This is my third game jam and first Ludum Dare! I never tried a weekend jam yet and I'm excited and probably very unprepared so I wonder how it'd go. Regardless of the results it'll still be a good learning experience.

Theme Suggestions:

Excited for it.

This is going to be my 2nd LD so I'm really excited because on my first LD my game wasn't as good as i wanted!I hope this LD will go better for me this time!:)

Can I make my game now then submit it when the event starts or do I need to completely do it within the hours? This is my first Ludum Dare.

Hi guys,

I was wondering whether I can use copyright free images off the internet in the jam (not the compo). This is my first Ludum Dare.

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Joining for the first time. Looking forwards to it!

By the way my suggestions are;

Hello frens it is i

When will theme slaughter and voting be?

Does anyone want to add me as a team member? I don't have experience in game programming, but I am a programmer and a quick learner.

I'm wicked excited for this jam. I've helped with several jams BUT this is my first time at the helm! I can't wait to try my hand at programming <3

I'm a strong programmer and really enjoy game design, buy I'm weaker in other areas. Anyone want to team up? An artist/musical person could really compliment me. I'm also happy to team up with another programmer. This time I'm using Unity Engine. It makes everything easier lol.

K, this will be my first time working alone in Unity (OH $%#@!!!)

I will be lucky to have anything done for the jam even, let alone the compo.

I'm basically using this as my final test after teaching myself C# and Unity in the last few months to flesh out my resume.

I think in-game there are two main factors, the vibe, and the gameplay. The gameplay is important but the vibe is too. Many games skip on the vibe or music. Which surprising knowing sites like OpenGameArt exist. Yes if you are in the compo, there is no time for music and making music is hard so I can agree with them here, but in general, people skip on music vibes in jams. Like a basic minimalistic puzzle platformer with Lofi beats in the background is going to be a better experience for the player than an RPG with stunning pixel art but no music vibes. And getting copyright free music is easy and can enhance the player's experience. Like there is a reason why FNAF is so scary. The scary vibe makes it scary and atmospheric, not the jumpscares. In a game jam, there's not always a necessity to make everything yourself, especially something as hard as music.

Hi everyone!

Time since the last jam passed as fast as a blink of an eye. This is going to be my second Ludum Dare as well as a second game jam that I have participated in. There's so many things I would like to do better this time. I am gonna list a few.

1. I would love to spend more time doing game design. Maybe even use a paper for that... Have a clear idea of the game before I start making it.
2. I would love to spend less time doing everything else than working on the game. Procrastination and day-dreaming is sadly what I have been doing the last time a lot.
3. I would love to find more depth in the theme, not only the obvious solution, but rather a clever one.
4. I would love to start by coding and not get distracted by other things first.
5. I would love to make my HTML5 version of the game functional. Not entirely sure what happened last time but the UI was totally broken in HTML5 so I could only publish the ".exe".

There's probably more but I guess this is enough for an idea.

Just like everyone else, I just have to share my theme suggestions.

I believe that my ideas allow for a very different approach and at least for me they provide a lot of inspiration. (They carry me away from what I really need to work on like my thesis and my non-jam game.)

I am also thinking about teaming up with someone with a bit more artistic experience and skill but I don't know. I like being in charge of my creative process here for now. But I have to admit that having someone who can actually compose music would be great. I tried to avoid using open assets and I am going to continue to do so.

Well, I hope all of you are excited just as much as I am and enjoy the remaining days before the jam.

Hi all, this is my second Jam. I have been working as programmer for so many years and did a few games (using Unity) with my brother (he is 3D artist). I want to participate on this Jam but my art skills are awful, so I am looking for an artist (someone for music/sound could be great too), I have no problem to write/speak in english but if you are spanish you have 10 extra points :).

If there is a team looking for a Unity programmer I would be pleased to join you! But I know that this is really unlikely.

Good luck and have fun you all! ^^

*this is my first ludum dare and i am very excited :smiley: *

this is my suggestion:

(i only have one tho :sweat_smile:)