So I started yesterday with my remake of space invaders. The real world aspect is that you have to save the world, and if you don’t 2012 happens and the aliens invade and kill off humanity. At the moment I have some sprites going, and I just finished one of my largest animation endeavors, five minutes ago. I mean this thing was just pissing the hell out of me and now that I finally did it, I’m happy as a gold miner that just struck gold! Well I’m almost done, and its nothing fancy, but by tomorrow, I will have finished my first Ludum Dare and I’m pretty happy about that.

Just some of the sprites I have set up (I did not make these, they are royalty free sprites made by someone else who will receive credit in my game)

Just one of the sprites I’m using

Good luck Everyone!

So I just finished my game and uploaded it. This is the first time I upload an applet to a website and you cannot believe the trouble I was put through. Anywho, when I finally uploaded it, it took sooooo long to load, but I was proud, and now its up. Go check it out everyone, I’m super happy to have finished my first LD, even though I only got a few hours of sleep.

Woohoo! Being my first jam, I was immediately hooked to the whole gamejam concept. In any case, it was super fun to be involved in this, and I am very happy to have tied for 3rd in coolness. Very enjoyable (and tiring) experience. Will (and am) do it again! Check out my game Sinistar B 😀

Tags: game jam, MiniLD #40, recap, Sinistar B

Against my better nature to wait to see if I actually do have time free, I don’t believe school is planning anything big, so I am cautiously optimistic that I will be participating. Being my first LD, its going to be pretty fun, and I expect to have a great time.

Tools for the job?

If people got my joke (or a sad attempt at one), you might be guessing that I will be making an applet, if that’s the case, you’re correct. I’ll be using SE1.6 as I noticed that when I used the newer version, people had to download it and it was a pain. My IDE will most obviously be Eclipse Juno (because it’s amazing!!!).

My game will most likely be 2D, and for that, I will be using Pickle and PyxelEdit to make all my sprites, as for my music, I will probably end up using garage band, or if I don’t have time, I’ll have to get a royalty free track, but I hope that is not the case.

Gonna be super fun, hope to see you all there.

I’ve read a couple of “I’m In” posts, and some keep saying: “I hope the theme is better than LD25”. To be completely honest, I would have loved to participate in LD25 as the theme seemed really cool. Could someone explain whats up with the hate, is it a lack of ideas, or just not feeling the theme?

Capsicum Filth

Pro Potato!!!

A -1 for potato is a +1 for capsicum!

#TeamPotato

#NoCapsicum

Oh man was that ever fun. So I finished most of the stuff I wanted to, but I had to cut two levels because I didn’t have enough time, and even though that hurt a little, I’m still proud of my finished product. Evidenced by my twitter feed and timelapse, both of which can be found at my compo page: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20256 I did not get much sleep. So this was the first time I made a point and click, and although it seems easy, it was actually pretty difficult, and riddled with annoying bugs. To top this all off, I was using Slick2D, which I was new to, and the Slick2D website went down on saturday, so that was mostly guess and check work. Although I did not get as much as I had hoped done (which lets face it, this phrase lines most LD posts), I was still happy with my McPixel style game, and after looking at my timelapse, a feeling of pride and happiness overcame me. This plus the fact that the GMU at Ryerson was GREAT. SO MUCH FUN! I hope to see all of you participate in LD27 (and lets hope for a half decent theme this time :P). Till then, signing off.

PS. Be sure to check out my compo at http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20256 and rate on gamejolt if you can. Also, I know I wont win, I entered this for the feedback, so please please please give me some 😀

i feel bad for you, it was awesome, we did a live lets dev. join tomorrow, we might add bullets and stuff. seriously, it was fun.

I’m very happy with all the positive reviews I’m getting from you guys. Although I was dissapointed that all the features I had in mind could not be implemented, I realized that, well its Ludum Dare. Anyway, Thank you so much everyone, and if all goes well, and the good reviews continue, I will be sure to make a better Post Compo version with more levels, features, and music.

To anyone who has not played my game yet; WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR MAN!!!

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20256

Almost in the top 100 for humor (#106), and in the top 500 for Audio. Seeing as this was my very first LD, I enjoyed it, and did better than I expected :D. Super fun, cannot wait for the next one.

For those who want to play my super awesome game: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20256

Unless by some miracle, I get struck with a surge of energy, I’ve been completely worn out. I have everything except the actual AI ready, so its just basically you walking around taking other bases with no real point or flow :'( To be completely honest, the games scope was a feasible one given that this was a normal week, but as some of you may know, it is Ramadan, and I’ve been fasting while working on it, so ultimately I just didn’t have the energy to properly finish it. I will be working on it past the due date though, and just release it as a normal RTS. Here are some pics and stuff.

While its all still without graphics, I have all graphics and sound already done and will be putting it in when I’m finished. It will literally take 5 minutes.

Well, Congratulations to those that did finish, I look forward to sharing the finished version of this game on a later date :D.

This will be my second Ludum Dare now and I’m pretty excited. I’ll be down at the meet up for Toronto, at the game maker union, so that will be pretty fun.

Platform: Java

IDE: Eclipse

Library: LibGDX (Maybe Slick2D)

Art: InkScape and GIMP and Photoshop

Music and Sound: Bfxr and GarageBand

While I hope to participate in the Compo, I might have to resort to participating in the Jam, but its all good 😀

So I made the game “How Low Can You Go?” and I honestly had a lot of doable visions for it. Unfortunately I was using a new library at the time so I couldn’t get everything done. I uploaded it only because a couple of friends told me to, I did not actually feel that it was worthy :P.

I was pleasantly surprised at all the great feedback, even though the game has very minimal graphics, content, and no music or sounds. I have started work on a post-compo version which I hope to incorporate a lot of the feedback and my original ideas in.

Anyway…

What went well:

-Relatively easy theme and idea

-I’ve gotten good enough at coding that nothing was difficult for me

-I had a lot of fun hanging out at Ryerson’s Game Maker Union

What didn’t:

-New library with new complications

-Not enough time left for graphics and sound

Anyway, really fun, and hope to do it again 😀

Game: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=20256

So I’m going to be doing the compo (during exam week, so this should be fun). The tools I’ll be using include:

-Java

-LibGDX Stable

-Garage Band or Audacity

-Tiled

-Inkscape

EDIT: Admin here. It’s fun to get emotional about themes, but death threats are not tolerated here.

BATMAN IS BEST SUPERHERO! PUT BATMAN IN GAME OR YOU SUCK!!!

Yes this is my attempt at starting a Ludum Dare riot…

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/copdh7h3gr8cn7fc8a8506gh4tc

Umm…So this will be my third Ludum Dare and I am pretty excited about it. I hope we get a cool theme and stuff, etc. etc. and so forth.

Tools:

Java

Eclipse

LibGDX+Box2D

PhotoShop

BFXR

I have no idea what I’m going to do for music

Should be fun, definitely looking forward to this

This will be my fourth or fifth Ludum Dare now (on and off unfortunately cause of school). Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!

Tools:

LibGDX (Java and OpenGL)

Eclipse

Paint.NET

Bfxr