Ludum Dare 37 December 9–12, 2016

Unity starter kits. Made for Ludum Dare.

This coming LD will be my second. This time I decided to do it with some friends in a team. Some of the people I’m working with have used Unity before but are LD newbs, and others have never seen a script in their lives. So I decided to make a set of basic things that loads of games use. Things like movement and level manager code and scripts. I was going to make them into exportables anyway so I decided why not make them public for all to use. So here they are!

 

The importables:

https://github.com/crabcrabcam/Unity-Importables

 

The Unity project they are going to be made in:

https://github.com/crabcrabcam/Unity-Importables-Project

 

These are open source and if you’d like to contribute then that would be great. I need some help picking a licence so if you know what I should use, please do tell me. I’ll be updating these over time.

Remember that these can’t be used in the Competition due to the rules over there but if you’re new to Unity and you’re wanting to do the Comp then you’re welcome to go download them or look at the sources and learn what they do. Each package will have it’s own level in the original project. Some might have other things too (The level manager for instance) but I will try and explain what you have to do to make them work for you in the README. You’re welcome to use the art too if you really think you can’t do better than me writing in the initials of the object 😛

 

Good luck to all, and happy gaming!

Comments

16. Nov 2016 · 17:18 UTC
Why do you say “these can’t be used in the Competition due to the rules?”
magarcan
20. May 2017 · 18:31 UTC
I also though you wasn’t allowed to use any previous code, art, or whatever…

Programmer looking for artist or team to join for LD37

Hello I’m exciting to hopefully take part in this years LD. I’m a programmer working mostly in the Unreal 4 engine with c++ and blueprints.
I am fully capable to creating any kind of game rather it be a side scroller/fps/thirdperson/top-down I just need artist to help make original content.
I would love to join a team of artist/animators or assemble one for this game jam!

Here is a video of two recent projects I made for fun using Assets from the Unity store.
Third person Video


 

First Person Video


 

Please email at MichaelCosio88@gmail.com if you would like to work together!

 

Count me in

I have never done a Ludum Dare before because I wasn’t sure that I was up to the challenge.  So I will be participating in LD37, but not in the compo.  I will be teaming up with my friend in China via Skype to get as much done as we can.  While we are doing the Jam and not the Compo, we will be sticking as close to the compo rules as we can, just to see if we can do it.  Who knows, maybe we’ll each to the compo next time.

Tags: LD37

Comments

Picking a username is hard
22. Nov 2016 · 00:44 UTC
Good luck and remember not to take it too seriously. It’s way more fun when working with another person just to goof around while you make the game. It takes away pressure and leaves you with a much better memory of the experience, and in my opinion, makes the game better.

Im in

Decided not to save this for the new website (HYPE), but…. I’m in.

I’ll be using Unity, Blender, and Gimp. Also some tracker for music.

 

Seriously though. New website hype.

 

 

I’m in.

This will be my second LD.

 

I’ll mainly use Love2D and Notepad++.

I’m in.

Long time player, second time entrant.

Looking forward to it!

Tags: LD37

I´m in ^^

and I hope this time, that I can utilize 3D better than last time :)

I’m in!

Hey-ho, I’m in! I skipped the last LD and feel bad about it, so I hope to make up for it this time around.

Good luck, everyone!!

we’re in

For our… 3rd LD, hopefully this time we actually finish a real game! we came so close last time.

Im in

Gonna do my best to get something done in time. Not sure what I am going to use yet, either Unity or Game Maker

**Live Streaming**: The new way

Hey streamers!

I've been chatting with the team at Twitch, and they've asked me to ask you veeeeery nicely to move our Ludum Dare Twitch streams over to https://twitch.tv/Creative.

How do you do that?

Set your game to Creative on Twitch, and include the hashtag #LDJAM in your title. Easy.

On Hitbox, you can continue to use the Ludum Dare game.

At the moment, only Twitch and Hitbox are supported. Support for other streaming services (YouTube, Beam) will return for future events.

**Alpha Testing**: Update 1

Hi everybody! Welcome to the new site!

:banana: :pancakes: :beers:

Over the next few weeks we'll be gradually rolling out core features of the website. It will be a little bumpy (it already is). Most features you'd expect wont be available right away (Posting, Commenting, Mobile). Have patience! They're coming!

