We're down to less than a week in play/rate, and I'm sure I'm not alone in having procrastinated rating other people's games. So, rate + leave a comment on mine, and I'll do the same for you. Hopefully we'll all get to at least 20 ratings so we can get scored!

Minotorus is an adaptation of the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Explore the Labyrinth, convince Princess Ariadne to help you, and slay the monster once and for all! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/minotorus

Only six days left to rate, it would be nice to have as many games get scored at the end as possible.

One such game is https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/lone-racer made by my friend, currently sitting at 14.5 reviews (and don't just say that he hasn't reviewed enough to get noticed, he has reviewed over 30).

Get out and rate like you've never rated before!

Feel free to post your game in the comments, especially if you have yet to get enough rates to get a score at the end.

If you want something fun to play on your phone (browser) with simple controls (just touch the left/right side of the screen) but hard to master gameplay, check out my game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/dante-slumbers.

Anyone find any other fun mobile/touch games during this competition?

Unrelated to LD47, but I just finished a simple version of Game Of Life, as a tribute to the legendary John Conway.

The playable web version is here : https://hakro.github.io/godot-game-of-life/

And the source code is here : https://github.com/hakro/godot-game-of-life

It's made using the latest version of Godot (3.2.4-beta) which was released a couple of hours ago.

Cheers

So I've seen several folks posting about games that haven't quite got enough ratings yet, and generally, their authors have actually rated quite a few games! (I've seen multiple who've rated around 30!) So what gives?

Well, if you didn't know, the algorithm was changed last Ludum Dare so that giving ratings is not enough. In particular, you get no credit for any ratings you give after you've given 5 ratings. The only way to get additional publicity at that point is to get karma for feedback--which is of course only possible if you actually leave feedback.

So if you want ratings, leave feedback! If you want more ratings, leave good feedback! I got 20 ratings after only rating 10 games and I was just idly playing through games by the people that commented on my game! You can easily rack up lots of karma just by leaving good feedback.

So hopefully that helps! :smile:

It's so nearly done. Just a few more bugs to wrangle. I will share it before results day if it kills me.

I am happy with how it is starting to look.

It's a long night for this kid!

Leave a comment on my game page and I will let you know when it's ready. Play and rate the Jam entry if you fancy seeing it as was but I have plenty of ratings so maybe head to the danger zone and help get them over the finish line.

This is what the jam entry looks like.

Oh my, what a couple of weeks... have been moving and changing my life situation a bit so i haven't had that much time to play and rate games this time around sadly... barely have an internet connection so i have had to download games while out visiting friends and play them when i have had spare time which haven't been in abundance..

Anyways! i'm still trying to give some feedback where it's needed, if you could spare 10-20 minutes to give my game a shot and pass some feedback i would greatly appreciate it, would hate to have my game go bust for a lack of ratings.

the game itself is a bit barebones and (i think it's becoming my trademark.. jkjk) somewhat unintuitive.. but i finally managed to * generate * a playable world which i consider a HUGE personal victory. this is definitely a game i will give some more love whenever i get setup properly in my new living accommodations.

for any charitable soul out there, https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/blip here is the game

Also if anyone have any dark moody games to recommend i would gladly give them a go, kinda in the mood for something dystopian/dark or anything in that ballpark.

Hi there!

For Ludum Dare 47, Revetoon and I have made Mobodo, a point-and-click game about getting out of a boring daily routine. One of the first challenges was to build the plotline, and this is what this post is all about!

But first of all, come and try Mobodo! It is better to try it before reading this post, as it contains spoilers about the storyline :grin:

The concept of the plotline

Our main idea to match the theme was to have the whole game be a cycle of working days, all looking like each other. Also, we wanted the game to be more like a story to watch than a real challenge for the player.

From those two assumptions, we decided that: * The game had to start in a loop (a bad loop). * The game had to end in a loop (a good loop). * Every state of the game had to be a specific loop, meaning that the player could at any point stop playing and see the game loop as long as he does not resume playing. This ensures that the game is easy and that the player cannot miss an opportunity ; he just has to wait to have the same opportunity again. * Every action of the player (including waiting) had to either do nothing or make the game go in the right direction. There are different paths and ways to play, but they all lead to the nice ending :heart_eyes:

Small summary of the story

At the beginning, the player is stuck in the following loop: "I sleep alone and I wake up - I go to work - I work a boring job - I have dinner alone at home". At the end, the player is in another loop: "I sleep with a loving girlfriend - I develop games from home as a job - I have dinner with my girlfriend". The idea here is not to fall into the very common "break the routine" plot: you are still in a routine at the end, but a better one.

There are 2 story arcs: * Work: you start by working a boring job. After breaking your alarm clock (therefore being late for work), unplugging the multi-socket at work and spilling coffee on your boss' shoes, you get fired. While back at home on your computer, you look at all the video game objects you have and decide to make video games for a living. * Love: you start alone. When the train brakes too hard one day, you fall and break your arm. The next day, a girl gives you her seat. Then, another day, you chat with her and she takes your number. She calls you, you have dinner together and voila, she is your girlfriend :)

How this "moving loop" was implemented

Here is the original diagram of the storyline described in the last paragraph! (translated from French)

The Dual State Machine

You probably know the concept of the State Machine, but here is a reminder. A state machine is a system that has a finite number of "states", which can be represented in an enum variable, or with several variables. For each state, it has a specific behavior, and from each state it can "move" to zero, one or several other states to change its behavior.

For this game, each one of the story arcs is managed by a different state machine. This way, the player can progress independently on the two story arcs, but will always finish on the same end, where both state machines are on their "ending" state.

The Love State Machine is simple: as the love story arc is linear, the state machine just stores where the player is in the story by storing the last thing that happened on this arc (for instance, if the machine knows that the player just broke his arm, it is time for the girl to give her seat).

The Work arc is more complex, and split into two parts: "at work" and "at home"; they work in the same way so I will only describe the "at work" part. To progress, the player has to get a "boss anger" variable to 3, by breaking his alarm clock (hence being late at work), unplugging the multi-socket at work and spilling coffee on the boss (each increasing the anger by 1). As we wanted the coffee to be "the icing on the boss' anger", we made the boss get close enough to the coffee mug only if the anger is already 2. When the coffee is spilled on the boss, the anger is 3 and the player is finally fired.

The Loop Builder

The core of the game is this routine loop that can continue endlessly if the player suddenly stops playing. The have that, we made the "Loop Builder", responsible for the logic of the story, building the loop out of "vignettes". Every small scene that the player sees is called a "vignette"; for example, the first loop is made of 4 vignettes: 1. Sleeping alone 2. Transportation 3. Work 4. Dinner.

