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Hello World! (how original…)

Well… I began with game programming few months ago and I love it I am looking for some experience and bigger motivation to make nice game prototype (maybe something more than that? Who knows? xD) and I think LD will be the best option to get it  I am not able to spend whole 48 hours to do it because I am living in Poland where is another DST so competition finishes on monday for me  (you know… school) but I am not scared… I know I am able to finish this I am thinking about using my home greenscreen for keying the main character.

So… I am gonna use:

• C++ (programming language)
• SFML 2.0 (library)
• CodeBlocks (IDE)
• Audacity and propably SFXR (sound)
• Pyxel Edit or Photoshop with Sony Vegas (graphics) (it depends on what type of graphics I am going to use. Sony Vegas to get frames and photoshop for keying)

This will be my first LD entry so wish me luck

Almost forgot… my programming cave:

Well I needed to sleep after theme announcement.  

Got Idea and I am ready to make “Mr. Cylinder”.

I am working about 4 hours and there is a first screen with progress You can see Mr. Cylinder 😀 and debug console on the left. Finished jumping (i have never made it working before). See you in few hours.

Mr. Cylinder INDA HOUSE!

I have finished tile and basic level programming. Now I have to make more graphics (tiles and other characters) and work on collision (making everything from scratch to learn more). So much fun with it 😀

See you in few hours!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt53zMhsJhE

Little progress video. Many things will be added 😉

Too much time spended on collision and made it wrong. Disabled jumping but… DAT AXE!

Well too much time spended on collision (7 hours!) and too many things left to do. Idea was too big for amateur like me and I failed but I  learned many things.  I’m going to add welcome screen, ending screen and release it as unfinished. See you in next Ludum Dare! (or miniLD?)

I dont have time to finish game (wrote about it in the last post) but I submited it  and I am very proud of my work.

Entry:

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=17616

Only version for Windows (tested on Windows 7)

You can see the timelapse of making “Mr. Cylinder”

After fail with 25 Ludum Dare I’m in again!

Learned much from last time and now I am making games with Java and Slick2D!

Can’t wait for theme announcement !

I am livestreaming my 3 hours warmup.

http://www.twitch.tv/harsayhd

I made a simple game called “Road Crosser” to test slick2D and my tools.

Click here to see my entry.

I have a question.

Does someone had a problem with slick2d applets?

You can see the error here: https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/LUDUMDARE/RoadCrosser-26WP/applet/index.html?w=AACo6Ts48uiS6d4T8YCzHbam0s4PhuRDGv16CDPCRWRRLQ

Does someone have a solution?

Yes!

My totally minimalistic game is submitted!

I know it’s very fast but whole idea is done (and I have also my school programming project to finish)

Maybe I am going to update it in future.

Click here to see my entry.

I have fully finished my entry for this ludum dare.

Screenshot from “Out of darkness”

As you can see, game is 100% minimalistic

Click here to see my entry!

My first Ludum Dare (25) was a shameful fail. I wanted to do too much things for 48 hours and not having much experience with programming. So I decided to make a simple game in next Ludum Dare… and there it is – “Out Of Darkness”

Theme was great for my plan. The goal is to escape from darkness by only hearing sounds and seeing light.

The most minimalistic way to make a game

What went right:

• I have finished my Ludum Dare entry but… (read what went wrong)
• Made a simple game as I wanted.
• I know  more now about Slick2D features.
• I think I came out with a good idea for this theme.

What went wrong:

• … it was made only in 13 hours. (9 hours of programming + 4 hours to remove all bugs). But why only in 13 hours? There was 35 hours still to add more features or details BUT I had to finish my school competition project. YES I didn’t plan properly my weekend.
• I had (and still have)  a problem with applet version. Every time when game play sound it freezes whole browser and java console. Have someone a solution for this?

Conclusion:

I love this competition and I will participate until I die. I have still much things to learn but I like it! In the future I need to plan next Ludum Dare weekend 2 weeks earlier.

Joining Ludum Dare third time! I spended this time learning , learning, learning… (OpenGL and other stuff)

Language: Java

IDE: Eclipse

Library: libGDX or LWJGL (it depends on my idea for announced theme)

Tools: Pyxel Edit, Paint .NET, Photoshop, Audacity, Sfxr

My previous entries:

• Ludum Dare 26 – Out of Darkness
• Ludum Dare 26 Warmup – Road Crosser
• Ludum Dare 25 – Mr. Cylinder  ( my first and failed entry )

I’m soooo motivated to participate!

See you!

I was thinking about making one big package with all top 100 Ludum Dare 27 games and call it…

LudumCade

What are you thinking about this?

Was something like this made before?