Hey guys,

This was my first Ludum and second jam over all. I learned so much and had so much fun.

Will have our game published soon!

Race through branching paths and find your way to the end of a castle!

Currently working on submission and links :3 Follow for updates.

We just sent in our finished version of the game!

I think it turned out pretty cool! It was fun designing levels for such a unique game. I think we really captured what made the genres and by extension, games of those genres, have to offer. All while providing something like I have never played before. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Play it here!

Metroidvania / Racing (With some shooting action) 👍

Cyclevania

Link to Finished Entry

So, this is my first ever Ludum Dare. I had only jammed once before this! I wanted to wrap up my thoughts and how we pulled it off.

My role, for the most part, was programmer. I coded the majority of the mechanics and features in the game. I took on some design and level design as well, but I can't take credit for the majority of it. I also set up source control, helped plan, and other various things. When it is a short time limit, everyone does everything. lol

I guess the best way for me to break this up is by day and milestones.

Friday ~ Planning and Starting

Leading up to friday, we all voted and thought about what themes we would like to be picked. * We had to throw all of those ideas out the window. * The theme we * didn't * want got picked. We had no ideas at all for a game. We spent from 9PM to probably 10:30PM asking each other what we could do and what would be fun. Some of my favorite scrapped ideas (Some serious, some not):

• First Person Shooter x First Person Shooter
• FPS x Physics x Golf - Basically a game about using guns to shoot and bouncy ball into a hole
• Etc.

After that, someone said it and the genres were set - * Metroidvania x Racing(ExciteBike) *.

I started coding almost immediately. I got a character controller, pickups, and a few various classes done and working. I coded until probably 2:30 AM - 3 AM. The core mechanics of the game were here, more or less.

Saturday ~ Building, Breaking, and More

Saturday was co-work day! I drove down to one of our team member's house and we worked most of the day. The game gained a real structure then. We cemented the level design, characters, music, etc. This is when the game really got the * metroidvania * half. I covered their whiteboard in doodles and bad level layouts until we finally designed something that stuck and felt fun to play.

* _ Then we lost it. _ *

A source control error like I have never seen before happened and we lost the entire main level. After an hour of refactoring, fixing, and rebuilding , We ended up with something better. We got our level back and it turned out better the second time! I can honestly say that saturday is when the game took shape and our group was its strongest. Without that co-working experience, they game wouldn't have turned out as good.

Sunday ~ Polish, PlayTesting, and Publishing

On Sunday I spent most of the day playing and populating the level. I wanted to make sure there were fun puzzles based on the mechanics we had in place. I spent most of the day doing this. After that phase was over, I just polished.

Screen Shake, Particle Effects, Screen Fading, control tightening, etc. I spent a lot of time on this. I got to the point that I felt like the game played well and correctly represented the source material I was working with. I sent the game to a few people and let them play, and I got mostly positive feedback. I analyzed the negative, and made some adjustments to the game. Then we ended up with the final project. c:

Conclusion

I don't think there is anything I would change or do differently. It went smooth with a few minor hiccups. Of course there are things I'd like to have added, but the game we got was worth making the sacrifices. Quality over Quantity ;P

In the end, this went super smoothly and was one of the coolest experiences in my young gamedev career. I learned a lot and I think I can make the next one even better! Also, keep regular backups locally in case of git being mean. ;P

Give us a rating? :3

Hey guys!

I wanted to show off our entry, Cyclevania, and maybe get some ratings! If you link your game, I will rate it too!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cyclevania

Thanks for all the support <3

Hey guys!

Just pushed a very small post-jam update that should make Cyclevania a * little * more convenient for the player.

Before, when you died you would have to basically play the whole * whole level * over again to get the key. Now, the keys persist after death. :]

Try it out and let us know what you think!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cyclevania

Hey guys!

We uploaded our submission earlier and I wanted to show it off here!

You play as an anti-virus program tasked with cleaning up a computer that is rapidly filling up with viruses and spam. It is a top down shooter much like gauntlet! Leave a link to your game in the comments and we will check it out!

Link to Game

Link to Game

Wanted to take a second to show everyone our game! This is my second Ludum, and for this theme we made a game out of a system cleaner software that has to clean a machine that is filling up with stuff and you have to clean it before the memory gets filled up.

It is a top down shooter with enemy spawners you have to destroy. It plays a lot like older versions of Gauntlet. All of it with a Windows 95-98 style. :] I also made an executable version to go with the web player if anyone would like to play it on their Desktop instead! You can check it out Here

Link to Game

Link to Game

Wanted to take a second to show everyone our game! This is my second Ludum, and for this theme we made a game out of a system cleaner software that has to clean a machine that is filling up with stuff and you have to clean it before the memory gets filled up.

It is a top down shooter with enemy spawners you have to destroy. It plays a lot like older versions of Gauntlet. All of it with a Windows 95-98 style. :] I also made an executable version to go with the web player if anyone would like to play it on their Desktop instead! You can check it out Here

Link to Game

Link to Game

Wanted to take a second to show everyone our game! This is my second Ludum, and for this theme we made a game out of a system cleaner software that has to clean a machine that is filling up with stuff and you have to clean it before the memory gets filled up.

It is a top down shooter with enemy spawners you have to destroy. It plays a lot like older versions of Gauntlet. All of it with a Windows 95-98 style. :] I also made an executable version to go with the web player if anyone would like to play it on their Desktop instead! You can check it out Here

Link to Game