My ideas list so far: - Power Run - Bionic Legs - Leg Day - Nuclear Feet - Neutron Escape
or I guess it all else fails I could just name it on the nose...
Escape The Exploding Nuclear Power Plant With Augmented Legs!
Really need some defense? Synthesize some power!
Seriously though, I'm almost done. Gonna do some finishing touches and tweaks with the few remaining hours before I call it a day...
I'm up, had a great sleep for almost 7 hours (I think), and I'm ready to finish all of the scenes! (hopefully)
Let's just hope it doesn't take too long. (I say that when I'm creating a scene that will continue in three paths...)
Sanic speed
need more shit
GODOT ENGINE
Let's do it! The final hours.
I love before and after captures. It's a good showcase of how something is built; in small steps. An artist starts with a sketch. A musician starts with just a few notes. A game developer starts with primitives and stupid little smiley cicles.
People are often put off making things because they can't make the perfect thing straight away. Everything needs to be done in small steps. There is nothing wrong with that.
Im out of time due to work but i got it done! woo!!!
check the game here
please consider buying on itchio if you like it :D
I've gotten a suprising amount of work done on the first day! I don't really know what to add next though...
Here are some screenshots C:
I added nighttime too, just to make it a bit harder.
i'll use portals instead of platforms :'v
Yeah, I will end it here. Several things did not go as intended. I finished... something and I'm happy that I did, but I'm not happy with how it all went down and honestly: I don't feel like working on it any more for now.
I will wrap this up tomorrow, because I still think I learned a lot this time and I will try to improve while waiting for the next Ludum Dare. I will be back. :sunglasses:
Hey, I'm starting to create the art for my entry. It's not much, but if you remember yesterday, it was a simple cube! Technically, the game is finished, everything works well, I just want to keep the last day to polish it all (yep, I go for Jam and not Compo... again XD)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/enervatus
Our logic is mostly finished, but we haven't done a lot for graphics or leveldesign yet (as you can see...).
You are a developer who has to fix bugs (resembled by puzzles) in his nightmares. His power goes down as his level of fatigue rises. He can regenerate power by drinking coffee.
(For some reason the recording makes the cursor look offset...)
However, that doesn't help when "oh god this is my weekend why am I fatigued" kicks in.
Keep going, finish line in sight :)
Here's a little more programmer art to keep you motivated.
Finally got a higher framerate for the gif.
This game is starting to get really messy, I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it in time for polishing it up and such.
Hopefully everyone will understand how to play!
Good luck to everyone who's still going!
Looks like I'll be up till 2am again (the deadline)...
After hours of work and copious amounts of caffeine,I have finished my first game jam ever! It was a fun experience with many head pounding moments :) but alas, perseverance prevails! I kept it simple and did a twist on infinite runners. Check out my submission if you're bored https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/running-power
# FUEL THE FIRE
# SAFE THE WORLD
Most of the story is done, only the last part is left to do. Then testing, and then a few illustrations if I have the time.
I was planning to do a jam at first, because I wanted to use some music (and can't make my own), but since music doesn't work like I expected it to do in Twine, and that I am ahead of my schedule, I may submit this as a compo instead.
Back to work, fast :D
Dont believe me? Here's the proof:
Debate this fact with me: http://twitch.tv/defectivemelon
Knocking out some niceties this morning. Improved the HUD feedback by a mile. Just got finished adding a starting gun wait for the players.
Next is the power balancing mechanic. After that maybe a HUD notice of your rank after the race is over. Then will look into AI or level tweaks.
i kind of messed up my last post and the link was in between the pictures and easy to miss, so heres my ammendment^^. Im off to work now. Good luck all you still working! you can do it!
You just woke up in the middle of nowhere. The darkness is crawling up on you and the only protection you have is your powered warehouse and your lovely weapons. Try to stay alive while banishing the unwelcomed forsaken and powering your generators.
Uploading game soon, it will be my first fully functional "Game" and my first entry in LD. (it is mediocre, plz don't hate just rate :wink:)
Without a sleep, food and rest. It's look more pretty we had even imagine. Work on a background and little details right now.
While making progress in a game mechanic, our 3d artist made some serious stuff.
There are still a lot of things to do, need to get hurry!
Preparing my game for mobile devices
Low Quality from Gyazo but Hamster PowerCells!! 
I'm trying to finish this open source visual scripting plugin for Unity while at the same time trying to create a game wasn't a good idea. I'll probably have to punt to the Jam to get anything done. :(
I have a good game concept and a lot of personal source code. So there is a chance I can code for one day and have something decent by tomorrows dead line. I'll have my 13-year-old help which honestly will actually probably slow me down.
