LD 44 April 26–29, 2019

I wish there was a "save for later" feature

I see lots of games I want to try out when I'm not actually able to play them! I wish there was an easy way to get back to games I see, besides remembering usernames. Anybody else feel similarly, or should I just stop browsing this website while I'm at work?

What I should have done different to get a better jam game

Summer at the bottom.

What I could have done better when making my game Currency.io:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/currency-io

The Jam starts

I started by trying to find ideas that would match the theme. As one does. I decided I did not want to make a game like I was expecting most of the others to be. So I was pretty happy when the idea of making a "currency conversion simulator" came to my mind. So I started creating a quick UI concept: Concept.jpg After I finished the concept I went into Unity trying to create the UI. After some time of trying to make it responsive and not getting it to work, I decided to take this opportunity to try and learn to use Javascript better. So I went to create the UI in HTML and CSS.

That was the first day of the jam.

The problem was, that I had not finished the whole UI. There was one thing missing. The graph. I started looking around on the Internet for free templates I could use to make the graphs I wanted. I found Chart.js and tried to put the graphs into my design. And that was how I wasted the day I only had half of, due to a family meetup. That was the second day. Having to go to school on the third day and coming home at six o'clock weren't the best conditions to finish the game I intended it to be. So I worked late into the night replacing the charts with lists, making all the calculations for new conversion rates, adding the ability to set how much money to transfer, changing the weeks from a time-based event to a player controlled one and some more little things.

That was the end of the last day.

What I was not able to implement:

  • The news feed, that would let the player know about what was going to happen in the next weeks. ( I even wanted to implement characters. Some that told the truth and some that lied a lot.)
  • Adding advisors, that would give you some very important predictions from time to time.
  • Adding some more logical structure to the way the conversion rates were going to change.

Summary:

  • I spent too much time fiddling around with the UI to get it "perfect"
  • Wasted a lot of time, by not letting ideas go quick enough, that would have taken way too much time to implement into the project, as I had no previous knowledge of them.
  • should have made the game function before worrying about the look. (the problem is I like nice looking design a lot)

Thx for reading this!

Shoot people with money !

Want to try a little action game where you repulse people with a gold plated bank note shotgun ? Try our game ! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/gunantrophist Available on WebGl and Windows ! GunAntrophistem2019-04-30/em00-45-24.png

Leave us your best comments !

Check out our Awesome Game !

Hi guys ! We would be please if you could go check our 2nd LudumDare submission ! :) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/warlock-soul-war

This is a strategy game where you send units to defend your castle and try to destroy other's ! Summoning units costs you HP ! But, you can sacrifice acquired souls to regain health.

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:) cheers ! @Gludo, @takayamushi, @DrCheetos

Pay with your real life.

No half measures here.

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https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/max-payin

Gameplay video on Game boy!

https://youtu.be/OswTPqtBWwM

Playing my submission on real console feels awesome!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/heart-knight-1

Shoot people with money in our game

In our game ou repulse people with a gold plated bank notes shotgun ! Try to keep your money ! Its a really short game available on Windows and WebGL Try it now ! GunAntrophistem2019-04-30/em00-45-49.png Unityem2019-04-29/em19-35-29.png

Our Game

Looking for games to play

I'm looking for web-games (or something I don't have to download/install). Just leave a link in the comments and I'll play and review your game. I've been seeing some cool stuff posted here so far, I'm excited to finally get a chance to kick things off properly and jump into your creations.

If you'd like to check out the game I and my friend @limejuice123 made over the weekend, you can do so here.

Playing and rating your games!

Hey!

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You can share your games in the comment of this post, I'll take some time to play and rate them, and leave my feedback :smile:

Also I invite you to play my game, if you're interested and want some challenge ! Right here

Meeting old friends at the end of a world

Hey! Here's my latest gameplay video

https://youtu.be/uTkEif8t6C0

I was just about to record a goofy sketch to encourage to try and rate my game, when a colleague suddenly turned up. Although the game is SUPPOSED to be action oriented, actually playing PvP with friends, especially friends who come around to check out and ask about my game... well. I think there's a nice balance to it after all. Unsurprisingly I feel at home in here. We can chat, we can almost fly (all the while typing command after command) and when we're tired of doing nothing, we still get to gun each other down : P

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/keyboard-warriors

Remember to bring a friend if you drop by. Or try playing at even hours on the dot (12, 14, 16, ...) to improve match-making.

It's my fifth game !

Come challenge the devil in his own house ! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/in-the-devils-house

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I wanted to make a castlevania style game for a while now, I'm glad I finally did it :) I hope you enjoy it, now I'll take time to play all your awesome games !

Temple of Life Post Mortem

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https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/temple-of-llife

LudumDare 44 was our 6th time competing which helped us out in our decision making process for features in the game to the point we managed to add everything we wanted except...we forgot to playtest! lol We got so caught up in adding things we made the rookie mistake of not playing the game to ensure it was winnable and fun. :/

Turns out the original jam version can be beaten but it is very unfair so we worked out a quick post-jam version to remedy some of the issues and make it more compatible with WebGL. There's still more to fix but that will come with time. Still, could've not done it without the support of my team and the community.

Looking forward to playing and rating your games! Send me a link if your game has Windows or HTML versions and I'll give a go. :)

Play Harvester!

Harvester

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/harvester

Catiro - A mix of Sekiro, Rhythm and... Cats?

Hi everyone! We made a rhythm game inspired by Sekiro and Rhythm Heaven. It is a very challenging game, to capture the feeling of these inspirations. Hope you like it!

You can PLAY IT HERE: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/catiro

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You can PLAY IT HERE: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/catiro

I failed, I lost my streak.....

Well, good things always come to an end. 14 LDs in a row, and now I miss one. Good job everyone else, and good luck in the ratings.

Hopefully this doesn't start another kind of streak.

At least I got to make the keynote.

So long, and see you in LD 45 hopefully.