We did it!
Our game is finished (for now) and we are very satisfied with the results. We did almost everything we wanted letting just some gameplay adjustments and details behind. Beside the deadline, we will continue working on this game till the end of this week cause we loved this game so much that we want it done anyway <3
We are also thinking on a mobile version o/
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Protagonist and Art
Interface
3D Models & Textures
Here’s your chance at revenge.
Stomp the black spider that’s running amok in your bedroom!
(Unfinished jam entry)
Couldn’t quite finish my game, so there is only one spider to stomp. Quite pleased with the graphics and the way the spider scurries around the room.
(Link any of your games below, and I’ll play/rate them. <3)
Dream Machine is a first person puzzle game about a guy who was trapped in his garage Check it out here!
As a side note follow me on my Twitch, I’m going to play LD games all week!
This was the hardest Jam I’ve had since I started doing game jams. I worked for a total of 52 hours in 3 days, and was the most ambitious project I’ve ever taken on, as well as being my FIRST 3D game! D:
Let me know what you think of it over on the LD Entry page!!
Thanks to Plnrnd, my partner on this project who did the 3D modeling, for not killing me when I got super annoying haha.
Yay, I finished my second LD \o\.
I’m not really happy with the result but it has been, once more, a wonderful experience. So here’s “The coffee room”, a wave-based beat them all.
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-37/?action=preview&uid=112394
What went wrong :
-I’m not familar with the beat em all genre, I was clearly lacking knowledge and the game lacks juice.
-Artwise it’s “meh” at best, I spent way too much time trying to make the assets work visually and I’ve made way too few of them the game feels pretty empty.
-Artwise again : I totally screw up the few animations I had to do, the walk-cycles are “okayish I guess” but the punch animations are…awfull. Dynamics have never been my strong suit but here’s a new low.
-The theme (coffee shop & demons) and the gameplay are lacking cohesion, It doesn’t feel right, I should have gone with a lighter approach.
What went right :
-Once again, I’m surprised by how much I can do codewise, even if it’s poor and ugly, it still works.
-There’s some assets that are not that bad, even if they are classic, individually they actually are decent.
-I love failing, it’s easier to see what you could have done and really think about it (and it keeps your head on the ground). I’m pretty sure if I ever do another game like this in the future it’ll be far better (wich is pretty easy). And it’s knowledge I can apply to other genre.
-The theme itself is actually a good idea, I always wanted to make a game with some jazzy lounge influence. It’s not this one but I have a clearer idea on how I might do it.
And, of course, the timelapse for the third day :
Let’s go for LD38 now !
Another LD down, what a ride! We made a NBA Jam style game with fly-kicks!
I’m really glad we got to make a sports game, it’s been on my list of things to try making since playing Tennes, and heightened by seeing Dan Marshall tweeting about Kickmen. They seemed like the sort of gameplay that’d be really fun to code. And it was too! Although boy I’m exhausted now. It’s probably the most complicated LD we’ve done from the programming side, with AI and whotnot, (it’s bugged all to hell i’m sure), but learned heaps, and so I’m pumped by how it turned out.
Anyway, if you like dunks and kicks, go have a play!
-Dave (one of the Sea Dads)
Screenshot from CULLARENA
Try it here! (More platforms soon… Sleep first!)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-YxRiMn21EccTVTTF9UTVNiUmM/view?usp=sharing
Play and judge my game even though it has many bugs. Be honest in the comments so that you can help me improve. Next time I promise I’ll make a better one.
Youtube demo
Youtube process:
Well, everything went wrong at the last minute. A serious bug broke the whole game and I had to remove the last part of it. Now it has no ending, a few weird bugs, no polish… I was too ambitious with this little project. So many ideas but not enough time. I spent too much time on the characters and its moves while the focus should’ve been the room!
The amount of art work that went into it… I just can’t thank my art partner enough! And overall, the gameplay and design (even if short) feels right. It probably deserves a good post-jam version.