I encounterd a lot of bumps on my way to make a real time strategy game in Pico-8. Now there is not much time left, so i can't implement a base building mechanic. And i really hope that i can still make something that is game-ish.
It is starting to feel a bit more like a game
I just checked and apparently my game would've worked for 7 out of the 16 final themes. xD
Well, main gameplay loop is there, graphical prettying up has started; still a few things left to do:
1) Animations for the remaining powerplants
2) Music - it needs audio, badly
3) More event cards; I want at least 60-something, and I'm currently on 36
4) Adjust starting cash, and add in code to make power requirements fluctuate per turn - this needs doing for the game to be "complete" for the end of the jam, but shouldn't take more than 20 min or so (hence the post title)
I'm running with "Out of Power" as the title for the game at the moment.
Note the new background instead of the plain blue, and the adjusted manual power plant icon replacing the old stickfigure.
Finished 'early' (Because Australia, it is 4am here :sweat_smile:). Hope you like it! It is a game about 'Power Down'.
Play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/i-once-had-power
Hey everyone. With only 7 hours left I imagine most of us are scrambling. So why not a quick distraction? I just put an updated build of my game on my website here. http://www.shorremccolman.com/deliverydrain
WASD to control the car. W to park your car at a pickup or dropoff location. Note that you cant actually win yet, the deliveries will not register on the bottom.
I posted on my twitter that I probably won't do Ludum Dare this time because of how exhausted I was from work. But it looks like I've changed my mind somehow.
Well, I have something!
I decided to make a tower defense game! I'm not sure why, I don't have a huge interest in the genre, but I came up with something that worked for the prompt and seemed doable, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The prompt tie-in is that you start out with more than enough power to run your defense towers, and you get progressively less every round, while the enemy line up stays the same. So the first couple of rounds let you plan where you can cut back when you have less resources.
So far, I've got some little enemies moving around a path, and towers that shoot them. I guess all this might not have been a super challenging task, but I was surprised by few major roadblocks I ran into. I guess I'm more comfortable with Unity than I thought! I was particularly proud of being able to create a good targeting system for the towers. It took a bit to come up with the proper data structure, but once I got it down it worked shockingly well and I haven't see any wonky behavior yet!
Obviously I need to work on the models and textures, but it works! My next step is being able to arbitrarily place towers, which I think will be a pretty meaty task, but once I get it, the rest of the basic game structure should be done! I have high hopes for having a decent something done on Monday!
Happy to not be in the compo...
In our second day we've our plattformer engine working pretty good with some of the core mechanics:
We want to force the player to stop on the charger zones, take a breath, and decide his next steps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liwH-TvJKnM
Custom Engine (C++/SDL/OpenGL) Dino by @davidcollado
I don't know what happens in the end. Two long days the puzzle is not folded. And only when all the dialogues surly Russian from St. Petersburg was added to the game. I was finally able to enjoy the fun text adventure in the dark city on the Neva river. PS They are not gloomy, just serious. =)
Exploding some beach creatures!!
I got this.
As my first Ludum Dare submission ever, I made a goofy game only with HTML and CSS (no JavaScript).
The world needs your help to keep the last battery from running out of energy.
So this is Rulesquest, i've been working on it since yesterday.
The game is a very simple RPG farming simulator. You are the white king. There are 4 other kings you must defeat to win. Each has their own tactics that you must discover while you play.
The gameplay itself is just moving with arrow keys or WASD, and picking up items with space bar. Quite simple.
You can test you its current version here: http://gamejolt.com/games/rulesquest1/272688
I have finished second level!
With 7 hours to spare, I present to you: Star Slammer
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/star-slammer
I needed something besides coding, so time for some interface art, AND A LOGO!
Here's how far I've come so far:
I have a working system of winning/losing the game and am currently trying to balance everything (earning money, drinking coffee, brewing coffee, pouring coffee into the cup, ... You get the idea).
My goal is to get upgrades working in the next few hours, but we'll see. Anyways, I am already pleased with having a playable game right now.
Content is coming along nicely, we finally have a picture of our main character: Princess Sophia.
Expand the universe using the energy of Life!
Go through the azoids belt and become a Star!
All this in our game: "Scale of Life"
I'm finally done with my very first submission to Ludum Dare and very first game in general! I had a lot of fun doing this, and I am pretty sure I will be here again for Ludum Dare 40! This has been a blast, and even though exhausting, an amazing experience!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/running-out-of-power-1
Hello guys, after some hours, this is how it looks like the test track, now it's time to do the tracks for the game (and put some buildings instead of this walls). XD
The 6th scene is now complete! In it you will have to decide whose plan to follow. That will significantly change the story from there on out!
Here's a small screenshot from the place melting down! How fun!
