because of spoilers.

You can play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ld-41-entry-red-v-s-blue

You can also download the source code there, which includes the custom framework I've been working on for years and make all my games with! It relies only on open-source libraries so you should have no trouble getting stuff to run.

Still reading? Okay!

One of the defining characteristics of doing a Ludum Dare is, of course, screwing up. Either the theme sucks, or you just can't come up with an idea, or you bite off more than you can chew, or things just don't cohere into anything fun, or you don't manage your time well, or...you know how it is.

But I can't talk about any of that this time, because for me, this LD went almost perfectly.

First off, I loved the theme! It was the only one of the final list that I thought would be interesting to do. And second, I came up with an idea right away - to mash-up an RTS...

...with a dating sim.

Wait, Anthony. I played your game. You mashed up RTS with clicker mechanics.

Ah, but then you didn't play all the way to the end. At the end of the timer, the game asks if you want to parlay with the enemy general. Say yes and suddenly the game is a dating sim! I felt that hiding this twist as much as possible would make it more fun for the player - in fact, I even hid the game's real title, which is 'Red Loves Blue'.

So how did I get that idea? Well, I love RTS games and will try to make one whenever possible, so that was a natural. As for the dating sim, my two daughters have been playing Doki Doki Literature Club a lot recently so that's where that half came from.

Speaking of my daughters, when I ran into the living room and described the twist, they both broke out laughing, which let me know I might be on to something. I was originally going to title the game 'Red (heart symbol) Blue' but I felt that was too much of a giveaway. I finally hit on Red Loves Blue...but at first you can't see the l, o and e in the title, so it looks like Red Vs Blue. Only after you've played the dating sim once do the other letters fade in.

So, RTS and dating sim. I sat down and wrote a design doc...and it just kind of poured out of me. If you want to read it, it's included in the source code. I had absolutely no problems coming up with the design for the game. Again, I'm not sure who blessed me this LD, but I'm grateful.

I started on the dating sim half first, because I'd never done that before. It's a very simple process - ask the enemy general questions, and if you ask them in the right order he starts to open up to you. There are 15 questions, each worth 10 points. Get a score of 100 or more and he chooses not to fight you and you both live happily ever after!

Even though I hadn't done it, it wasn't hard to code and soon I had the dating sim mechanics down. Then it was time to start on the RTS, but I'd been up a while so it was definitely time for sleep.

As I fell asleep, I thought of a new twist I could add to the game to hide the surprise. The RTS side was going to be very simple, gather resources and use them to build and upgrade units. I realized that I could add clicker mechanics to the RTS side to make people initially think that it was an RTS/Clicker mashup instead of RTS/Dating Sim.

So I woke up late Saturday morning and started on the RTS side. I've done RTS mechanics before so they weren't that hard to do. Adding clicker mechanics meant a lot of UI work and finding a good layout took a while. But eventually I had the game pumping out three unit types: riflemen, commandos and grenadiers. The mechanics are rock-paper-scissors, which commandos killing riflemen, grenadiers killing commandos and riflemen killing grenadiers. You could also upgrade the strength of each unit type, upgrade your mine to click faster, and upgrade your mine to produce more Cyberdinium per click.

This also required some art work, which I am terrible at. The units in the game are all semi-traced from units from other games like Cannon Fodder and Command & Conquer. I used those units to get a basic shape and then drew details myself.

My initial thought was to randomly generate an enemy army, populate it on the screen and just have the two armys run at each other. But I knew that would end up requiring a lot of work to get exactly right. I also felt that it was rewarding the wrong part of the game - the point of the game is to stop the war, not fight it!

So instead I randomly generated an army in memory and then ran a comparison on the player's army before declaring a winner. Of course, this only happens if you refuse to parlay or fail at charming the enemy general.

Speaking of which, the general provided yet another problem - I wanted something better than just a frowny face, which is what I started with. I finally found a nice pic of Max from Advance Wars and did the "trace the shape, then fill in your own details" thing again. It turned out pretty well!

And once I got the two halves of the game effectively merged, I had my daughter play it. She liked the clicker mechanics and the dating sim made her cringe out of her skin - exactly what I intended.

Then I needed at least some sound. Trusty BFXR provided the sound effects. As for music, I used a website that generates random music called Abundant Music: https://pernyblom.github.io/abundant-music/index.html

While I liked the music it generated, I had two problems: first, it was in MIDI and SDL2-Mixer doesn't play MIDI files. Second, Abundant Music really likes to use these high brassy MIDI horns in certain places.

I fixed the first problem by using a program called SynthFont to convert the MIDI to OGG format. I initially was using Audacity to try to tone down the brassy horns in the sound, and then realized that SynthFont will let you turn on and off any instrument before you export. Which allowed me to get the music sounding much better!

By this point I had a few hours left, so I did the traditional "pack up an archive, post it on my website, ask someone to try it out, realize I forgot a vital library, make another archive" thing and wrote up the post for the game. I didn't really have time or the artistic skills to make a real title screen, unfortunately.

