Quick Demo of the progress we've made, It's coming along so far, still needs polish but a lot of the main mechanics are there!
If you want more, check out our dev streams!
http://multitwitch.tv/plnrnd/snowdrama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ywaTMLL4Qo
I'm going to be streaming!
Come join the Game Jammers Discord:
https://discord.gg/uYKDyty
https://www.twitch.tv/snowdrama
Tools: Unity GIMP Photoshop Blender Chronolapse
LETS DO THIS
Over on the Game Jammers Discord we're doing an optional secondary theme!
Join The Game Jammers: https://discord.gg/uYKDyty
Vote for the secondary theme here: https://goo.gl/forms/znmc7P5IWFaDBVB43
My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/snowdrama
https://youtu.be/sMxnMRLuA5A
4 hours to go! Who's excited?! Anyone intersted in spicing things up we're doing an optional second theme on the Game Jammers Discord Join up on discord, and vote on the google form, the theme will be announced at the same time as the main theme!
Join The Game Jammers: https://discord.gg/uYKDyty
Vote for the secondary theme here: https://goo.gl/forms/znmc7P5IWFaDBVB43
My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/snowdrama
https://youtu.be/sMxnMRLuA5A
So it's coming along nicely! I like it so far, it's much more ambitious than previous jams. Here's some in development screenshots
Just a reminder to link your jam page on itch.io! If you do then people can get back to your game's page to rate!
Here you will see the option to select "Add Ludum Dare Tag"
(Yes there's a typo it says 44 but it adds the 45 tag!)
Adding the tag opens a new field! Get the game's page from the LD site and put it here.
Go back to the itch.io page and you'll now see a banner at the top that takes you back to the ldjam site!
This makes it easier for everyone! Especially those who don't open the itch links in a new tab!
While your here.... Check out our game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/zambies
Hey there, I'm Snowdrama! I am a long time Ludum Dare-er and since then, I have heard a lot of people looking for another regular jam that has a more relaxed time frame, so I started the 9 Day jam! The main goal of the 9DJ is that it gives people 2 weekends or 4 or 5 days of work on and off and better chances to flex around schedules!
Currently we are in the voting phase for the theme and the next one starts this upcoming Friday the 8th!
Here's the current theme list:
You can find out more about the 9 Day Jam here!
You can join the discord here!
And you can join the 9 day jam that starts this friday here!
Filmed a "quick" postmortem today talking about what happened during the development of my game 'Dog Go Bark'.
https://youtu.be/QxR72qN5wmw
Figured I'd post a simple update. I lost like 24 hours over being unable to decide on an idea that fit my strict standards lol.
Anyway the idea is that you're in a dream and you're diving deeper into sleep but running from dark versions of yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwQ2peTIKQ
Finished my 11th LD in a row! Check it out!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/depths-of-slumber
If you check it out also consider checking out my Early Postmortem thoughts, I did a lot of new things this jam and not all of them went well haha: https://snowdrama.itch.io/depths-of-slumber/devlog/247042/ld48-early-post-mortem-before-bed
Doing a few quick tutorials on some simple unity scripts I use in nearly every game jam!
Here's what we're trying to cover:
Come hang out! http://www.twitch.tv/snowdrama
Created some scripts on my live stream to use as examples for doing menus and options systems! If you're using unity! I Recommend checking them out so you can add a pause menu and settings/options to your game for better accessibility.
The source from the project is located here: https://github.com/Snowdrama/SimpleUnityScripts
Hey everyone! I recently posted these packages over on github, they are some simple tools that I use during jams but I finally broke them out into packages that can be installed individually and added samples so you can see how I set them up!
Hopefully someone can find some use for these in the jam!
https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnitySpringTools
https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnityUIRouterTools
https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnityTagSystem
Samples can be accessed after installing the package through the package manager!
1, 2, and 3 dimensional springs! Useful for simple animations!
https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnitySpringTools
A Simple but robust menu navigation system. Automatically stacks navigation history so you can navigate back through menus easily!
https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnityUIRouterTools
A very simple system for tagging your objects and sorting them into lists to access easily! The tags automatically add and remove from the list when an object is enabled, disabled or removed.
https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnityTagSystem
Only a short time left! I'm going to be streaming be playing peoples games to try and get people's ratings to 20 by the end!!! If you're still under 20 ratings come hang out and we'll try and pass games around!
My Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/snowdrama
Also check out my game! I'm at 8 cause I've just been so busy with work hahaha! Appreciate everyone!
This is my Obligatory "I'm in" post. LD51 will be my 15th in a row Ludum Dare, going all the way back to 37, and my 22nd LD entry in total!
I'm going to be streaming over on Twitch(and maybe YouTube we'll see what happens tomorrow ^_^)
https://www.twitch.tv/snowdrama
https://www.youtube.com/snowdrama
If you're using Unity I highly recommend checking out my packages! They include a great tool for doing menus as well as some other helpers! https://github.com/Snowdrama/SnowdramaUnityTools
Engine: Unity
Graphics: Aseprite, Gimp, Blender
Music: Lovely Composer, LMMS, Tenacity
Recently I went full time game dev, I am currently working on a short Horror game which I'm planning to release just after the LD! Consider supporting me over on Ko-Fi, people who support me in October will get a copy of the horror game!
https://ko-fi.com/snowdrama
The idea is that you and your partner are on a date at the mall, and they're bored so they ask you to go get them things, and every 10 seconds their patience decreases! Get them the things they ask for before they end the date on you!
I'm still torn on this concept to be honest, I'm rolling with it because it's unique but I have another idea I want to work on that I could pivot to but it's not as Unique as this idea... It would use most if not all the same assets, but It would be more of a classic action game. We'll see what we have in like 5 hours and I'll see if I want to pivot to that or not.
https://youtu.be/S5RuQ1xVg_E
Some people have been sharing itch.io links on posts on the home page so this is a reminder PSA for people
Tagging the game with the Ludum Dare tag allows you to add a link like in the screenshot above, and adds a banner to your game like the screenshot below! When sharing the itch.io link in posts and on other social media, people can now find the page to RATE YOUR GAME if you don't there's no way to reliably find you and your game I just played and now want to rate on the Ludum Dare website
There's only 6 hours left to get your votes in for games! We're currently at 11 and need 9 more to go! Come check out our game and give us a rating and such! Seems people really like the game so far, and I'm already building a post jam version that has a lot of the feedback taken into account!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/sweetheart-speedrun
I'll be playing games of people who leave comments! Lets get this done!
I only have 6, and I'm currently trying to rate as many games as I can in the next few hours!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/lovecraftian-famring
You play as a humble farmer just doing their daily chores of farming the tentacles and setting up traps to draw in other horrors.
Definitely slacked a bit this time around on the voting haha, will probably do a postmortem talking about this and other things.