I finished my little game. It's the first time I participate and I'm very happy with the result. I think it could have been a bit complexer but I think I archieved a nice game.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/feed-the-machine
I love my concept, but I think I went a little too ham on the details, and now i'm pressed for time. It's hard to see myself finishing by the deadline, but I'll keep crunching, maybe I can pull this off.
WIP player animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVRhgYRIlpA&feature=youtu.be
All done finally!. Super happy with the artstyle, turned into a super groovy 80s racer.
Just submitting to ludum dare page so will be playable soon!
Thanks!
And.... submit! I am very happy how it turned out the game, as I said it is not amazing but it is my first jam so happy to have finished "something". There is a lot of room to improve, graphics and animations for example.
I hope some of you enjoy it... If you are going to try it, play it in full-screen (1920x1080) and headphones on! I tried hard to at least give some sort of a spooky ambience!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/a-dark-time/
My games has power ups and their spawning is controlled by a random number generator (one separate one for each power up).
First time I run to ensure the newest power up I added worked properly, two power ups spawned the exact frame. Naturally I assumed it was a bug causing the two RNG's to create the same number.
I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what was causing it.
Turns out it was just a statistical anomaly where both RNG's happened to generate the exact same number.
Spooked me for a bit.
Awesome day of more work on the gameplay side of things and trying to balance the best way possible now. I am happy considering the amount of work achieved over the weekend. Need more work on the UI side and models could use some textures but I am not sure if I can work tomorrow as well.
All the best to everyone!! Waiting to play the awesome games everyone is making here.
Would be nice to recieve some feedback :)
Not sure if I submitted my game correctly :S
P.d. Sorry for my english
HELLO EVERYONE!!! Are you ready to see the Space) Follow us to see more details.:smile:
Windows - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B96m_Uf8ejd0VWRzaWJEX2o2V0U
Mac - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B96m_Uf8ejd0SHljaGZyd1FYOXc/view
Linux - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B96m_Uf8ejd0WDN2U24wWWRtS1E
You are a small battery running around looking for juice and hopefully surviving. WASD to move, arrow keys to shoot a bolt which freezes obstacles but at the expense of some of your health. It's not very long, but it WAS made in 42 hours so cut it some slack...
What about helping Ludum Dare to happen? :thinking: Play as a volunteer and bring a game jam to life, caring about the balance of interests and needs. The dilemma is simple: grow up or f*ck up.
Exploring a different kind of power! 
This time I've tried to keep things simplier (mechanically speaking), so the base game is pretty much up and running, it just needs the proper game manager (win/lose conditions, menu...) and the "puzzles" themselves.
Since this is a game of patterns, I expect the coding of that last bit to be somewhat easy and not very time-consuming; hope I'm not wrong :P
Anyway, here's a little WIP of how the game looks right now (I simply put the link because I am unable by any means to either upload it or get it to directly open on-view):
https://i.gyazo.com/d9e20752071a3a1c5b0cd5a3d96d31f2.mp4
(The game features some Public Domain images, a Lens Flare and a Milky Way asset packages).
Here:
Going to make some visuals that don't suck that much now :-)
Criticism appreciated!
Need to finish more sections! This will leave you scratching your head when you're trying to escape before the Station's power level reaches 0.
Hi All,
I've submited my game "Electric Neon". You can go play it over on the ludum dare page: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/electric-neon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTB1vR3DMI&feature=youtu.be
Thanks, Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBqbf4ym6uQ&feature=youtu.be
bad wifi !
http://i.imgur.com/OcTLmsR.gifv
You're shrinking all the time and you must break orbs to eat what's inside and keep your size.
There we go... Finally done. It's amazing how much time the tiny details really take even when making a tiny tiny game :-)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/wreckage
We're going for a physics-based game this time. The idea is you have to build energy efficient robots, and prove their efficiency by navigating various test courses with a limited power supply. So far it's going pretty well, you can add rockets, boosters and magnets. It's also possible to navigate through the level, although generally what happens is you leave a trail of destruction. Trying to decide whether to reward players for breaking stuff, or not breaking stuff... hmm
Wrapping and preparing to upload the build, video & materials. It's Jam though, but gotta submit earlier due to work in the morning :$
-m
Now you know how it works! Follow our projet to know how great could be your world:smile:
Drawing 3 different types of enemies. A fast one, a tough one, and a strong one.
I've published my game about cute robot with jetpack. It's probably very easy and quiet. But yay, it's a game! And it's here
This is our first gamejam (@secretc and me) & we decided to make a game about trains (running out of carbon). You have to manage the train and keep it going to earn money so you can buy more carbon & upgrades. TickTock - Time is RUNNING, but we hope to finish it before tomorrow evening :)
Here is a little taste of the player movement inside the train, hope you like it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dVryP9APeM&feature=youtu.be
Check out my published entry here on the LDJam site, with a link to my Itch.io page to download the game!
