Hey fellas. I'm back for another Ludum Dare, I wasn't able to participate in 46 and 47, but hopefully I'll be able to put something out for 48! I'm already used to work eating up some of my time and I learned how to be more efficient, and also a friend of mine decided to join me and help me out, we're making a game! All in all this seems promising, good luck to everyone else~!
I just find a lot of these themes interesting!
I've been working on a little update to my last Ludum Dare entry, from LD45! My game, Sluggish Grind, now has an online leaderboard, as well as many little QoL improvements over my original jam version.
You can find it on My website, the direct link is here! It's been worked on with HTML5 in mind, and tested by quite a few people on my Discord server, so it should work on most devices, save for mobile, which it hasn't been optimised for.
Be sure to post your scores! Keep on with the grind!
I don't believe we'll be able to finish this project before the deadline, work and stuff. I did do a lot of progress on the three hours I had available yesterday, though, I did movement mechanics I never worked on before!
although this is an unintended one
I'm not particularly musically inclined, however I also am too stubborn to accept adding artwork I have not made into my game.
What is your process? What sort of tools do you use and how long does it take you? If you opt for adding free music, or no music, do tell me how you make it work for your projects!
(It's not a farming sim.)
I just hope I can pull it off! Feeling a little sick and might need to rest before doing anything presentable
I did animate a few sprites for my player character, though. Take a look:
Suddenly energized for no particular reason, I decided to ink and color my sprites... Yay!?
Brain is not letting me work on the jam project anymore!! I need a break after all. Well, if I do finish this after LD is over I'll still be happy.
Didn't even get to post any updates this time around, was too busy actually working on our game!! I love how it came out, probably because I didn't write any of the code! Check it out on my or @chailotl's profile!
My very first jam was supposed to be in a 5 or 6-person team, but the team did not have a very good chemistry, we were not on the same wavelength, hadn't complementary skill sets and hadn't a similar level of experience, and that ended up not producing a game.
This jam, I worked in a two-person team and we were on a roll, it felt like we were thinking the same thing while effectively being able to work on very distinct parts of the development pipeline. We communicated effectively and got a product done and we were both happy with the result.
Which makes me curious: What has your experience with participating in jams in teams been like? I feel like the biggest challenge of making a game in a team is not so much making the game itself, but managing the team. But as you know, I don't have much experience with that. I would love to hear what experiences you've had, both the small and the large teams, both the good and the bad experiences.
Last time I went solo was LD 45, I guess those are my lucky numbers, since I just managed to get something done for LD 54 as well.
I had a simple idea that really only ties to the theme loosely, but my main goal was to get anything done at all, and that I did. I'm happy with the result, and I'm convinced it's a pretty bug-free entry. Give it a try! I'd love to get some feedback. :)
I pushed out an experimental update to my game, COSMOSTRIDE, featuring an online leaderboard!
Not only does it show scores for each player, but also what modules they used for each level, mostly so I can take a peek at what modules players prefer and do well with ;)
I wanted to play some games but the site is borked :(
Could you link me your games so I can give them a try?
HTML5 or Linux build preferred!!
And while I scratch your back, could you scratch mine, too?
Not everyone is going to make it to 20 ratings, but we can help nudge the most people along! Let's play as many games that are in Danger as we can for the final day of the rating period!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/games/danger/all
I only voted up 5 themes, and this was one of them!