The Loop Builder takes the current vignette as a parameter, checks the state of the two State Machines and decides which vignette to put next. Like that, the loop and the story is build progressively. For example: - If the current vignette is "Sleep alone" and the player has not been fired yet, the next vignette should be "Transportation" because he has to go to work. - If the current vignette is "Sleep alone" and the player has already been fired, the next vignette should be "Work from home". - If the current vignette is "Work" and the boss' anger is 3, the next vignette should be "Getting fired".

Conclusion

This system (mainly the Loop Builder) is quite generic and is able to create all kinds of stories, even made of dozens of story arcs, each one of them having its own State Machine. We think it is quite a good way to build the game, as it is very easy to add a new vignette, or even a new story arc.

Thank you for playing, have a nice day! Remember to rate games, the results are near :smiley:

Limited time Halloween skins in post jam version of the game!

Play Lucky Lefty Loves Loops here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/lucky-lefty-loves-loops

Hudson is a compo entry solo built within 48 hours with 1-bit graphics. In this game, protect your HUD from attackers as upgrade skills and try to get out alive.

With 5 days remaining in the Play + Rate, I hope you enjoy!

Try it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/hudson

Who could say no to these eyes? Help this poor guy to escape the pool and release him from the misery we put him in.

We had a lot of fun creating the game and we want to share it with you. Feel free to play, rate and comment Stuck in a pool!

if you would be so kind to rate my game ty https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/labloop

Any webgl games in the danger zone looking for a final vote?? send them in!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/escape-the-sun

Escape the Sun!

It grows too fast and you should make a decision faster!

Have you tried my game iLoop? If you haven’t, give it a try now! A fun 2D endless runner game available in Google Play Store!

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.godotengine.iloop

LD Entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/iloop-the-2d-endless-runner-game-of-a-robot-stuck-in-a-loop

Dapairship made by 5 people as a jam entry is my favourite game in this jam so far. Its about keeping an airship in tact for a minute. You are alone but abled to respanwn after death and fix the ship with your clones. Graphics, sounddesign, mood, everything fits together. However this game has only 14 ratings so far. It would be sad if it wouldn't get a score since this might be one of the winners.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/despairship

Just check it out!

Even tho the fact that in this competition when we all created the games we pushed ourselves into the corner. In ghost from jail you CANNOT DO IT because then the ghosts will catch you.

BEAT THEM AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ANS SAVE JOSH!!!!!!

GAME SUPPORTED ON BROWSER

Game Page - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/ghost-from-jail

You may want to play the game before reading this, if you’re reading this:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/time-hog-day

Theme:

Upon hearing the theme my mind went to ground hog day and office work. I decided to use a ground hog day type scenario and apply it to an office worker stuck in a grind at work.

I wanted to make it so much of the time would be spent churning out levels so a simple game use idea.

In terms of mechanics, I quickly considered stealth a natural fit. I have played enough Hitman to know the joys of repetition in the genre, but understanding some of the difficulties I decided to model it on very early stealth games, namely metal gear 1.

This means that guards follow very set patterns and see, instead of the more standard cones, in straight lines in the cardinal directions.

For this clear signposting would be needed for the guard viewing direction and therefore animation would be needed, something I have mostly avoided in previous jam projects up until this point. So this would be part of what I hoped to learn with the project.

Stealth lent itself naturally to trying to sneak out of work, so enter out poor office worker trying to leave work early, he would have an array of other unique workers trying to talk to him and waster his time, each with a unique line of dialogue.

Problems:

• Not enough testing: When I started I decided to use Unity's in-built character controller which I though would work with 2D square colliders and my initial testing seemed to indicate it does, but that was without fully fixing position and it turns out a 2d object will rotate but not step the player. Once it realised this I did the inelegant solution of adding 3D colliders for movement and 2D colliders for vision ray casting which had already been implemented instead of using a combined system. I was hoping to use the system of rotatable objects that I had discovered to add doors you could hide behind but it didn’t end up working consistently, but instead fixing rotation and not position allowed for an easy movable table that could be used more many of the puzzles I ended up with.

• Layering: In 2D games you have to have some method of layering the sprites so the correct sprite will be displayed ontop of the others. Not wanting to work out a good solution, I hacked a solution whereby each object gets a script that sets its z position to its y position multiplied by a small amount, which works… I guess.

• Restricting the resolution: Wanting to be as lazy as possible meant not wanting to deal with a plethora of different resolution option, this was not a terrible idea in itself but I decided to restrict it to the default option that itch gives which is something around 640x360px, a truly tiny screen. This restricted the possible levels massively because I wanted to make sure the game state was understandable from a glance. Why did I not simply allow multiples of this resolution? I did, but only right at the end so it didn’t change the design.

• Planning too much content: I realised the idea of adding a set of unique office workers to each level with unique dialogue was too time consuming for the jam, and on top of this I realised that the theme fit the same guards where everyone in your work looks and acts the same. On top of this it made adding the easter egg really easy. This allowed me to focus on making levels, more of which could’ve been added but at some point I called it, which was a good thing because...

• Animation error on compilation: Usually when I do a game jam I am working right up until the final hour. With this project basically complete with the only expansion required being additional levels to be added, or the current set of levels to be tweaked, I decided to release with what I had. This was a good decision because it turned out the build version did not work in the same way as the version in unity editor. Specifically the enemy animation and vision did not work, after being stumped for a while I tried a dev build and it turns out dev builds are super useful and it highlighted the issue with the game immediately. Basically, if I recall correctly, at the start of a level the enemies would when I tried to find the player with find object with tag “player” and then find the child of that which also had tag “player”, I assumed because it worked in the editor it would work in the build but it did not, this was easily fixed once the error was identified. Sadly footstep sound effects still do not work with the web build but I dunno whats up with that.

What went right:

I wanted the game to feel like you were stuck in a loop. This did not mean it had to be fun. I nailed that. The deliberate choice to load from the beginning if you were spotted, or even if you finish the game (hopefully) makes it feel like this guy is stuck in a dead-end job. Mechanically the game works fairly well for what I intended at least, I did not foresee adding movable cover which was a nice bonus.

What went wrong:

This restricted the level size due to the choice of resolution restricted the design immensely, which when combined with the choice of blocky level layouts meant some extremely bland levels. In each level I wanted to vary the size and challenge, with many of the levels trying to teach the player about how specific mechanics works, as well as giving players some shortcuts on earlier levels when they were caught and looped. But unfortunately many of the levels ended up just being a pain to get through. I also don't think I ever really implemented the crouch feature in a way that is useful to the game. It can be used to hide behind tables, but not being able to move with it makes it nearly useless.