Gotta say — really happy with how this went down. Started off with a quick idea, but the first few days had doubt seeded deep. Nonetheless, a number of things ended up going quicker than expected, and I was still able to finish all the core gameplay and necessary assets in time.
Time to take a breather before heading off to play some games. Best of luck to everyone!
This is my second time participating in Ludum Dare, and I have to say, it was quite an enjoyable experience. The first time I participated, I did not finish my game. I learned from my mistakes and managed to finish my game this time around. The game could do with some more enemies, tower types, and levels, but overall, I feel like my attempt was successful. Unfortunately, I got sick on the first day, so I had lost a sizable chunk of my time. Still, I managed to finish my game. I have to say, I’m quite pleased with myself.
Hey Community! I was wondering if there were any programmers who would like to participate in collaborating in an upcoming mini ludum dare. I am a programmer but I want to work on a project once where I do not do the programming and would like to document my experience with this. I am very curious and interested in this passenger seat experiment.
My contribution to the project will be in the design and gameplay mechanics. Depending on the project possibly artwork. I am also capable of producing chiptune sound effects. My cousin also contributes in these types of projects with me as well, and he is great at creating music. He made the music for our latest Ludum Dare entry and the music featured here.
If anyone is interested please leave a comment or message me and we can talk on Skype.
It`s my first LD and GJ. Thanks to my team! It was awesome!
Try it! Hero enters room and sees a lot of doors. But it is not a simple room with unusual doors. Can you find a way out and survive?
This time i only dedicated 7 hours to develop the game because i was travelling. But i think the result is interesting. You have to jump and bounce off the walls (like in Super Meat Boy) to collect the green orbs and evade the red ones.
I hope you enjoy! Soon i will start to play some LD37 games!
Our second Ludumdare but this time we had less time but still had fun!
Things we learned
We couldn’t get in everything we wanted but its still enjoyable with its infinite wave generator!
HOW FAR CAN YOU GET!
Tags: action, gamedev, GameJam, LD37, Ludumdare, Survive the Barbaric Vikings, top down, unity
Awesome news!!!
We managed to improve the controls plus some other minor issues and now the game is much nicer to play :D.
Even sweeter with controllers, we highly recommend it!
PLAY HERE –> http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-37/?action=preview&uid=113185
Thanks for your feedback n_n!!!
I have made a thing too! Play it! Get bored of it! Rate it! whatever!
So, after skipping LD36, thankfully I did finish my game! 😀
It didn’t come out 100% as I wanted to (hey, but what turns out like that, eh?), but I’m satisfied with the results! 
Rainy days here in São Paulo also helped me write the game a bit. 😛
You can play my game by clicking here or in the image below!
Thanks! Good Luck for Everyone!
Now, gotta rest and then play/judge later!
Original post here: https://sudojess.tumblr.com/post/154413889334/velocity-glyph-5-years-and-a-ludum-dare-37-post
This weekend (and Monday), I participated in Ludum Dare 37.
5 years ago, I also participated in Ludum Dare, for the first time.
A lot has changed in those 5 years, as it would. 5 years is a long time. I went from making games as a hobby, to actually managing a games studio, as well as working on them as a hobby. I get paid every day to make games and that’s incredible. For many people, it’s a dream. It was damn hard work getting here, and it’s even more difficult now than ever, of course I’m better prepared for that now.
I’m happy with where I am, I’m lucky to be here, and I’m really excited for what the next 5 years brings.
This time, I created an arcade racer, kinda Wipeout/Re-Volt inspired. a miniature hover racing game. I’m pretty impressed with the result.
You can vote on it here:
And you can download and play it for free here:
https://sudojess.itch.io/velocity-glyph
It’s funny to see how far I’ve come from my first LD, a pretty terrible platformer with awful graphics and controls. Performance was probably worse than Velocity Glyph too.
I created a few interesting systems for the game, and here’s some details on how they work
Hovering:
There are two components to hovering.
Firstly, ‘sticking’
Physical gravity is actually turned off for the project, each Racer gets its own version of local ‘gravity’, and every FixedUpdate, applies a downwards force to itself, ‘down’ being whatever it decides.