This week we're starting with just two things:

  • Creating Accounts
  • Suggesting Themes

Click the Create Account button above to start creating.

Everyone is making a new user account! Create personal accounts, don't create team accounts!

We'll be revisiting how to create teams soon.

Usernames are very important on this new site. Since it would be terrible if previous participants had their name stolen, we've reserved usernames belonging to anyone that has previously participated in a Ludum Dare event. Simply use the original e-mail address you signed with on ludumdare.com, and it will let you activate that name.

Don't have access to your old e-mail account? That's okay! Create a temporary account with an e-mail you do have access to. Next year, when we start migrating the data over, we'll have a process for recovering old names and accounts.

You may notice that account names are more strict than they were before. Names must be alphanumeric, and may separate words with a dot, dash, space, or underscore, but they can't start or end with one. Internally, names are lower case with dashes. Your new Jammer account is shared across Ludum Dare and the other services we'll be launching next year. It's all about jamming, so it made sense to call these new shared accounts Jammer accounts.

If you're having problems activating, be sure to whitelist hello@jammer.vg in your spam filter.

Once you've created your account, you can go here to begin making suggestions:

  • https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/37/theme/

And that's it!

Follow the main Twitter account at https://twitter.com/ludumdare for event announcements. For alpha testing announcements, follow my personal Twitter account at https://twitter.com/mikekasprzak.

The Theme Slaughter will kick-off on Monday, so get your suggestions in ASAP!

Problematic E-mail Providers

  • hotmail, outlook, live.com - Add hello@jammer.vg to your contacts.
  • free.fr - I've reached out to them. It could be a few days.
  • laposte.net - Sorry! I can't find ANY way to fix this. Nobody seems to know! :nauseated_face:

You can re-enter your e-mail in Create Account to re-send Activation e-mail.

If that doesn't help, you can try an account with another provider, or reach out to me and we can see about doing it manually.

http://ludumdare.com/compo/contact/

Password Reset

If you forgot your password (already), you can now reset your password from the Login dialog.

We are in!

For our second LD. It’s going to be so much fun!

Comments

24. Nov 2016 · 23:26 UTC
Agree, LD are fun!

I’m in!

I’m in for my second ludum dare. I love this stuff!

I will (probably) use these:

Game Maker studio – game engine

FL studio – music

The GIMP 2.8 – graphics

Tiled map editor – level editor

BFXR – sound effects

Comments

24. Nov 2016 · 22:33 UTC
“this stuff” he he ^ v ^

Goodluck!

i am in!

WHOOOOOOOOO!

so it is here.

again…

third ludum dare i am joining.

and i don’t have to say third time is a charm,

so that’s good.

i’m going to use:

  • game maker studio
  • time(importand one)
  • bfxr (hopefully)

that’s it i think…

so good luck have fun!

also whoooooo

Comments

25. Nov 2016 · 00:37 UTC
\o/ good luck, unlike my 3rd LD, that….was disaster!!So, good luck!!!

You’d better believe I’m in, for my 7th Ludum Dare

This will be my 7th Ludum Dare, and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

Going to be using the same toolchain that’s served me well in the past:

  • Unity 5 with Visual Studio,
  • Photoshop for graphics,
  • ChipTone for sound effects,
  • REAPER, and my iPad with sundry apps, for music.

As has become a bit of a trend over the past year or so, I’ve got a family commitment that’s going to take me out of town on the Sunday for 10-12 hours. For that reason, I’m certainly going to be entering the Jam.

Let’s do this!

Tags: im in, LD37, unity

I’m In! And looking for a team!

I am a programmer, and I’m looking for a team. I have done several ludum dares.

We’ll need graphics and audio artists. I can work with both 2D and 3D.

The ludum dare (and some miniLD) games I made alone: http://ludumdare.com/compo/author/gamedevextreme/
And I also made this one in a team(slightly incomplete due to a computer virus): http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=3215

Needless to say the one in the team looks a lot better and sounds a lot better.

If you are a graphics or audio artist (or even a unity C# programmer)  and you want a team please comment here or on skype at n12i12r12 or email me at nir.shalmon00@gmail.com