Just making my first blog post and YES, I am thinking about the theme ;_;

Edit: Added Images [Hopefully it worked]! Game is basically about surviving in a planet with different seasons and obstacles. I’ll be sleeping when Ludum Dare Compo submissions end so hopefully they’ll get live soon :D Game is almost finished, like 95-99%. May change the music theme tho, not happy with the loop that much.

This was my first Ludum Dare and I had a lot of fun :D, Here's my submission (link is down below) -

You are an alien in a small planet looking out for eggs. You need to collect eggs and save yourself from multiple obstacles depending on different seasons. Watch out!

Controls -

Arrow Keys - Movement

Space Bar - Jump

[Note] Source Code License -

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (You NEED to give credits to BladeSides [me] and you are free to make a commercial project ^_^)

Link -

https://bladesides.itch.io/lil-planet

You can read about it here, it was made for the Compo

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

Can you people be kind enough to play and rate? :)

I've been really busy (not able to get coolness up) so it'll be helpful if you try this out.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

The highest score (yet) on Lil Planet is 870 by @those-30-ninjas ! Can you beat it?

Play it here!!!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

Hey, as you all know, you need at least 17 ratings to qualify (20 just to be safe). So I'll review your game if you check mine :D

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

Comment your game down below!

My game, Lil Planet has reached 92 views on itch! It's amazing!

The current highscore is 2520 points by @maksym !

You can play the game here :

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

Sharing the love <3

Play it here! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

This was my first LD and yes I'm eligible for rating, I have 35 votes minimum and 39 votes maximum.

I'll be making a postmortem soon, but you can still try out my game!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

P.S. High score is of a YouTuber named Coro Plays Stuff.

I'll try your game :D Try mine too!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

From 39 to 48 votes in a single day! You guys rock!!! In case you've been living under a rock, here:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

After previous failures in ludum dares, I'm in yet again. I like all of the themes, so I just voted +1 on all themes (pls kill me).

Only ld game I submitted: Lil Planet: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lil-planet

Been working since the jam started. Completely deleted my old project and restarted. More than pleased. The "Running out of space" theme will be implemented such that the level closes in a box, which can even result in the level being impossible. All in all, I think I'll take a coffee break, and hopefully make the deadline.

Most of the gameplay is here! Just need to add a boss fight. Maybe a way for highscores to be saved. Need to add more shapes, make the menus, and polish all of the game, compose some music. Oh, and I need to iron out all the bugs my playtesters find too.

Easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-pzHG1nQjc

As you can see, I did all I promised. There is a very plain and simple story to the game. I think I'll upload it soon.

https://youtu.be/FH3sev6YSmQ

If you're too lazy to see the amount the game's changed, a couple of gifs might do the job for you.

At the first playable stage:

At the final stage:

Feel free to try the game out (and, link me to yours!): https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/collapse-1

P.S: The game at the start was meant to be something like this Undertale maze (but I failed miserably):

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

https://youtu.be/FH3sev6YSmQ

If you're too lazy to see the amount the game's changed, a couple of gifs might do the job for you.

At the first playable stage:

At the final stage:

Feel free to try the game out (and, link me to yours!): https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/collapse-1

P.S: The game at the start was meant to be something like this Undertale maze (but I failed miserably):

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

Collapse, the game I made for Ludum Dare 42 (Compo), turned out to be more fun than I expected? Did I expect it? Was I ready for what this game was about to become? And, over all, was this game eventually meant to collapse?

The Game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-pzHG1nQjc

Timelapse (x100):

If you are interested more in a video than text, here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH3sev6YSmQ

Tools Used:

Construct 2, BFXR, Audacity, Adobe Photoshop, FL Studio

The Idea:

Earlier, the idea was to make the a full version of the Multicolor Maze from Undertale.

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

However, after terribly failing with this idea, I was left with nothing.

I came upon an idea of a simple platformer where a wall would chase you and you would have to reach the end goal. After some quick tests, I had a prototype ready. After a while, it was decided that the level would shrink evenly and you would have to reach the centre of the level, the "core". The game was eventually named Collapse.

What went right?

The Gameplay:

Physics and Primitive Geometric Shapes! Who knew that these two combined in a platformer could be this fun? The gameplay feels natural, and as the levels get harder and music starts pumping in, you feel more and more engrossed into the game.

The Highscore System:

Added as an afterthought, I'm still competing with my brother to see who gets the better of it!

The Music:

As many have told me, the music comfortably matches the levels! When a level is going to be hard and fast, you can tell it, just by hearing the music!

The Humor and The Story:

Inserting an idea last minute is bad, but I needed a story to string the gameplay together, and, apparently, it all worked better than I could have imagined! That's rare in the world of game design.

Staying Simple!:

My previous idea was overly complicated. Staying with the basic tools and getting it working on a small scale first helped me finish what could've been a total disaster!

What went wrong?

The First Idea:

As I mentioned, I threw an entire prototype into trash. Could have saved me 3-4 hours, and could've been used to resolve other issues. Never settle on idea too fast.

The Audio Mixing:

The voice acting is too low, compared to the sound effects, which are too high. The music, however, is a perfect between the two.

The Crashes:

The game crashes after you restart a level too much (due to some physics glitch which I haven't figured out yet). However, the Load Game feature that I managed to get working allows you to continue without losing progress!

What's Next?

This game turned out to be a lot of fun, and, I have plans for a possible post jam version! Plus, it's time for me to rate ~50 games!

Level Editor:

This could let you all easily create levels to share with others, and, let me to create levels without using the editor and banging my head around.

Better Audio Mixing and Effects:

As I stated, the audio in the game does make it lose a few points. A post jam version would of course have to address those issues.

Polish:

This game was small and polished. However, such a game on a post jam version would require a lot more of it, including the fixing of the crashes.

What can you readers do to help me out?

You can play the game and rate it! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/collapse-1

You are also welcome to link to your own games and/or timelapses/post mortems!