DayTwo, my friend is on the ground crying. He keeps talking about how everything is as bright as the sun. When checking the game everything is broken and pink. The #council has agreed that a nuclear warhead is required on the repo. #SendHelp

"I've been here before..."

Off to a late start but happy to be jamming with you legends! Managed to get accurate character movement/aim recording+playback working! Yayy let's goooo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2fHY8cPAOw

I believe to have finally ironed out two principles which would summarize how I approach Ludum Dare in past, present and future.

1 - Create a world wonder

2 - Do it in laziest possible way

That is all there is to it.

Of course, in reality..

3 - Work like mad on details that next to no one will notice or appreciate

4 - Get depressed over all the things I couldn't achieve in time

5 - Ponder if I should have just made some squares shoot at each other or something

But I be damned if I'm not having tons of fun every time.

As I heavily rely on graphics, i'm currently making some visual systems to please everyones eyes) Rain system is basically done and now I can recheck my plan and focus on other things.

This first day of work was pretty tiring but I like the result. Basicly I finished properly the procedural creature generation. So now, I need to sleep, so let's hope the second will be even more productive ! Here's a small image to start to tease the game :)

For 24 hours we made a lot of stuff!

Isometric game prototype working very well and we drew a lot graphics!

Here is our progress:

What I have so far.

Had to pivot on my idea when I couldn't figure out how to tie this baby in a knot at start of game.

Bypass their defences, keep your size big enough to wipe them out!

What do you do when you spend a good few hours trying to unsuccessfully make opponent AI work in a racing game?

You give up and implement split-screen!

Also, what you see is water and two boats. Trust me.

Can you survive the evil Dr. Needles? (there will be loops - stay tuned!)

Update my game for COMPO

https://youtu.be/hq2-vOdVSuU

Ahhaha of course it was just a matter of time before the AI started to exploit physics... They learnt to grow a long leg that spawns in the ground, causing the physics engine to move them out of the ground :sweat_smile:!

Finally our game fits the theme!

It's not perfect but now your actions loop back to the beginning each time you play and you can do several steps of actions and the loop grows bigger each time you do a step of actions and I'm so happy it works.

Now I have to sleep or all the code will turn into spagetti

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Follow Ny twitter account to see more high-res updates of our gamedev progress

So far we have most models done and the main level layout. Hopefully, I'll have some time left over to either add more levels, or improve the actual gameplay loop. Could do with another goal for the levels since now I can people finding the gameplay too simplistic

As I promised, I have some art from our game here! Hope you like it.

We have a lot of fun today and we are ready for tomorrow! Good luck for the people that are still working <3

Loopertary is a game about been lock in the same stage and you need to fight the elements under a paper, scissors, stone mechanic.

Once you defeat the boss.... well, dejavu.

halfway!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/$215870/every-game-needs-at-least-one-murderous-rabbit

halfway!

My gifs are a bit too powerful for this page, so I'm attaching a screenshot to at least get a taste of the visuals! If you want to see more on the progress, I have this thread I'm updating on my Twitter page

The project is progressing well ... On the other hand I have not yet added the images of the graphic designer. See this magnificence :wink:

We may have overslept, I may have procrastinated for half of the remaining 12 hours but... Still super happy with what we've got! :smile_cat:

Yep, the theme is still not shown in the video but we keep it in mind. :smile_cat:

Our team is working on a Train adventure

@fadi-khoury made this awesome Environmental audio - https://ld47.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/LD47AmbientEnviromentMusicKhouryFadi.mp3

And our art team has been uploading these awesome screenshots as we make progress to a playable game

Any help would be appreciated.

We've been hard at it since yesterday and have been working all day today.

We've been planning a lot and building a nice base game engine for what we want to do. Everyone likes working in an office, right? Don't some days feel repetitive?

We're super excited to share what we've come up with - I'm going to go record some sounds now!!

Go BeatBoi Go!

This is by far our most ambitious LD project yet. We're throwing caution to the wind to get all the graphics this time (for better or for worse lol).

Will catch some sleep now and get back to work with a fresh mind!

We are going to share our results with you to finish this day.

"The Looppy!"

This story about Mr. Good Boy (a.k.a Looppy) and his trip to Super-VIP-Royal Exhibition. He escaped from his cage on the conveyor belt... And can u smell that? Yeah, that’s the smell of big adventure! There are so many obstructions, delicious bones, small quests on his way and a long, sweet hug with his owner. But be careful! If you turn the wrong way - you will stuck in this loop... forever!

Do you want to see some pics...?