Going forward:

I do not intend on continuing this game. Although I am not happy with the design of many of the final levels, I think the game provides the experience I wanted to provide and it helped me get a handle on some of the animation stuff used in unity. If I were to go forward with the game I would likely change the stealth mechanics to something more along the lines of Metal Gear 2.

Hello everybody,

Wanted to share a few thoughts with you all...

As first timers my team and I were very excited about this event, it wasn't only our first time in Ludum Dare, it was our first time in a Game Jam all together! we are a group of studants that met at school in part of our school projects, and immidietally clicked as a team, and decided to do other projects(games of course) togethr besides school.

After reading all your great responds and suggestions, we decided that the game is worth working on, and proceeded to develop it, here is our updated version based on your comments.

Thank you all again!!!

Game page - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/we-are-in-our-first-game-jam-very-excited

Do you like quality games, made by a team of dedicated people who love to create and love what they create ? Do you adore when the game graphics are simply delightfull? Do you appreciate when the music of a game moves you, because of how beautifull it is ?Did you answer yes to any of those questions ?

Yes ? Okay so maybe you shouldn’t give my game a try because it’s a game about eating cereals, so yeah… I mean, look at the title screen:

What the heck right ? Who's dumb enough to create something like this ? (It's me, I'm the big dum dum)

If you still want to check it out after all those warnings, you can do so by clicking on this link : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/eat-your-cereals

Hope you'll like it ! It will be pleased as well.

Hey everyone~ It's been a while~ Hope things run smoothly~ :blush:

The amazing background art was done by @nefeli who in such a little time managed to add enough elements to help the house feel.. 'alive' while revealing stuff about the main character's personality, lifestyle and interests.... :fallen_leaf:

Did I mention that this was @nefeli's and @jimrodvii's first game jam?? (aaand their first time working on game art!!)

So yeeeah, you did an amazing job, especially for first-timers muahaha! :stuckouttongueclosedeyes:

Thank you for carrying us on Led Astray~! :yellowheart: :purpleheart:

Hi guys, can we get up to 30?

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/project-rewind

Hi! We fixed some bugs in our game.

:cloudlightning: “ＦＩＮＤ ＴＨＥ ＬＯＯＰ” is an easy platform game where you can play with gravitation. :cloudlightning:

you can play it HERE

Game by: Pola Mira Kazumi Hajduga & Piotr Kąkol

pls try my game and rate it!

requirements:

• ## Intel Celeron
• ## 35 MB of RAM
• ## 2 MB of storage

Enjoy halloween season with some pumpkin spice and... Horror games!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/four-walls-of-the-boiler-room

A sleeping mechanical body has somehow been restored to power.

It left its repair bin, wandering aimlessly through the empty cloister with mostly damaged memory. Suddenly, the broadcast rang.

Help Creed find and repair her pairs through the reverse doors.

Each time entering the reverse door, whole time of the game may "reverse".

Three different endings, five progressive levels of difficulty, one gentle AI, everything is waiting for you to explore.

try it ：https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/creed

If you want to try out a physics based Run & Gun Game in WebGL - click the link below.

Featuring:

A better checkpoint system than my (yet unfinished) commercial game (what a shame xD ) Procedural Animations powered by PhysX Dismemberment System - shoot off enemy limbs - shoot their arms to disarm them (hehe), shoot their legs to make them slower 7 Rooms + 1 Bonus Room if you kept your Points with you If you don’t know what to do next, you can checkout the walkthrought.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/murder-loop

Featuring:

A better checkpoint system than my (yet unfinished) commercial game (what a shame xD ) Procedural Animations powered by PhysX Dismemberment System - shoot off enemy limbs - shoot their arms to disarm them (hehe), shoot their legs to make them slower 7 Rooms + 1 Bonus Room if you kept your Points with you If you don’t know what to do next, you can checkout the walkthrought.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/murder-loop

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Hi guys Just wondering how i will get told my position at the end of the game jam. This is my first ludum dare

As the time progresses we are missing 8 more votes for a total of 20 votes :D So if you want to help us out with some feedback check out epoch: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/epoch

When we were brainstorming we decided that the main character should be a mad scientist - like Doc Brown or Rick.

We kept the character design within that style range and made everything much rounder and cuter.

Having references helped a lot with creating the character and the whole world around it. Time went by and we were thinking a little more about what this characters traits are. We wanted a character, that has achieved a bunch and is close to finishing his final sciency project. The character should act like he has seen it all (not surprised by the weirdest things) and finally wants some rest. We tried to get that attitude across by writing the voice over with that in mind. For example - we had a lot of fun fooling around with 'What would the character say' - the word AGAIN~ was a recuring theme and so we decided to highlight it by bringin it up every now and then.

In the end - we simply had a lot of fun creating the character for epoch and we would like to know what are your design choices for characters during a 48hrs. jam? Are there any or to many?

Cheers~

Hi guys

Just wondering how i will be notified what position i'm in at the end. first ludum dare

I think I'm about 2ish ratings away from having the 20 required to score. If you've got the time to play my game and rate it, it'd be greatly appreciated :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/hyperloop-1

Also, if you're in a similar boat to me and would like a rating to help get your 20, drop a game link below and I'll rate it when I have time later today :)

@unhandy-red is back on top as the fastest hamster going farther than any hamster has ever gone before. Do you dare challenge the legendary @unhandy-red ? Who will come out on top?

As there are only 5 days left of play+rate I felt the need to make one final comment your game post for Ludum Dare 47.

and feel free to check out my game too: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/hyperloop :)

If you can choose theme for LD 48, but only from the previous, what would it be? I would like to choose "Ancient Technology" from LD 36

Haven’t tried our platformer game for LD47 yet? you should! We would like to have some more reviews and feedback, so we can improve for the next time. Thanks!

PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games. We used PICO-8 for the first time this LD, and absolutely loved it - I wanted to share what awesome things you can make with it and hopefully have a few more PICO-8 games next time round!

I spent a couple of days playing all the PICO-8 games I could find that people have made for this Ludum Dare, and listed them here. Try some out and see what you think about PICO-8! If I've missed any (and I'm sure I have!) please let me know and I'll add them to the list :slight_smile:

All of these games are playable on the Web, as well as on mobile!

Domain of the Time Wizard

A little action adventure game where you must find the three time orbs to finally beat the evil time wizard!

Soulbound

An action/puzzle game where you must retrieve the Soul Gem from its underground lair. But what strange powers does the gem hold?

