So I’ve been working on a game for 8 hours now and I’ve been using a few free packages from unity’s asset store to put a bit of life into the game but then it hit me! Compo says that I’m to do everything from scratch which lead to this post now. So as I already mentioned I’ve been using 3 free packages from the Asset store and are now wondering if this makes it impossible/illegal for me to to submit my product for the compo? Regardless I’m sure that I’m allowed to upload it to the jam 😀

So after long a philosophic discussing about what a “One Screen” is (here including that the monitor was a screen, the window of the game was a screen etc.) we dragged to the conclusion that what this theme must mean is that you should not have big fancy popup guis, and a mess like they have in MMOs but all infomation should be on the screen at all time, sort of like the old Amiga Dungeon Crawler games. The conclusion we took was that you didn’t necessary need to see the entire level of the game on the screen at once. We began to look at it make some rules to follow like; you should never be in need of waiting on a loading screen, need to have popup windows, or have a huge Gui to popup. You should simply have every single importance to the game shown on the screen at anytime!

With the rules set we made a brain storm and the idea we first began to relate to and find interesting was resource management. We than started to slowly find ideas we then started to look at basic game mechanics and stuff to get started and we decided to make a pixelated game in outerspace where you need to manage your crew members and resources of the ship, as well as buying and selling to aliens to survive your mission in space. Maybe most importance is the treats to the player, Pirates, Asteroid Storms, Oxygen, black holes, and many others we’ll probably won’t have implemented in the first version, but most important to manage your limited resources on your trip through space!

Now my fellow game developers, I give you one days hard work! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13581369/Game.gif (Image too huge to be uploaded – Sorry)

Hey so I compiled a list of some (maybe) interesting facts about our LD Project/Game that I and maybe some others may find interesting!

The game is created by 2 people, Programmer: Jackie Christensen (@jacksendary) Artist: Bettina Andersen (@tinachan_ba)
Created within 72 hours – Rough estimate of time used actually working: Jackie: 36 Hours Bettina: 24 Hours
Created with Unity3D V4.6, Visual Studio, and Photoshop
First time using the new GUI system in Unity (was interesting to use for this project)
Total lines of code (LOC) (Estimated by Visual studio’s code calculation metrix): 746 Lines (all written by jackie)
First sub theme the game was created from was Resource management, with inspiration from Oregon Trail
Current state of the game very buggy
The event system (the most bugged part) was created within roughly 3 hours in the very end (not the smartest idea :D)

If you wanna play the game feel free to do so here: Spacey Trail

After now voting roughly 150 games we’ve found some that we though stood out and we wanna give those a shoutout!
Streaming Simulator: Hard and very interesting game: StreamingSimulator
Discord: Fun little Puzzle game with good potentials: Discord
LiliLight: One of the most beautiful games we’ve seen so far, and a very interesting idea: LiliLight
Lord Of the Dungeon: Cool Dungeon crawler, Platformer, RPG game: Lord Of the Dungeon
Press Enter: One of the game that I think was very weird but pretty fun idea: Press Enter

and there was at least 50 more games that as easily could have been placed on this list but I think these 5 was some that we really though stood out and we remember playing!

It doesn’t seem of much yet but holy shoots have it been bugging me/us! at least it looks better than yester day and we might also have overshot with the time as this seems really ambitious.

Yesterday:

Today:

Hey folks my 10th Ludum dare, exited to be part of it yet again! :smile:

Although this wasn't my favorite theme I've some up with 2 ideas I like a lot, but I'd love to hear input from others too to hear what people thinks.

My first idea is to take a simple clicker game, and turn it into a multiplayer game where all connected players helps each other to generate power. I was thinking of making this very simple in a ASP.NET MVC solution using AJAX, a Webservice and a database. To make the game a little more challenging players needs to realise that their inputs matters, as certain combinations of resources may generate my power. The goal is to NOT run out of power, as the players will need to defend them self against an evil enemy - THE POWER SURGES!!! - if the surges drains the power completely the game is over and will start a new round after some times.

Second idea is an escape room, you are trapped in a room, there is limited power for you to use and solve the riddles within this room without also going insane! the game will be a smaller and simple puzzle adventure where the goal is for you to escape with your mind still sane, and before the power runs out, trapping you forever in what will become your tomb! This idea build a lot on either a game show, or the player being kidnapped, maybe saw? and now tested if he/she can escape in time without wasting resources. Game will be a 3D FPS made within unity.

