I'm in the process of making a post-compo version of my entry Blood Money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzmxBCh0Fn0
I'm quite happy with the progress so far. But the player ship is just a tad overpowered during progression (understatement =) and I reached integer overflow on the scoring...
The video shows some shorts clip over from a half hour session. I am aiming for a sub-10 minute play time per round with the final version.
Hey guys and girls!
Another Ludum Dare is archived into history - this event is such a cool thing to be a part of! Remember - the results and rankings are of course interesting to dig in to, but it's taking part and submitting a game before the deadline that is the true challenge and everyone who did so should be proud regardless of what ranking you got!
In my game "Blood Money" I used a simple method to create modular spaceships that are UV mapped, textured, and assembled into a bunch of unique spaceships with very little effort.
I feel that this is a very powerful method to use, especially for events such as Ludum Dare where time management is critical. I created the spaceships in my game in a matter of minutes and I'd like to share the technique with everyone - hopefully you can find it useful and use the technique in your future games =)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZe00W_WDq0
I wanted to share some of my lessons learned and tips that I've accumulated over the past 9 Ludum Dare event's that I've had the pleasure to take part in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyJ3fhNrn9g
Hopefully the video can act as some inspiration and encouragement to keep participating in future Ludum Dare events for both newcomers as well as experienced gamedevs!
Keep it up everyone!
Less than 40 days to go now! I thought I would re-post this video, hopefully it can provide some inspiration and ideas while waiting and preparing for Ludum Dare 45 =) The video is particularly aimed towards those of you who have never tried Ludum Dare, but maybe it can be of some use even for seasoned participants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyJ3fhNrn9g
LD45 will be my 10th consecutive event. Originally I wanted to participate ONCE to see what it was like. That was LD36. Now I just can't stop - and I don't want to stop for that matter.
Get your tools ready and take care everyone!
Hey - I hope you are all super excited for Ludum Dare 45!
Sorry for the re-post, but as some of you are getting prepared, I wanted to share this video one last time about making a game in a weekend during Ludum Dare. I hope it can add to your ideas while you patiently wait for another 2 hours until the event begins :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyJ3fhNrn9g
Best of luck everyone and have fun!
As always, I'm excited that it's time for Ludum Dare! Unfortunately I've caught the flu this time but I will try to make a simple game despite that. I don't want to break my ongoing LD streak =)
My tools are the usual suspects: * Unity (2019.2) * Blender 2.8 * Photoshop * Illustrator (if I flip out and go 2D again) * Cubase 9.5 + countless VST instruments * Sound Forge 11 (old, yet NOT reliable =)
I have finally, after I don't know how many years, started to use GitHub so sharing the project will be much simpler this time around after the event.
Also, please, please let me stay away from shoot'em'ups and platformers. I need to redeem my innovation rating!
Phew, I finished in time and I've uploaded my compo game "I Have Nothing - If I don't take from you".
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/i-have-nothing-1
With having the flu this weekend I was skeptic if I would make anything at all. Then I spent the first 5-10 hours making art assets so I was even more doubtful after that, haha. But, I'm happy I made it to celebrate my 10th consecutive Ludum Dare!
I have to go to bed, got to get up for work in less than 3 hours so I have to do the video tomorrow. For now, I leave some screenshots behind. Please feel free to play (WebGL) and rate the game. Be careful so you don't get knocked out though =)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/i-have-nothing-1
Hope you've all had a fun experience this weekend!!
In my LD45 game, you start with nothing. You have to take stuff from next door to score points. but don't get caught in the act you will get knocked out!! And when you are knocked out - it's game over and no more points can be scored.
WebGL version available: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/i-have-nothing-1
I hope you had a fun event everyone!
Making I Have Nothing was a lot of fun! I managed to get a repetitive low poly object flow going but after 10 hours of modeling and animating in Blender I statted to feel abit stressed that I had an empty Unity Project :)
Here is some raw game play footage from the game. A video post mortem will follow!
https://youtu.be/0w9lYAf4Xmw
Watch out for the broom!
Oups, maybe I made the INSANE difficulty a bit toooo hard. I can't even get past a score of 300 =)
I am considering doing a competition again like I did with Blot with some Steam giftcards as prizes. I was going to put it on the Insane difficulty but I think that might just be a bit too hard. I will do some more testing on Hard and see if that is suitable. I would be interested in what region of scores you guys can get on Hard and Insane.
Here's the MP3 sound track of I Have Nothing if anyone wants to download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pw7a1j0tkc0es2n/Imphenzia%20-%20I%20Have%20Nothing%20%5BLD45%5D.mp3?dl=0
I'm also working on the timelapse for I Have Nothing. It'll take another few days until it's finished but I'll make sure to post it here as well as on my YouTube channel.
You can play the game here (WebGL and Windows) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/i-have-nothing-1
Hey, I haven't had a chance to put together my narrated post mortem video yet, but meanwhile I was happy to see that my game was in top-100 in every category with the best idividual score of 8th in Humor (usually my worst category:). Since I am an audio guy as well, I am somewhat disappointed that among all my scores the Audio category was my worst scoring category haha. Will follow up woth a video next week! Thanks everyone!
Hey, I finally got around to record my Post Mortem & Timelapse of the making of I Have Nothing =)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUb1mOihEqY
See previous blog entry - I can't delete this one.
Hi guys!
Since I started to do LD (LD36) I've been practicing Blender - usually shortly before LD itself, but this year I'm doing it every week. I'm doing a video series about it where I challenge myself to model objects in 10 minutes, here are the two most recent episodes. Maybe you can find some tips while you prep for LD46 in this series? =)
Here's a video about making low poly cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YALV3HqfdLY
And here is a low poly character that is rigged, ready for animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBAkjGLE-Xs
Hey Guys!!
Just about a week to go now, so exciting =) If you are planning to use Blender to model stuff for LD, maybe these videos can give you some tricks to speed up your workflow. I use these techniques for LudumDare as I do the compo entries. They are not really supposed to be tutorials as such, but they can maybe give you some ideas??
I just released this video a few minutes ago where I model and rig 5 low poly characters in 10 minutes (real time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZDnV4KshM8
And here is another one where I model 10 cars in 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YALV3HqfdLY
Take care everyone and get your software in good shape before the LD timer starts :)
Here's a paramedic... now I just need to figure out WHAT he should keep alive =)
I am super thrilled . my 11th consecutive Ludum Dare was successful. I wasn't planning to spend too much time on a game this weekend, but I still couldn't help myself to put 20 hours in, haha. LD is just too addictive and fun =)
Check out my entry "ALIEN RESCUE" - how far can you get it to go?? WebGL version available.
* PLAY HERE *
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/alien-rescue
* VIDEO *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNMgAFq-1SI
* SCREENSHOTS *
New personal best = 419 meters!
There will be a competition with prizes in Alien Rescue soon. Get some practice in :)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/alien-rescue
Managed to get 631 meters when playing with my daughter! My previous PB was 419.