Mines of Movania

A puzzle game about redirecting minecarts to the correct exit, only using the track you currently have - which the cart is probably using!

 Stuck in the Sewers

You play as a rat who just wants to go on vacation - but sadly you're stuck in the sewers! Make your way through a labyrinth of pipes to eventually reach your holiday!

Flying Saucer Scramble

Draw loops around the enemy spaceships before they shoot you!

Breadcrumbs

A small puzzle game about finding your way out of a maze. Use the breadcrumbs to mark where you have been - beware the birds don't eat them though! And - did I just see a person...?

Super Jump Guy

Make sure you play this years hottest new platformer! Maybe once more! Again?

For { }

A fiendishly hard Sokoban type puzzle game where programs are executed based on where the blocks are in the world. Packed full of fun little features!

Orbitary

Orbit around the planet for as long as you can, picking up data packets. Lightning, asteroids, comets and more will make your job difficult - how long can you last?

The Loop

A small demo made in a few hours - circle around, picking up the right colour circles to grow big!

Not Enough

Your attempts at escape are good, but... NOT ENOUGH

Disco Loop

A Sokoban type puzzle game where you must move to the beat - disco style!

Pico Arena

An arena based fighting game where you must fight various gladiators/enemies to escape... or not?

a nice place

A story based game about waking up on an island, and finding yourself.

Bad Panda vs The Cursed Maze

Help Bad Panda escape from the Cursed Maze! A small memory game.

Red Venom

Blast the aliens and destroy their villainous leader to bring peace... or not?

Stuck in Orbit

Another space shooter - avoid enemies and orbit faster and faster until you escape the planet!

Swing-by

Another orbiting game - this time escape an exploding core by using planet's gravity to increase your speed! Swing round and jump from planet to planet.

Swop

Get to the flag by pushing around bubbles that can swap the path you can walk on. The puzzles get pretty tricky!

office hours

Anything can happen in office hours... play as the manager in this office simulator. Deal with customers, wipe up spills, call the guards, pick up a knife...??!!?

Chixculub

(self-promotion alert - this is the game I worked on!) Play as the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs in its final moments - avoid the dinosaur onslaught to reach the planet!

Got a need for some extra rating? Drop by my stream at www.twitch.tv/drjavasaurus. Submit them in chat and I'll play them ! :) Cheers !

With a week to spare I've got the ratings. Thanks everyone who got involved!

What started as a pre-jam coding exercise ended up being a pretty viable thing. Thanks everyone who +1'd theme :smile: (I voted against it precisely on grounds of having some code ready)

Now, how it went?

First things first. Was it fun? Yes, it was! A new game was born, more serious than the previous installments in my personal series of space stuff.

In the week before the jam I started to assemble a more refined Vulkan rendering library. After the jam I extracted some common parts back to the library. Next game would be even easier to start.

I wanted to stay 2D and use fancy shaders instead. That didn't fly. Drawing lines went good enough, but faking spheres with math got me only so much. And then there was problems with lines occluded by a square "sprite".

Reluctant to use model files I generated an icosphere and, after fixing all the usual problems with camera, depth and face orientation...

Next came the dread of amateur developers, the glorious quaternions.

Adding glitch to corruption, orbital elements calculation library used different coordinate basis and different math library (I made one myself to work specifically with vulkan coordinate system without jumping through OpenGL hoops).

Orienting things for linear motion is trivial(-ish), rotating frames require a few more tricks. Which I botched and, given the time constraints, decided to skip. That's why you see nice ambiguous spheres instead of nice pointy spaceships :sweat:

On the other hand, adding planet and background textures from cube maps was fairly straightforward. I even didn't have to assemble texture arrays myself, thanks to Vulkan API and KTX format.

Adding simple directional lighting was no sweat either. I considered adding a specular reflection to the planet surface, but then had to skip over it in favor of getting controls right.

The last jam day was appropriately stressful.

I spent first half on it making a proper Linux build that could work outside my own machine. Second half went to my day job. And then third half :sweat_smile: left to iron out remaining OS and hardware compatibility issues. Few close friends were recruited for build testing.

6 hours remained to take a walk and add font rendering capability. I went with simple font atlas, but due to problems with transparency in compressed textures I switched to SDF and slap-dashed a decent renderer.

It isn't a compo game, but the source is out there nevertheless. Go check it out, unless you wholeheartedly believe Haskell is limited to academia.

Or, you can take it for another spin: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/orboros

Quick thanks to all my fellow jammers! Really it's been a blast so far! :skull:

If anyone still wants to check it, here's my HTML game 'Group Chat'.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/group-chat

And here's a devlog I posted earlier about my 3D character process, hopefully I can make another one before the end that'll go 'behind the music'.

https://mattbeckett.itch.io/group-chat/devlog/187591/3d-character-creation-process

Looper

This was one of the first games I played through and reviewed when rating began, and it pains me to keep seeing it in the danger category as I thought it was fun to play through, albeit it is quite a large download and I was fairly harsh in my original feedback. I also spent quite a bit of time trying to beat it, I suppose that has something to do with it as well. It is the nicest looking (in my opinion of course) 3D game I've seen yet, I really liked how all of the art came together and the gameplay, although most certainly limited by the universal nature of this jam, was fun and had a unique twist to it. Either way, the link is above if anyone is interested in giving that entry the ratings it needs, at the very least I enjoyed playing through it.

You could almost say that he is now stuck in a loop...

Also, this isn't at all a subtle hint that you should play our game Gravitron - 2047.

Please help, I am in the need for a couple more ratings as I want more feedback as I am 12 and need to improve my skills a lot.

Please check my game out at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/loopamonium.

Thank you everyone! And good luck on rankings

Hey guys, if you have not already: Check out our game Degrimer where you are a pink and powerful little dude made out of soap in a huge washing machine fighting against evil filth monsters with your soap bubbles!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkeSn1zdXpI

Sounds like fun? Play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/degrimer (HTML5 version available and downloadable for all platforms!)

Shoot your way through this room labyrinth and reach the exit.

Play my compo entry here : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/guntron

It’s that time again…

The Keyboard Cowboys have been hard at work playing as many games as we can this LD! Our lives have been crazy, but that hasn’t stopped us (too much)!

And we’re so glad that we’ve been able to play so many so far, because there are some absolute bangers in this pool this year. The bar for quality has definitely been raised, and there are some super talented people on here who are rising to the challenge.

In an effort to spread the love, we’d like to highlight some of our favorite games that we’ve played so far. We’ve consciously decided to order them from fewest to most ratings received, in hopes that the more underrated games get more attention, but we love them all, regardless!