Any comments or remarks? I think I'll jump to bed soon so I'll be well rested for the next few days, as I've been up for 24 hours soon (4 am here in EU) but I'd love to hear which idea people think is the most nice/viable? :)

Also feel free to check by my stream; https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary and throw me a follow, I may or may not stream most of my development when I'm awake :grinning:

Hi all so I've just fired up for my stream and and my target audience to day is everyone who made a game for LDJAM39! gladly come by: https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary if you want your game played, simply just link it in chat, and I'll add it to the queue of games to play! - Please add a note if it needs to be downloaded or played in a browser, ONLY accepting links to ldjam.com!!! now on with the show which will start shortly! :)

https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary

Last time I was called the most critical, yet fair reviewer/judge, I'm going to keep that up today! swing by and show me your LD game and I'll vote it harshly but fair! :D https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary

Hello all I'm gonna do another playing and judging your game(s) stream and review them critically and talk about them in depth! jump by and say Hallo :D https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary

Hey all first of, thanks to every single one of you for making this LDJAM one of the more awesome ones! and thanks to all you who voted not just my game but every single game out there, and also thank you to all who have stopped by my stream to get your game voted and judged by the so called "most critical reviewer/judge at Ludum Dare"! Thanks for a bunch of awesome games and the play time and joy it have giving me over the past month! If you're having a game here in the last hours you want me to play please do post them to me and I'll give them a shot!

Lastly let me also plug my own game one last time and let me know what you think of it: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/escape-the-morgue

Thank you for voting, and thanks for this LD again - See ya all in December! :D

it starts again! The so called most critical reviewer on twitch is back! I'm going to play and rate LDJAM games, drop by the stream and lets review and talk about games! If you dare to get the complete brutal honesty about your game, drop byu and say hi and submit your game for me to play!

Otherthing people have said about me: Critical but honest! Most informative reviewer yet on twitch! You're fat!

https://twitch.tv/jacksendary https://twitch.tv/jacksendary https://twitch.tv/jacksendary

Hey all I'm going to play some more LDJAM games on stream and rate them "harshly". Drop by and let the most critical reviewer at the LD twitch community talk about your game. :) https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary

Hey all Once more I’m going to play some more LDJAM games on stream and rate them. Drop by and let the most critical reviewer at the LD twitch community talk about your game. :) https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary use !submit to submit your game and lets talk :D

I've really came in the festive spirit on my stream today :D Come and look at the new Christmas theme while I play your LDJAM Games and critically review, judges and rate them! :D https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary Hope to see you guys there for a cozy evening with lots of awesome games :D

Hey all the most critical LD streamer is back and ready to play your games yet again, want feedback and have me and others play your games? come by for some hours of gaming and discussion use !submit [link] to submit your game to the queue :D c-ya there!

https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary/

Hi guys, usually I hate these post but due to lots of work and and generally a busy life here in May I just recently had som time to vote on some game, and now I see I need a few votes which I would really appriciate if I could get - Thanks a lot in regard, feel free to link your game too if you want me to take a look at it later :)

Link:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/game-jam-the-game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/game-jam-the-game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/game-jam-the-game

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/game-jam-the-game

Thank you a lot in regard! :)

So not really the theme I hoped for but I have a few idea which I'd love to see if someone else would join in on.

First of a Bullet hell game combined with some clever inventory management, OH YES did I mention this idea have an ass-ton of guns and powers?

Some sort of 3D or 2D parkour game where the space around you is literally running out as a room is getting filled up with random stuff! you must escape with your sick moves!

God simulator: Well this is for those who really wanna be horrible, imagine game play like Plague Inc but you're god which need to kill people with different powers to avoid the earth getting overcrowded/overpopulated and draining the earth's resources completely.

Some sort of game where items is abilities which you use you complete stages.

Some sort of space game where you litterally fly out of space?

Ps. I'm a programmer with 10 years experience and game designer. Hit me up on discord if you wanna make magic together: jacksendary#9565

So after Reinstalling windows, PC crashing multiple times, a project killed from reinstalling windows, and more... My PC finally seems to work as Corsair ICUE were a huge pain in the ass, but sadly all this have also taken so much time away from me i this weekend that I simply now must admit I can't upload anything.

My idea was to make a 3D clone of the game "Give Up" and I did also start yesterday (about 32 hours before deadline) to piece something together, which I'm not too happy about. So I decided this time I will simply not participate as I'm not happy with what I've made, but hopefully my system will be stable by December for LD43, and hopefully the theme will be more interesting at that time too.

Thanks all for this time, hope you all have made some amazing games, might see if I can play and review some of them later this month, but for now, I will relax, and enjoy the WoW BFA release later tonight.

Happy Jaming and playing!

Hey all it have been a while since the "most fair and critical" LD'Jammer have been around, but I'm finally back and I'm ready to play what ever games you're willing to throw at me from LD44. So join in tells chat and have fun playing a lot of games to night! https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary

Hey all the “most fair and critical” LD’Jammer is at it again, and I’m ready to play what ever games you’re willing to throw at me from LD44. So join in lets chat and have fun playing some games to night! https://www.twitch.tv/jacksendary