This is my first ever post here,

And I am psyched to finally have a chance to be a part of LD, sadly I had exams during the previous one hindering me from participating.

Anyways, I am going to be using the following tools:

* Java

* Swing for the rendering

* My own base framework for all my sprite and level needs

* Lots and lots of Iced Cappuccinos.

Strategy:

* Spend more time on design

* Focus on creating the game as opposed to designing a good engine structure

* Exploit anything I can to reduce development time, given that the game will still run at around 60 fps on my 4 year old laptop

* Innovate (no infinite runner! NO!)

I hope I can finish something decent in time, maybe even get a trophy or something.
I’m also looking forward to all the entries from other contestants, some of the ones in the previous ld blew me away.

Thanks for reading,
Paul

LibGDX seems a lot more powerful.

I think I’ll stick with it since I do like the easy cross platform publishing capabilities. It also has a tonne of very useful features like SpriteBatch, which is essentially essential for any game. I could also go with LWJGL, but I don’t exactly have the experience necessary with the library.

What are you going to use and why?

I have recently been having this problem within my code (java) where subclasses of certain classes share variables with every other instance.

Ex.

public abstract class Entity
{
protected int x, y;
protected int xvel, yvel;

public void setVel(int x, int y)
{
xvel = x;
yvel = y;
}
}

public class Grass extends Entity
{
public void update()
{
x += xvel;
y += yvel;
}
}

in my level class I have a list of Grass objects and so I update them in a for loop, but what I notice is that if I do the following:

entities.get(0).setVel(10, 10);

every single grass object has its velocity set to 10, 10

Please help. I have been struggling with this for 2 days.

Do not use Vector2.Zero to initialize Vector2 variables,
use new Vector2(0, 0);
Just, dont do it.

It is 1 pm here and I was planning to wake up at 8 am. Clearly that didn’t work out, but now, I have a new Idea. Lets see if I can do a complete rewrite by the end of today. 😛

Being the pessimistic bastard that I am, I almost threw in the towel.

But then an idea struck me, and so did some art abilities (kinda) and thus, Use it wisely was created, and it was good.
I hope.

It’s core mechanic revolves around freezing time for a duration of up to 10 seconds in total per level. You could freeze time for three seconds, leaving you with 7 more for the rest of the level.

Hello guys, I am new to this whole ludum dare thing, so I almost forgot to post that my game has been completed!

My game is called use it wisely, it is a puzzle platformer, where you are an assassin hunting the king, making your way through the dungeons in order to get to him. The unique thing is, you have been given a watch, not just any watch, but a time holder. It is a watch which can stop the world around you for up to 10 seconds, but you are limited to 10 seconds per level.

Say, you freeze time for 3 seconds in order to jump of the arrow that’s flying towards you, you only have 7 seconds worth of “time holding” left.

Try it for yourself and please rate and comment, I would love any feedback.

NOTE: PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.

P.S ARROWS MAKE REALLY GOOD PLATFORMS WHEN FROZEN, AND FALLING TILES MAKE GOOD STAIRCASES WHEN FROZEN IN TIME AS WELL 😉

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=25204

My basecode can be found at this link:
It was done for a game I was working on prior to LD:
https://bitbucket.org/goodpaul6/the-vine