So now, without further ado, heeeeeerrreee we go!

Terror of the Lazy River

@birdwards

We’re honestly shocked this one hasn’t gotten more attention. It checks all of the boxes of a great LD entry in our opinion. Simple gameplay, a fun unique premise, pleasant visuals, and a practically bug-less experience (at least when we played). This one takes < 5 min to play and is just a great all-around package.

Stuck in a Drum Loop

@rodobodolfo

Speaking personally, I have a huge weakness for games that just sound nice. I’m sure you’ll find that to be a pattern throughout this post. Stuck in a Drum Loop is no exception, and it’s super novel to boot! I get really sad when unique entries like this don’t get more attention. :slight_frown:

In the Loop

@thegamerasd

Speaking of novel concepts deserving of more attention, In the Loop is a super clever high-score single-player Pong game that is both easy to understand but super tricky to master. We highly suggest you check it out!

Universalis

@hawkin

Hey look, it’s another beautiful-sounding game. Not only that, but it looks beautiful as well! This is a fun little orbital sandbox toy that is well worth your time to play around with. Hats off to making this thing solo!

Chipperton

@atmctype, @popdaddygames

Chipperton is a pleasant little experience where absolutely nothing bad happens. The two devs behind the game must’ve worked themselves to death to pump out this much content in such a short span of time. Go support their hard work!

Clockmaker

@cyphyrgriffon, @tristan-mansfield

Clockmaker is one of those “I could definitely see this expanded into a full game” entries that always seems to impress us. While the difficulty curve ramps up shockingly fast, the game has a level of polish and design focus that deserves more attention.

Goop Loop

@jitspoe

I hate this game and I love this game. If you are at all a fan of Bennett Foddy-esque games, I guarantee you will enjoy this one. More people need to play this. I will be back to conquer it eventually…

Loophole Kingdom

@mateusboga

We’ve seen a lot of “Groundhog Day” games during this jam, but Loophole Kingdom differentiated itself with some super clever writing and equally charming artwork. The fact that this was accomplished solo is beyond commendable, as well.

That Dream Again

@yossarian, @turgidharrier, @bokonon

Mmmmmmmmm, this one’s cozy…Such a pleasing art style and sound design. The team here really nailed the dream-like aesthetic. Just good vibes all-around on this entry.

Woofice Chair

@moski, @kroltan, @robinaite, @jorgegamedev

You can always count on Whales and Games to put out some quality stuff, and this entry is no exception. Adorable art, a solid and unique premise, and some top-notch sound design. This entry really is the whole package.

Splines ‘n Shapes

@sharkwithlasers

This entry was like ecstasy for my ears. The rewarding cohesion of sounds that result from solving a puzzle are super satisfying, and the puzzle premise itself is both simple and super novel. Go play it now!

Grave Juice

@aditon, @firebelley

Now this is one damn polished entry! Everything, from the sounds, to the visuals, to the unique mechanics, all work great together. While it can be a little challenging at times, the undeniable charm of this game is more than worth the effort.

Divine Drifter

@aevek, @bongard22, @floppynub, @rhoka, @keenan-wulff, @quantumcaveman, @zebshee, @drsnowdude, @brood-machina, @enzar17

Buckle up, this one’s a wild ride. It’s immediately apparent how much love and attention was put into this game. The music’s bangin’, the visuals are striking, and the mechanics are silly and fun to mess around with. This is one seriously impressive entry.

Singularity

@andre-sadie, @nsadie

Singularity is such a simple yet novel premise. It’s like some weird hybrid between a card game, puzzle game, and competitive 1v1 game. And it all just…works! We’re all a big fan of this one.

O O O

@rextgun

This game takes a super simple premise and pushes it to the extreme. It’s a testament to elegant design with how much the dev was able to squeeze out of such a straightforward mechanic.

Lily Pad Drifters

@mike09123

“Simple to learn, hard to master” is the name of the game for this entry. We love the unique concept here, and once you start to get into the flow, it feels suuuuuuuuper good to hop between lily pads and rack up a high score.

MonkeyVM

@znw, @micerkol, @gloomyfolken, @abvadabra

We’ve seen a lot of coding games throughout this jam as well, and this one was definitely our favorite. The polish on this game, both mechanically and aesthetically, is super impressive. On top of that, the puzzles are cleverly thought-out and have a lot of meat to them (even if they did get super mind-melty by level 4…).

Amusement Shark

@no-grapes-games

This is one suuuuuuuuper clever action-puzzler! Navigating a maze with a constantly spinning avatar makes for some mind-bending maneuvers. Couple that with a super adorable art style, and you got yourself a winner right here!

Hyperloop

@onkel-mo, @m2u-84, @bastian, @leeloo, @mrpoopybutthole, @duke, @byzanth, @eweren, @kayahr, @pushking, @headcr4sh, @kuri, @zeenyoga, @thecoconutdream, @very-dark-lord

Entries like these make us feel like complete n00bs by comparison. Hyperloop does an excellent job of crafting a unique atmosphere with solid gameplay mechanics, an impressive amount of assets, superb lighting, and A++ sound design. We forgot we were playing a game that was made in a weekend for a few minutes.

Paper Planes

@samdemaine

Y’all have probably seen this one floatin’ around the front page already, and for good reason. This is a charming, simple little game that nails exactly what it sets out to do. I could see myself booting this up in my younger years to kill time in class, which I think is a telltale sign of a classic entry. :ok_hand:

…And there you have it! Those are some of our favorites that we’ve played so far. With less than a week to go, the clock is ticking for us, and we still have a lot more games to play, so if we discover any more gems between now and then, we’ll be sure to post additional recommendations!

Again, we are super floored at the level of quality this time around. Keep on keepin’ on, we can’t wait to see what y’all put out next!

‘Til next time. :pointright: :cowboy: :pointright:

We would like to thank all the feedbacks we received, and to say that we are very happy with the results of our game! Everyone worked hard to deliver the most complete and polished game possible, with a very original story and responsive controls. If you haven’t played in a while, we’re waiting for your feedback!

Thank you!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/countdown-trap

I tried - the Post-Dare one is what it could've been if I hadn't have procrastinated on the first day with a terrible mechanic I ended up scrapping on the second!

Play Here

Hi, where should I host my post jam version as I don't want to host the post jam as another game on itch.io as I can't host 2 HTML5 on one page but, I want it to be a online game. Hope you understand my problem and as you all might be familiar to hosting post jams, where do you host them? And I know that it is too late to post a post jam as there is only 4 days left.