We have gotten our first enemy in, some weapons and our first iteration of our level :)

Anyone know if I can use fonts that are under the Open Font License like Press Start 2P? I checked the rules and it says you need a legal right to use them but since this is available for use freely for any purpose, does it go against the rules for the compo or not? Do I need to own the font I'm using? Any help would be appreciated!

https://ausstein.itch.io/stuckinthewhileloop

Feedback is very much apreciated

A Playthrough takes less than 5 mins

Edit: link was broken should work now

I'm having so much fun on my first LD :smile:

The game has a name.

So, this is all the art I managed to finish today. I will post some stuff on the actual game tomorrow ;)

Halfway there!

Game is likely looking nicer than I expected by now! There's a working level editor, intro, menus, and finish text.

I still haven't figure out the mechanics fully though, though I think I have a good enough base that it should all come together tomorrow morning.

Its all coming together.

From @james-audio

https://ld47.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RobotMarchPromo.wav

An awesome sound effect we have of the enemy on approach

It goes with the environmental sounds we have from @fadi-khoury https://ld47.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/LD47AmbientEnviromentMusicKhouryFadi.mp3

And a little theme music: https://ld47.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Demo_.mp3

I added some solid asteroids. Space doesn't feel so empty anymore.

We'll the engine is up and running and at least some of the graphics is done.. Now I just have to fix all the crazy bugs and make the game playable...

Had a lot for fun, it's time to rest

Just thought I'd share my current progress with the game.

Had a lot of fun and it's time to rest! All the best to the rest!

To be honest, at first I was not too keen on the theme (which seems to be a recurring theme for me). But with some working I have grown fond of the theme.

So now, roughly 15 Hours after starting (we decided to not start at midnight) I am pretty proud of what I have achieved so far - I can’t remember any compo where my game was this „good“ after just 1 day.

Maybe it’s because it is a pretty basic concept (even if some ot the maths have thrown me for a loop a couple of times) - but I’m looking forward to do a bit more gameplay development tomorrow and then polish some more!

You can find some gameplay (although that was 2 hours ago) over on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xatulu_/status/1312511682879528960?s=21

Once again I am reminded about how grueling making puzzle games can be. Base mechanics are almost locked down, just need content and J U I C E, looking forward to tomorrow.

There isnt much gameplay yet, but weve got most of our most important systems in place

I have gotten TONS done over the past day, even with oversleeping! I'm feeling really happy with my progress and I nearly have the entire core game loop down and playable (minus one of the two major mechanics). I'm moving a lot faster than I expected, and I'm really hoping I'll get time to polish it up with lots of nice finishes. So, here's what I've gotten done!

Player Controller

• Player can move with WASD/mouse
• Player is capable of dealing and taking damage
• When the player dies, they respawn at the starting room and everything resets
• The player can only attack and take damage while inside the maze

Maze Generation

• Generates a rectangular maze of any given size, made of "cells" that can also have their scale set
• "Perfect" mazes - exactly one path to the exit
• Using a variant of iterative Hunt and Kill - start, move to a random un-visited cell, repeat until there are no un-visited neighbors, then track backwards until you find a cell with neighbors; once every cell is visited the maze is complete
• Creates as many mazes as you want, linked together with "checkpoint" cells
• Ends in a big boss arena where the final fight will take place

Minotaur Fight

• Minotaur has a health bar and can deal and take damage
• Chases after the player
• Beginnings of the animator's finite state machine
• Killing the minotaur brings you to a game win screen

Items

• Player can obtain items by walking into them
• Ariadne's Crown - gives the player a strong light, making it easier to see
• Bronze Sword - swings faster and deals much more damage than unarmed punches
• Golden Thread - leaves a glowing trail behind the player as they move through the maze, showing where they have been. If the player backtracks, they pick up the extra thread behind them. When they reach a checkpoint, that part of the thread is saved, and no matter how many times they die and restart they can just follow the thread directly to that checkpoint, letting them go faster and faster.
• Items are reset after the player dies and the player must pick them up again

Game Controller

• Spawns items
• Starts a countdown timer when the player enters the maze. If they take too long, the Minotaur ambushes them and they have to start over. (Right now it looks like a very ugly candle.)

What's Next

• Getting the Minotaur actually into the arena so you can fight it and win
• Changing the player's attack animation if they have the sword
• Deciding where and when to spawn the items
• Adding Ariadne and the conversation with her in its entirety
• Giving the Minotaur actual attack phases and making it a proper fight instead of just "don't stand too close"
• Making it look and sound good

Heres an early version of our main menu, very mysterious posing questions such as: loops? and train? looking forward to being able to share some more news about our game!

And only a day late. Hopefully it forces me to limit my scope - something I've been garbage at in the past...

BOXES AND CONTAINERS AND PALETE

Made some containers for the GAME, they will be different colors in the game though. Our names are written on them.

Also made some boxes and a palete for the GAME.