Well, having got Game Maker working, i think it’s time to enter Ludum Dare! Expect my game in the competition (but don’t expect an awesome soundtrack =P    )

woo, this’ll be phun!

Thinking of which, how do i go about entering the competition?

well, seeing as it’s the season, i thought i might introduce myself.

I’m Saxon Landers, a.k.a AClockWorkLemon, a.k.a ~ACWL on IRC. I make games as a hobby under the label ‘clockwork games’ (haven’t publicly released anything yet) using GameMaker 8.The tools I will be using for LD48#17 are:

• GameMaker 8 Pro
• Paint.NET
• Audcity

And probably a whole bunch of other stuff. This is boing to be my first LD, so fingers crossed.

For examples of my previous games, check The ClockWork Engine. it’s an ongoing project to create a game engine that works off external files.

Hope you enjoy my game! ~ACWL

to get started, i thought i should post a picture of my ‘work space’ as well.

well, this is embarrassing

I’ve always been a bit of a nerd, and now is a time to show that off. depending if i have time, i’m planning to make my entire game with sprite that are ASCII! Should be fun.

I’m a nifflas fan, so i did a bit of practice with one of the creatures from one of his games:

Object4, Bank 10, Knytt Stories

UPDATE:

Here is another one i have done as practice:

Main Charachter from FiNCK, Nifflas' new game

I’m going to be shooting my Ludum Dare 48h using chronolapse. Seeing as i’m in Australia, and i want to give regular updates, i will be posting a total of three videos. Expect them!

Food diet:

• Chocolate (lindt, of course :P)
• whatever mum cooks
• hungry jack’s
• lemon iced-tea cordial
• honey (straight down the throat XD)
• whatever else is lying ’round

Been thinking on what to make, and got halfway through setting up a platformer engine before I gave up on that idea. I am now working on a ball-rolling game. could be interesting

Screenshot. it's more than it looks like...

well, it would seem that i have given up on the ball-rolling game. with the physics in Game Maker, it just wasn’t going to happen. I am now working on a March f the mini marios – style game thingy.. dunno what is going to happen, but i’ll get the game engine going first.

Well, my game is coming along quite well, the engine seems to be working OK (at least for now)

Screenshot:

Red=mini dudes, Green='islands', blue=spawnpoint, Circle thingys= bridges (placed by user)

Well, its 10:15 here in Sydney, and i’m off to bed so i can start earlt tomorrow.

Here is a timelapse of the 7h or so today

Ludum Dare #17 Timelapse Part1

I was tiring of fiddling around with the game engine, so i made some graphics for it instead. Quite pleased with the results, I think i will be sticking to a black/white colourscheme. I haven’t

New screenshot. Now with added awsmoeness

got around to the sprites for the mini-dudes yet.

Even more functionality!

Now we have:

Bridge: solid, can be walked on and underneath. can only be placed to the left or right of something

Box : solid, acts as a platform and/or wall. has physics (aka, it falls)

Jump pad: can only be placed on floors. makes l’il dudes jump

Screenie:

Wheee!!!!

Well, i’ve got a good little HUD working now, which makes thing that much easier. Almost ready to make an engine release!

Hmm... few to many l'il dudes there....

well, i’ve got the game engine sorted now, now all i need to do is design the levels.

Screenie:

Wheeee!!!

D/L Link:   http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4410179/LD%2317.zip

EDIT: oh, yeah, you can switch block types by clicking on the icon in the HUD or using the mousewheel.

After a bit of Bug-fixing on the engine, i have now made the first four levels for my game, all of which are tutorials.

Screenie:

Bouncy!

This is a timelapse of the major part of Ludum Dare.

Well, i have finally finished my entry. It doesn’t have any background music, as i didn’t have time (and i can’t make music for shit) and not quite as many levels as i would have hoped ( i ran out of ideas). I’m happy with the end result, especially for a first LD.

Download

ENJOY!

Title Screen

Level

Another Level :P

I have noticed in the voting list that there are strange bronze and silver medals next to peoples names. May i ask what they are?

I must make an apology

I have, due to a pile of homework, been unable to rate many games at all.  will try to rate as many as i can, but I can’t promise that i will. If i didn’t rate yours, my sincere apologies. Good luck too all of you! ~ACWL

I’m still going to  be with the community, and will probably take part of LD#18, i will just be a little quiet.

Hiya, its me again 😀

I realise i hvn’t really been active over the past few months, but i will probably be participating in LD#18 (yay)

I will give final confirmation depending on the amount of homework i have that weekend, but look forward to a wacky GM game from me!

well, i submitted a ‘game’ for the test, and i’m running into major issues on the view all entries’ screen

Specs:

Windows 7 x64, running Firefox 4 beta 3