Hey Jammers! What a great experience it was and still is to take part in LD46, build and "release" our very first game and get so much positive feedback! As most of us, we were not able to complete a tutorial level in time for submission, which lead to some confusion about the main mechanics in ÁED - the spark of life. Hence, we just made this small tutorial video explaining the core mechanics :) Thanks for all the constructive criticism - the feedback made us decide to actually follow up and turn ÁED into a full game and release it on Itch and Steam!

https://youtu.be/2BQD-5JqYA0

Our fourth gamejam overall - this time we want to actually deliver something fun to play!

--> KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID!?

but.. simple and UNSTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

easy to get into .. we need a dead-simple tutorial level explaining the game.. inspiration found ...

and there it is .. the center of attention of our concept .. the UNSTABLE CONCOCTION

Planning the tutorial level .. all core mechanics explained in 30secs of gameplay!?

We have a rough story in mind now... let's design the main character(s)

Meet our hero .. only the name is missing now ...

sizing her up versus the field of view

and some early tilesets to start exploring the atmosphere...

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/$288581

Submission! IN F*ING TIME :) This time around, our 5th, only 2/5 people of the team were able to participate and those 2 only had about 12h each. But we minimized the game concept and delivered on time, which is a huge win for us!

Thanks for everyone at LD for managing a great jam again.. more fun every time around.. even if the topics could use some "bans" ;)

Cheers community! Excited to play your games in the coming days.. but now .. some snoring ;)