https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/$89732

If you get a chance, check out my first LD entry, a compo for LD41 called Painting the Black, an arcade style abstracted baseball / breakout mashup. Feedback welcome, going to put some more time into it post-compo to add music/sound and tighten it up.

Thanks to everyone for the support on my first Ludum Dare entry! It is super empowering to complete a project in such a small amount of time, and super humbling to have a game I made listed with the games of so many talented developers.

I actually started late, I didn't even decide to participate until noon on Sunday! One of the things I chose to bypass because of the time constraint is adding music and sound to the game, something a lot of people mentioned in their feedback. Sound is not my strong point - but in case anyone wants to play the game with music and sound, I had some free time this weekend and created a post-jam version of the game on ITCH.IO that has music and sound in it. I can't promise the music/sounds are good, but it is probably better than playing in silence - and if you prefer the silence, you can turn the music/sounds off. I also added a new ball-type that lets you destroy gloves which is pretty cool.

Please play the Jam Version of the game first if you haven't already rated the game, and have fun!

https://abraxasinteractive.itch.io/painting-the-black

Hey I just wanted to first of all thank everyone for participating in Ludum Dare, what a great opportunity to practice our craft, and to get to know and support one another! I've been getting great feedback so far on the game and I appreciate that, I'm enjoying playing all of your games, too.

Also I was a little rushed throwing up my ITCH.IO page last night, with the Game of Thrones episode coming on right as the Compo ended, so I updated it when I got home from work today and I'm pretty happy with it.

If you get a chance to check out my game, I think you might like it, it's pretty fun:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/american-healthcare-system

It's not an HTML5 game, you actually have to download it for your PC, but it's a small little EXE file and if you don't like it you can just delete it afterwards.

It's a Space Invaders / Galaga type game with a twist, and a message, inspired by the American Healthcare System.

If you get inspired to make a difference, there are charities out there that help people out. I'll compile a list on the ITCH.IO page. (Here's a list for now: https://www.healthcareglobal.com/top-10/healthcare-charities) In the meantime if you know of any good charities for people struggling to afford medicine and healthcare, post a link to it in the comments section!

Thank you!