Hey everyone! This will be both my first Ludum Dare, as well as my first game jam. I’ve made some small games and demos, but I’ve never really gotten any to a stage that I would call “completed”. I’m hoping this changes that. Either way, should be fun!

Language: C#, XNA
Development Environment: Visual Studio
Graphics: Paint.net & mspaint.exe
Music: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sound Effects: SFXR

I’m gonna try to crowdsource some of my friends to help with art / music / ideas / etc. I have no idea how it’ll all work out, but I’ll post the source to my GitHub account, and I’ll write up a postmortem afterwards on my blog.

And finally, my desk:

– @DeadlyBrad42

Submitted my game with about 1 minute to spare! This was my first LD ever, and it was a huge learning experience. I enjoyed every minute of it, and will definitely be looking to partake in my game jams / Ludum Dare competitions in the future.

As for my game, Prison Break, it’s probably not the most polished out there, but I still feel really good about completing it. I’m usually the guy who starts projects and abandons them halfway through, and having a clear goal and deadline like LD really helped me focus on getting it to a playable, release-able state. I also now have a really good idea on where my strengths and weaknesses in game development lie, and how to improve my skills for the next round. See you guys next time!