The racer is constantly casting a ray from each of its hover pads in the direction they’re facing. It averages down the normal of each ray hit and uses that as its definition of what down is.
I had a big problem at the start of being able to trick it into thinking ‘down’ was on the walls, if you rubbed against them hard enough, so I made gravity firstly Lerp between its current and desired definition of down, and secondly I don’t allow any drastic changes in gravity, as the tracks tend to curve smoothly anyway. It doesn’t work perfectly, but it’s a lot better than it was.
Secondly, the racers do actually hover above the ground, there’s no weird collision box magic going on, as well as applying a gravity force, they’re also applying an inverse force, allowing for a little over/undershooting of their desired distance, creating that distinctive bobbing effect. These values are slightly different for each kind of racer to make them feel a little different.
The same function that checks gravity also feeds the respawn system. If it can’t find any ground for 5 seconds, it respawns you at the last checkpoint. This was because the AI occasionally gets confused and thinks it can take shortcuts via the side of the track, and promptly falls to its death.
AI:
The AI is pretty basic, but it does the job for the most part. I’m actually impressed with how well it works given the simplicity of it.
Basically, as you can see on the above screenshot, the AI casts a few rays, if one hits, it figures out a value between 0.2 and 1 for how far away it is, based on a curve, rather than a linear value, that way it turns harder a bit sooner than if it was right next to the wall.
If it detects walls in both directions, it figures out which way it should turn, and turns a reduced amount in that direction.
It tries to point vaguely in the direction of the next waypoint, but it takes a low priority, as the track curves around a bit, so pointing directly to it isn’t a great idea.
If it detects it’s facing a wall directly, it will slam in reverse to try to get away from the wall. It doesn’t always work, but it does solve a few issues. The AI makes it round the course 99% of the time now, in a competitive time. I have trouble winning against the AI sometimes, which is impressive for just 2 hours coding on the AI. There is no rubber banding or different values for the AI, it and the playercontroller send exactly the same info to the racer controller.
Game Feel:
One of my goals right from the start was to make each racer feel different, while keeping a balance there. I think I’ve achieved that, and I’m quite happy with the result.
Each racer has slightly different thrust values, but nothing game breaking, the main key is the engine location. It actually applies thrust where the engines are, which makes the London, with its one powerful engine, feel a big more ‘slidy’ than say, the Moscow, with its 4 ‘push forward’ engines, that make acceleration feel a bit more punchy.
Turning doesn’t just happen on a dime either, it lerps to the turn value, by a different amount, and each racer corrects itself slightly different.
Racers also have unique hover force values, so some feel bouncier than others.
Finally, particles and Audio play a big part in game feel. I had some sounds lying around on a hard drive that I modified and cut together to create unique sounds for the London and Washington. Sadly I ran out of time so the Moscow uses the same sounds as the Washington.
There are engine startup noises, idle noises and ‘rev’ noises. The rev noises fade in and also increase in pitch as you get faster, making it feel like you’re really pushing the engines. There’s a slight delay on the noises too, which I found just felt a bit better, though I can’t explain why.
Conclusion:
There’s so much I could say about this game, that I created in the 72 hours I spent on it, but I’ll leave it here. I had a lot of fun creating it, and I’d love to take it further in the future
I’d like to give a big shoutout to http://twitter.com/toastedkp who nearly killed himself getting these incredible models to me. I look forward to seeing everyone elses entries over the next few weeks of voting!
Whew! This was my second real compo Dare and I’m slowly getting better at it, thank goodness. I had a rough start on the first night (getting amped up is hard after a long work week!) but by Saturday things were humming along really well. My game Cardinal Cell is balls-ugly, but I’m fairly pleased with how it came out.
I had an idea to incorporate the movement of 2048 into a fantasy battler for a little while now, but this was the first time I was able to put it into practice. Excited about the idea and know where I want to go once I get out of this “One Room” and get some real art. There’s a fair amount of possibility there. I’m tired but it’s been a fun weekend overall.
Check it out by clicking below and giving it a vote!