We need only 3 more! So it would be great if you tried and rated Memorial!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/memorial

We hope that it's real to score, soon you will see new update and full release of Timesaver with some new features!

But now we would want you to ask you to give a try our game and check it out here! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/time-saver

Only need one more rating in mood to get over 20 in all categories:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/time-hog-day

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/smoothing-things-out

Howdy everybody!

As we are coming up to the finish line, I'd love to just push our game, which was our first ever game jam entry and our first game building together after I start studying Unity 3 months ago.

Would love if you could check it out and I will return the favor!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/gravloop

The final weekend is upon us, and I'll be streaming as many games as possible!

Here's the vod for anyone interested; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/779148172

We've finished streaming for the night, thanks to all who came!

Hello everyone! We made story based game in 3D, with really cool music and environment. If you would like to play it, here it is :https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/loney-island

whenever i find invisible walls or obstacles that i can clip through i cant help but feeling a bit like this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu6wlaaf-ck

Help us get into the next stage, we only need 5 more votes.

Find here the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/killer-killer

In the past weeks we all have played a lot of games. These are my favourites:

- Driven Round the Loop

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/driven-round-the-loop

In this game some cars and other traffic are stuck in looping roads. You can set jump marks to let them change the road to solve given tasks. Always remember: The task matters - nothing more! A funny game with nice graphics.

- Despaiship

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/despairship

The task is easy. Keep the airship floating for a minute. Earlier clones of you will help to fix all the failures and problems caused by sudden events. Just don't block yourself! This game is balanced perfectly, has cool graphics and sounds as well as really nice scene cuts.

- Hope/Remember

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/hoperemember

Hope is a girl at your school and possibly your date for a school's party. It should be obvious what to to... A story telling RPG with another layer of challenge. Really good audio and neat graphics.

- Gravitron - 2047

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/gravitron-1

Neonlight, Particles and glowing enemies - a cool FPS. Just that you can't shoot. At least no bullets. Use the gun to set "fusionpoints" and let the objects attract each other. Lauching enemies in the sky in a futuristic city has its own fun! (Oh and you should build this core thing.)

- Purifier

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/purifier

A perfect example on how much a game can be polished. Whilst it's in fact just a topdown shooter the graphics, the UI and the whole background stuff is incredible. A jam game with online highscore?? And settings for so many things??

- Devoured

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/devoured

So this game has some puzzles but they are not really innovative. BUT the mood of this game is extremly good! Ever wanted to see a game where visuals and audio form a atmosphere that leads your way through the game? Well this is the perfect example! Even if there was absolutely no gameplay this would still be a must play. Just put your headphones on and enjoy!

So! This were my fovourite games. If you found any games that you like a lot, feel free to leave them in a comment. I don't want to miss a good game.

You can play this new version here (web): https://betovf.itch.io/coronaloop2

Please try the original version for rating in the following link:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/coronaloop

I've seen a few people talking about using https://www.mixamo.com/#/ in LDJam and was curious if this is considered a content generator or an asset library?

It seems it's basically a library of animations and some retargeting features to apply them to different characters. I think most people would agree making 3D animations like these is HUGELY time consuming and a major consideration in making any kind of 3D game during a jam. As such I see a tool like this as totally game changing for the kinds of projects one could consider.

I was just wondering for future jams what the feelings are on using this tool and if using this tool is considered the same as say an asset store animation pack?

This version adds a few sound effects as well as making it possible to aim the melee attack with the mouse! not a lot else though.

https://squp.itch.io/ouroboros

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/aboard

Planning on rating another swath of games this weekend...what about you?

I haven't been posting about it a ton, but here's some screenshots from the horror game we made this time around.

It's always hard to self-judge how scary these are, since you're already aware of everything that's going to happen while playing it (what you know can't hurt you, etc). But according to everyone else, the game is "terrifying" and "truly scary"!

Play and rate here, if you dare: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/hide-and-seek

This is my second Ludum Dare competition, and as usual I truly enjoyed myself. Last year, I brought things to a close for myself by gathering my thoughts about my experience in a devlog/vlog sort of format.

I did the same this time around and tried to summarize "what it took" to be a solo amateur game developer in this lovely gamejam event. :v:

https://youtu.be/AFnGMS24qvg

I need some feedback to help me deside what would be the strongest suit of my game: the gravitational puzzles, or enemies and the feeling of being hunted. So try out SkyCrawler, your feedback will be really welcome.

Also, sheck out my devlog to see what I've been working on since the Jam ended:

You are into Lazerz? SciFi? Or just want to blow something up?

Take you chance to play and rate our game "Hide, Seek, Die, Repeat"!

You are a Des-Tro-Bot and your mission is to blow this human habitat up into the air of the "Marz" - Home of the species "Twiggs".

Hi everyone! This was my third ever game jam and I'm super proud of my team and the game we produced! I'd really appreciate it if a few more people would play (and rate!) our game :D

p.s. if anyone else still needs ratings just comment here and I'll check your game out!

Thanks!!

If you could rate our game really quickly we would SO appreciate it. Also if you comment with your game link we'd love to try it and rate and comment yours as well! Here's the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/looprunner-1

Thanks for everyone who rated and commented my game!

It was hard to implement the physics in C language from scratch, it took 2 days and...

for the feedback received I will reuse that in a new game, with a procedurally generated universe to explore and colonize!

test

So many great games, time has flown by.

And if anyone's looking for more HTML games to play, * here's mine! *

Less than 4 days left now! I'll be releasing a list of some of the games that can win categories in a little bit!

If you haven't and want to give it a shot - just try it out :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/guntron

Heyo ! If you like surprising games, you might like this one ! It's not our first jam but it's still our first LD, and the feedback has been beyond positive, so I'm feeling confident sharing our janitor simulator (with a twist, but I won't spoil eheheh) Some people even said they could smell the potent detergent playing this...

The game is available in HTML5 and Windows here : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/smells-like-chlorine

Enjoy, leave a comment if you feel like it, and if you have made some trippy games you want me to play before rating period ends, feel free to drop a link bellow !

Cheers, all the love, have fun cleaning while you're still sane ! 🧹

Play Stix here! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/stix

Hey guys, I am looking for some games that I didn't played it! Please send your link here and I will play it and rate it too! ^^

INSIDE THE LOOP
If you want to visit the mysterious loop : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/inside-the-loop
Trailer :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOusKeuwKVo

My games usually put much emphasis on the mood and story.

This time my intention was to give more focus to the game-mechanics.