This was my first Ludum Dare, but definitely not the first time I wanted to do one. I'm SO happy I finally got to do this! It was a really rewarding experience and I can't wait to play everyone else's games and to do this again!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/patient-out-of-time
This was my first LD. It was pretty stressful. At first it was going pretty smooth. But after that just pure stress. Nothing worked, I had so much to do, not much time.
But in the end I finished!
In Bribe or Die you’re a corrupted leader who is slowly losing power over time. To regain your power you need to make yourself great again. To do that you need to bribe creatures. But be aware. Some creatures only want your money and won’t bring you any power and will even drain it more. So be careful and bribe the right guys!
With great power,comes great jump!
But beware the power,it may kill you!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/bewarethepower
I still can't believe that I'm actually going to finish a game for a LD :)
The first release will be out shortly. But in the meantime, here's the main menu
I'm late to the party but I'll be doing the jam - that's still 1 day and 5 hours to go. Wish me luck :D
I have moved to the EAP build of IDEA in the middle of my project, and that seems to have messed my project structure. The resources directory is indeed marked as resources label from the gradle, and now it fails to load the resources. Spent 4 hours just to find out that it was the issue of IDEA and not mine.
I verified it again this time by using Gradle from command line, and everything worked perfectly.
Now I had to change my IDE to Eclipse (which doesn't support Android target) and get myself familiar with the new workspace, but with some issues it is now working. Mainly, I had a tough time as I'm habituated to the IDEA's shortcuts for a long time of more than 4 years.
Anyways, I think I cannot compete for the compo, and tomorrow I have college. So I'm moving this to JAM instead.
There you see the game running finally. There is still a lot to work on, and I have to compose the music. There are a lot more entities that are going to be in the game too, followed by a tutorial. Postponing this hence.
Hey!
Couldn't work as much as I wanted to, but this is slowly getting together: +Sound-fx done +Player and astroids models done +all gameplay is done
(HQ gif HERE ==> http://i.imgur.com/2FN1CAQ.gifv )
Now I have to work on the UI, tweak some numbers, and build a small intro to set up the story. Hopefully, tomorow this will be finished!
(Still, I have no music, and that's a great occasion to start learning how to make some crappy tunes ^ ^. Even so, if someone feel inspired and want to make a simple piece of music for this game, that would be highly appreciated!)
Good luck to all the jammers for the final hours!
Here's the 2 main tracks of our 80's mecha 1v1 game.
Menu Theme: https://soundcloud.com/matthewharnage/mecha-arena-title-theme-electronicorchestral
Battle Theme: https://soundcloud.com/matthewharnage/mecha-kill
Meant to be kind of weird but also a throwback to the 80's. Definitely inspired by and not copied.
Hope you enjoy it!
Battle with your energy powered (derp) tank against other tanks!
Also video footage: https://vid.me/ql1lE
Something came up, so I'll turn this in early. Core game is somewhat done, but I wanted to add more enemies, upgrades and stuff... Well, then again better then nothing :).
Made with Godot.
https://github.com/atomicptr/ld39
Wow, what a Ludum Dare!
I think this is my seventh time or so, second time with Haxe Flixel (which I'm loving more and more after each time). Pixaki on the iPad is also incredible, and I've been able to fit it into my way of working beautifully. Still doesn't make me draw any better, but at least it's fun to use :D
So, here's what I came up with!
Build some structures!
Zap some monsters!
So, it's tower defense, but with a power grid mechanic. I hope you like it!
Once you're finished ogling the incredible coder graphics, head over to: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/crystal-menace To read some more and play it!
We made Puppies in Sea Trouble in less than 2 days. This is the first game me and my lovely fiancée have worked together on.
Game Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/puppies-in-sea-trouble
The game is an experimental online multiplayer game where seafaring puppies need to be rescued by keeping a lighthouse running out of power manned.
The catch is, there is only one game. Everyone in the world plays the same game in real time saving puppies from drowning.
It's not only your fault if puppies die. You can blame others for not playing.
Anyways, we had a blast working on a game together. Sure hope no puppy dies!
❤️ Love, Sanni & Viljami
GameMaker won't let me compile. It have to be logged in, but logging in get me this error and I can't even compile what I have lmao
I think I'm out. Plus my project works better as a 3-day project rather than 2 days and don't have the time for that lol
Just finished my first LD. The hype kept me going! Now to give those Ktharnian skum a little zap before checking out all the other awesome games!
Soooooo Tired! Just have music and sound to do. Mind on static couldn't think of a title so it's now called "0|0|0|0".
Get acquainted with our new planet! It's name is Pap-Pa! You'll never know how HOT is it!:fire: