It has been few (I mean multiple) Ludum Dares. Last one where I completed a game was before this site got upgraded to current look. But this time I was ready and took little bit off from work to join this Compo.

With this combo I did finish my first Unreal game as I have been using Unity for almost all attempts (successful or not) of ludum dare. This time I did my home work and had all tools ready. Also I did small practice with themes where I wrote two things for each theme. When theme was announced I was ready to expand on those ideas (I did not use what I had for Every 10 seconds theme).

Game page: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/$305494

Tools used

• Blender
• jsfxr
• aseprite
• Unreal
• LMMS (I did not finish any music.... maybe next time)
• GIMP
• Obsidian.md (for notes and planning)

Journey during last ~46h

Finally done. This time I had working game on day one and could build more than basics to the game. I even managed to wrangle small upgrade system. What I did not have time to do was balancing the game.

Next time I should think about balancing the game or making game that does not require balancing and play testing. There is still few hours but I think this is it.

My entry to compo

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

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/forklift-frenzy-limited-space-edition

Managed to create the combo game. First the theme was a little hard but then I remembered Helldiver II and drop pods. So why not make a game where you send summoned heroes down to the planet and clear quests.

I had planned to create some kind of upgrade shop but run out of time. Maybe one of these times I will remember to create timeline for the compo and not let feature creep set in.

Some gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAH0czjtwqI

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/nexus