I prepared a platformer-engine with a unique grabbing-mechanic as my base-code for the COMPO. I hoped that I could somehow tie the mechanics to the theme, but I kinda struggled with that as usual.

Gotta say, I wasn't very happy with the theme when it was announced!

This was the first thing I scribbled in my notebook when I saw the theme. You could say it's quite an accurate depiction of my feelings at the time.

- "From all the alternatives, we had to go with this!"

I was sobering up at a local pub, and reality was just about to sink in. (It was 2AM in my time-zone)

Quite an ideal time and place to reflect on the state of being Stuck in a loop!

After a night of not very much sleep, my first day started quite slowly.

Even though the chosen theme was one of the least inspiring ones for me, I had already been throwing a lot of ideas in the air during night. There was one particularly good one I came up with, but I didn't (ludum) dare to go for it. It would have been an awesome concept, but I didn't see myself succeeding in something like that in such a short time.

Obviously I wasn't feeling very energetic. Starting out with the gameplay-side didn't motivate me at all, so I decided to begin with a intro-segment featuring this otherworldly spinning typewriter!

My LD-entries usually feature a FMV/stop-motion intro. This time I even considered skipping the "tradition", but it came out very naturally.

I had absolutely no idea how it would even relate to the overall game (besides being an obvious thematic motif). It felt more like a separate lump of creative anxiety I had to get out somehow.

I was in a figurative and literal writer's block, and apparently I ended up making a game about that experience.

And in a weird way things started to click.

I decided to use the sketch I drew earlier in the pub, and so "the guy with the blank stare" became the player-character.

The sketch was scanned and then colored in GIMP. I really like the end-result.

Gameplay-wise my entry is a very regular platformer, where the catch is a unique mechanic that lets you move and stack boxes.

During development and even after finishing I wasn't entirely sure how well the intro and the actual game would fit in as a whole.

To my surprise the end-result was seamless enough.

I was very happy to hear that there were people who enjoyed the experience on a emotional level, and this particular comment by @bereg was quite heartwarming. I don't think I was even fully conscious myself of all the juxtapositions in the game-play and overall symbolism there actually is.

Hearing that your work makes someone reflect upon their own existence is the ultimate praise for a person who considers themselves an artist.

I think given different circumstances (= those being some other theme being picked and me not drinking the night before!) I might have created a more polished game that would've utilized the core-mechanics further and in more clever ways.

In other words: A better game in a technical sense.

But since the starting point was a struggle for me, I somehow managed to tap into a strange creative space where I could express something that seems to resonate with people on a deeper level.

And in that respect, I don't think this Ludum Dare could have gone better for me!

Once again, thanks for the jam everyone!

The Keyboard Cowboys are still at it, playing your Ludum Dare games for one more weekend!

As usual, we'll prioritize anyone who submits their game and is still in chat when we get to it, but if we see no takers we'll just plow through the rest of our list of people who were kind enough to rate and comment on Dude Ranch.

EU folks, rejoice!! While today we're starting at our usual time (aka the middle of the night for y'all), tomorrow we are looking into doing an early afternoon stream by popular request. Time is still TBD, but we hope to see you there!

Until then, we look forward to anyone who is willing to subject themselves to the madness tonight (and we apologize in advance for it).

'Til next time! :pointright: :cowboy: :pointright:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/roller-riches

Thanks to everyone who has rated our game and provided valuable feedback! We really appreciate each and every comment that is made, and we're grateful for the positive response :smile: Roller Riches is an incremental game where your goal is to build a roller coaster that coaxes poor suckers (your guests) out of their money.

We're going to redesign and rebuild this game from the ground up as a side project, with a focus on adding more traditional incremental game mechanics (prestige, multiple currencies, an actual semblence of balance, etc). If you have any suggestions for how we could develop Roller Riches into a fuller incremental game, let us know!

Please feel free to post your game for myself and others to check out. If you're interested and haven't given Roller Riches a try yet, check it out here! Thank you!

I was taking a look at my list of the best games this jam and I was disappointed to see that one of my top favorite games is only at 15.875 ratings! Hurry, everyone! Save this incredible game by @brainloaf-studio !

Hi all!

I had so much fun working on my very first game in my very first game jam! I was able to finish the bare minimum for a complete functional game within 48 hours, but there was so much more I wanted to add, but just didn't have time for.

So, ever since the jam ended, I've been working hard on completing my vision for the game! I've added lots more visual effects, some animations, sound effects, platforming, extra (and secret) dialogue, lots and lots of polish and bug fixing, and I even made my own sound effects and background music!

I especially had fun creating the music, I've loved listening to videogame soundtracks all my life, and making my own was a really special experience. I'm sure you'll hear the influence of Zelda, Night in the Woods :3

It's been really great to keep iterating on the game, and see it go from the bare minimum to something I'm really proud of.

I know its super late in the ratings cycle, but I'd love it if you try out the post jam version and tell me what you think! There are still some things I'd like to polish, and a few bugs I need to fix (if you play your cards right, you can end up at the Butcher's Shop with three coins, and he'll have no idea what to do about it!), but I'm very happy with the current state of the game, and I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it :3

Entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/plague-friends-deathly-journey

Post jam game: https://sakura-magika.itch.io/plague-friends-deathly-journey-post-jam-version

With only 3 days left until the deadline, I haven't received enough ratings! If you have time, please give it a try.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/looping The rate period will end in three days. My game has only earned 15 rates and I need 5 more to get to 20. If you have the time, try to play it!!

Hey! Ludum Dare is coming to a close, so I want to help some of you who still don't have 20 ratings! So hit me up with your games, there's still time to get enough ratings to get results!!

Play In Browser Here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/lunar-loop

Overview

A small survival management game.

A lone astronaut stuck on a space station needs to maintain various systems and survive 15 Lunar Loops until a rescue mission arrives to take them home.

Browser Playable Here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/lunar-loop

Let’s Bring The Community To Twitter - We should all follow each other!

Are you developing your game further post-jam, or maybe working on something entirely different? Let's keep the conversation going even after Ludum Dare has ended!

Comment your handle and we should all follow each other on Twitter! I can’t wait to see what you make.

I’m Tom, and you can find me on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/DeveloperTom1

The title says it all, submit your games then I'll play em live on stream! I'm excited to play as many games as I can before results are released!

And we're finished! Thanks to everyone who came, I had fun like usual! Here's the VOD for anyone interested; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/780254814

Seems quite a few people would like to see my LD47 game get expanded in the future.