So we've talked about the good stuff. What about the bad?

Well, first, while my framework has some very good GUI code, I didn't have time to make any graphical buttons for the game. I just relied on the box/text buttons that the GUI code falls back to. This caused a lot of people to not realize that the buttons were, in fact, buttons.

Second, my initial plan was to make the game at 512x384 resolution (pixel art being about the only art I can halfway do) and then blow it up to 1024x768 at the end just by scaling everything up. But the scaling code didn't work properly and I didn't have time to debug it. Which is why people are stuck playing it in 512x384. Sorry.

Third, I may have done TOO good a job in hiding the twist. I read some comments from people who pretty clearly never got to the second half of the game. It would have been better to not give the player a choice as to whether or not they wanted to parlay.

Fourth, the dating sim is too hard because there's not enough feedback about which answers are good and which are bad! I tried hard to make the answers obvious from the text, but I really should have color-coded them to help players out. It routinely took half an hour or even longer for players to figure out how to win the dating sim.

And fifth...I should have put in the battle. Everybody has asked for it, I should have put it in even if it was buggy. There's this huge buildup; subverting that completely made the game unsatisfying for some people.

But overall...wow. The design came fast, my framework code cooperated, I implemented new mechanics quickly and I managed my time well. It's by a mile the best LD experience I've ever had and now I can't wait for the next one!

Hey y'all! Are you interested in working on a short term project for between 4-8 months? Do you like to do 3D modelling or are a UE4 guru? Let me know! :D

We finally had time to polish our jam entry a little more and uploaded it as "v2" for PC port and as the Web version. Won't you give it a try? Thanks again to everyone who played and gave us constructive criticism. They were taken into consideration on this polished version.

To play click here: https://prodigalson.itch.io/sneaky-bot

I am really happy about the way this game turned out. I'm just pitching this up here to see if anyone wants to give it a go.

4 pulse pounding levels and a final boss. Feel free to try the challenge mode after defeating the boss. Many different weapons, sounds and background music.

• Full controller support (a bit tougher than the keyboard/mouse)

• Controls are explained in game - not in my game description.

• The adventure is text based, and commentary is witty.

Have a go at it if you would, and check out the source code if you're a Game Maker Studio 2 user. This was all done within the 48 Hours, and some bug tweeks in the submission hour when I finally tried the game myself. Let me know what you think!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/text-based-action-rpg

We're currently working on putting together new areas, enemies and bosses for Jeff From Accounting (more pictures to come), but thought we should release the pile of tweaks, improvements and bug fixes we've been sitting on in the meantime :smiley:

• Checkpoints
• Improved lighting
• Improved enemy/level layout
• New enemy names
• Enemy knockback
• Enemy attack/movement animations and audio
• Hit/miss response feedback improvements
• Sprint prompting
• Improved reload deletion responsiveness
• AZERTY support

A full list of changes can be found in the source on github

Play the PostJam web build now!

Let us know what you think of the new changes in the comments or leave a message on our entry page

You can follow myself @almax or @hi-im-greg to get notified when we release the new level content - hopefully by the end of next week.

For now I'll leave you with some pretty screenshots of the latest build :sunglasses:

Blog posts and Retrospectives

• An art retrospective
• A code/design retrospective

I guess i didn't really promote this game until the 4th to last day, so I only have a few ratings. Try it out if you'd like! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/nintendating

Thanks so much to everyone who has played and rated our Virtual Pet + Horror game, Goodnight Meowmie.

We've received some really great and encouraging feedback so far, including this awesome comment from @beebo-studios that really made us proud of our work:

I hate horror games. I don’t even know, why I clicked on this. Well, no, I totally know why I did it. Because of the super sweet first GIF. And here lies the magic in your game. You managed to make me really bond with Meowmie! I was the little girl and I just loved my Meowmie from the first second. I really felt it. Which is an insane feat. That love for Meowmie made me, as a player, venture forth, even though I hated it. Waaaay to scary for me. The atmosphere was so tense, that I thought about quitting a few times. But my hungry and sick kitty demanded me to go on. So I did. I just had to. -- @beebo-studios

We're still working on a pretty big post-compo update that will include a lot of things that didn't end up making it in, including more animations and some reworked narrative elements. In the meantime, you can still rate and play the current version!

Goodnight Meowmie (WebGL): https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/goodnight-meowmie

challenge yourself! Try to destroy all enemies and score 8200 points

You can play it in your browser Or download it to your computer (windows) have fun

play the game here =) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/crazy-cube

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/firun

https://youtu.be/XS-JQUFHzow

There is mystery of mines

Use mine as your goalkeeper.

Play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/football-shooter

I am so excited about the result announcement within 2 days. I don't know if my game is good enough to be in the top 50 or not but I wish it is. Try it, rate it, give feedback and tell me if its worth top 50 games or not.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/numbness

You can play it on browser or download it!

Play it here : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-missing-chief