I’m in for my second LD ever!  I’ll probably just use Game Maker since it’s so easy, as well as Photoshop for the art.

This should be an interesting theme to work with…

Well, since everybody else is writing out their ideas, I figure I might as well join in.

Basically, you are in a freezing, arctic environment with only your crashed >insert-air-vehicle< for shelter. In order to progress, you must venture out into the frigid environment to gather scrap metal, food, and other resources. However, you must be quick in doing so, as the temperature is so cold that you can’t survive for more than ten seconds outside at a time.

You will use your scrap metal and other resources to create portable shelters that you can set up outside to have more safe places to return to, allowing you to explore further into the wilderness. Be wary of your surroundings, though, as you may find yourself being stalked by a mythical creature that is rumored to attack any who enter its territory.

Okay, so I finally have the design for my character figured out. Here’s a picture showing the various changes I made throughout. I’m using a low-res style that I enjoy doing. To give an example of how low-res this is going to be, the entire game screen is going to basically be 160×90 pixels.

Well. Here I am with just 20 hours to go and I haven’t even started to program. Looks like it’s going to be a long night…

As much as I wanted to stay up all night working on my game, my body had other plans and I fell asleep before I could even really code anything. After rushing a bit this morning, I finally have a few of the core mechanics working and I’m really happy with how it’s looking so far. Here’s a screenshot:

The dark pieces are scrap metal which you collect and use to build things.