To do that I would probably have to rewrite most of the game's systems from scratch, this would be done so to make the game more efficiently expandable, my ways of setting this up for Ludum Dare were extremely hacky, and would probably be laughed at by more experienced gameplay programmers. Also would probably redo the graphics style completely, and remake the character controller a bit less floaty.

If I end up expanding this I would consider having several overall levels, with 3-6 sub-levels between them. The game so far is like one of what would be an easier overall level, with 5 sub-levels to finish. In the expanded version, there would be a save system, optional collectables, maybe enemies and dangers (not sure if that fits the design vision).

Again, I want to say I can't guarantee this is going to happen, right now I am waiting on my Ludum Dare results, to get some idea of how people rated it overall!

Anyway if you haven't seen the game yet and randomly come across this post, here's my mini YouTube trailer of it:

https://youtu.be/u38gFpGP0OA

Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!

Hey guys I'm a bit late for the reviews if any of u want me to check out your game (if u need more reviews or just want as much feedback as u can get) please drop in the links to ur game in the comments below. I'll be playing them all tonight and in the meantime if u have time could u check out the game me and my friend made we've been extremely busy last few weeks and the algorithm kind of did it's thing hah.

It's the last weekend you can rate Fancy Trash before results! Go check it out!

Gallery

INSIDE THE LOOP > https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/inside-the-loop
Don't forget to get the little orbs :-) you can play on WebGL (HTML5).
Happy to know that people out there are trying the game !

Trailer :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOusKeuwKVo

BUG FIX VERSION AVAILABLE

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/ouroboros-paradox

Hey all, Thank you so much for giving the game a try. The team did an awesome job, creating an awesome array of things for this game, a number of which could not be shown off. Especially all the music and audio effects, we have multiple effects for 6 different weapons hitting different surfaces, effects for the gunfire, effects for the reloads. The Audio guys did an awesome job and we just barely got to show of about 10% of all their awesome work.

We also didn't get to show off all the room variations, all of them has been created, but for some reason things just didn't go together as expected at the end.

But now the GOOD NEWS We have re-released the game! https://ld47-webhost-postjam.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/index.html Now with 100% more bug fixes - no new features - so it should be inline with the rules if you want to re-rate the work :) but I will understand as well if you stick with your original rating.

Bugs that were fixed: The infinite loop just ended after the first boss room - The code had been written, but had not been hooked up in the release, but had been hooked up in private scenes (Unity) Gunshots - There was a bit of trouble with this, as it had been implemented multiple times - it's been corrected and the raycast system hooked up. The Boss floating in midair, I just dragged him down to the ground. The particle effects when oyu hit an enemy kinda sucked - this is because webGL looks different to unity's inbuilt player, so you couldn't see the sparks very well. We tweeked the particle system so you can see the sparks better. Game AI - It was confusing to the players, so I trimmed some of this down. World lighting - There were far too many lights in the scene, and they were making things very dark. I removed a bunch of them, and added one to the player to fix this bug. You now have light so you can see what's happening

MOUSE SENSITIVITY - The game is so much more sensitive on WebGL, the code for all of that had been written, but not correctly connected.

VOLUME CONTROL - I added some sliders for later development, but didn't hook them up, so this is purely graphical on the menu, and not a feature

I also attached the Health system to a couple of objects that had not been hooked up correctly, and shifted a few objects around a touch to stop different bugs, like running through walls and the AI wondering through closed doors.

I hope you like the game!

We decided to base our game on a screen wrapping feature to match this game jam's theme, but its implementation wasn't as straightforward as expected.

Using Unity, playing with screen borders was far from impossible, but still took some time.
We opted to use trigger colliders to know when the player went out of bounds, but we had to change dynamically the size of that collider for every window resizing.
Fixing the aspect ratio was also important, otherwise players with different aspect ratio would have different ways to finish the puzzle levels.

Player teleportations had to be smooth; we did not want to have a blind spot where part of the player could not be seen.
One thought we had was about using cameras to focus on the part of the player we needed and print it at the right place; but given the many unknowns we had about such a system, we went for a simpler system.
We created fake characters to display when straddling two or more screen borders. After a while we decided to always keep 9 characters existing, separated by the screen height and width.

By teleporting the player when he went entirely out of bound, we were sure we would always keep all needed character models in screen.

We still have to take care about the collisions: the 9 characters could not use collisions at the same time, but by activating only the colliders visible on screen, the relevant collisions were present. The only special case was when only one side of the screen ended on a wall: to avoid a character appearing within a wall, we created an invisible collider to simulate the wall on the other side.

Overall, what made the feature harder to control was the player controlled camera. By choosing to allow camera moving, we added a more original feature to create richer levels, but also encountered a few buggy situations.
Fortunately the game ended up being playable, and building the prototype around that feature gave a pretty satisfactory jam game for us.
Here is the link if you want to play "Blank Tape"

The unseen work of the programmers

Hellooo fellow jammers~ :fallen_leaf:

*The second post of the 'Screenshot Week' is a bit different from others,

as it won't be about the art of Led Astray but instead about the art of coding~*

screenshots from the forest level that I promised to upload, also help this b i g post look friendlier (:

Few days back, we were talking about the comments we got on our page and reading this message from @pulni

became the motivation to create this post...

From that point on, I realized while reading comments here and there that it's true! Programmers seem to not get as much noticed as artists and designers do. They generally seem to be getting much less praise... and mostly get noted when something... doesn't work correctly... :sweat_smile: (pooor people :confounded: )

I don't like admitting it.. but i also tend to honor artists and designers more... so to compensate.. I decided to publicly thank our programmers @pulni @lyrcaxis and @bloodystupidviktor :cringy_narrator's_deep_voice: for their remarkable ability to bend :bug: the :bee: elements :beetle: of :ant: coding :spider: in order to complete the difficult task of giving life to Led Astray and so many more!

And to all the programmers out there... we might not talk about it very much but we are indeed secretly cherishing you~! Videogames wouldn't be real without you, so thank you as well!! :blush:

Plz, don't forget to give some love to the brilliant programmers out there too! :greenheart: :yellowheart: :purpleheart: :heart: :blueheart: :yellowheart: :greenheart: :heart: :purpleheart: :blueheart: :greenheart: :yellowheart: :purpleheart: :heart: :blueheart: :yellow_heart:

Really struggled to get to 20 ratings this time around, would love it if anybody could drop a rating for my game. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/rebeat

I've been super busy IRL, but with only 3 days left, it's time to dive in and rate games and GET ratings...

Try my double-implementation of the theme: Office Routines pokes fun at the work loops and mundane tasks we sometimes have to perform. But, it's also an infinite runner where the level constantly repeats!

Try it out! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/office-routines