Hello! First time for Ludum Dare and not sure how to sign up. Is there a button I'm missing somewhere? Or do I click on "My Game" and make a game? Also can't find the "follow" button for some reason.

Ludum dare page: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/home-r-i-p-airs

Itch.io page: https://joykangpae.itch.io/home-ripairs

This was our first ever Ludum Dare, and we had a blast. Completely unintentional but we ended up making a Halloween-themed game just in time for October. I hope you enjoy; please leave a rating!

Time to go take a nap now. :sleeping:

First, we invite you all to play our game Home R.I.P.Airs! In 10 words: It's a game about defending your home from spooky forces. :warning:WARNING: It's pretty hard but don't worry; all of us beat the game at least once so you definitely can, too. :wink: (P.S. We currently have below 20 ratings so we would really appreciate your help!)

What I Did

As the PM, I was responsible for keeping my team on track. This meant outlining our goals, organizing by priority, and making sure we were utilizing our time as efficiently as possible. Outside of PM work, I helped with the art (BG, roof, wood frame, wallpaper, bathroom lights, bathtub, TV coloring), UI/UX (high-fidelity version of all UI assets and screens), and SFX. Simply put, I drove the project & helped out where I could.

5 Lessons I Learned

1. Knowing When To Stop -- There were several points in which my perfectionist tendencies caused me to hyper-fixate on a minor detail. So, I developed a simple rule: whenever I would get stuck, I would ask my artist, "Hey, does this look okay?", and if she said yes, then I would immediately move on. A simple rule but it was a game-changer for me. When something looks terrible to you but looks great to everyone else, listen to everyone else.

2. The Importance of Prioritizing -- When creating a game in 72 hours, it's easy to get swept up in building features that aren't a priority. Especially when you're sleep-deprived, it gets progressively harder to know when to stop. Setting aside dedicated time to touch base on goals & progress was incredibly helpful to our workflow. To add onto that, we used Figma Jam to keep ourselves organized. See the screenshot below!

3. Working with Friends -- In my first game jam experience, I worked with strangers. We didn't end up finishing the game. This time around, I worked with a small group of 4, all of whom I was familiar with as they were my colleagues from another game development project. I believe that working with teammates that I already knew & trusted was crucial.

4. Keeping a Good Attitude -- Towards the end of the game jam, I started to burn out and was, frankly, feeling grumpy. However, I did my best to maintain a positive attitude. If I had given in to my fatigue and allowed my temper to get the best of me, I don't know if we would've been able to finish our game. It's incredibly difficult (I didn't do a perfect job) but, to me, being a teammate meant putting the morale of everyone over my own emotional desires, and that was a decision that paid out.

5. Reflecting Before the Jam -- Even before the start of the game jam, I sat down and wrote out exactly what I wanted to get out of this experience: Finish a game. Why? To inspire confidence in myself that I have the ability to finish something. Anything. I then made sure to align with my developer on this goal before starting the jam. I think that doing this helped us to stay focused and know what we're doing and why. Seems silly but I truly believe that it's little things like these that set the tone for your experience.

Final Word

I can't express how much I loved this experience and how proud I am of my team. I wouldn't have wanted to do this with anyone else. Again, we invite you to play Home R.I.P.Airs. It was a game made with a lot of love and heart. Currently, we have less than 20 ratings so we would invite any and all help. Again, this is the link. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/home-r-i-p-airs If you made it this far, thank you!

:heart: Jeanie

https://ldj.am/$303168

Starts off slow and then devolves into chaos in the last 30 seconds. :sweat_smile:

Also, comment your game below, and I'll give it a rating! :blush:

Hey everyone! I wanted to spotlight three games that I've played that I think deserve more attention:

1. Fast Food In10sifies (16.9 ratings)

Awesome game where you make as many burgers as you can for as long as you can. It's simple but perfectly executed, and the graphics / music are incredible. Play here: https://ldj.am/$305955

2. Shutter Chaos (16 ratings)

Really humorous, unique game where you have to pose high schoolers to take a photo. It's simple, short, and the fun little touches really round out the experience.. Play here: https://ldj.am/$296981

3. Cook N' Slash (23.8 ratings)

Hilarious game with a charming premise: You're a chef that has to battle your ingredients before you can cook with them. I could totally see this being a full-fledged game. Play here: https://ldj.am/$297744

Lastly...

Comment your game below, and I'll do my best to play / rate it! :smile: I always give at least one piece of constructive feedback.

Also, we invite you all to play our game as well (https://ldj.am/$303168). Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Reminiscing about Ludum Dare and was wondering what other ideas people were considering. Here were ours:

1. "you're the sheriff of a village, and every 10 seconds, someone is getting murdered, and you have to find out how the murderer is before it kills you, too."
2. "word game! you get a letter every 10 seconds and theres some kind of meter that u have to prevent from filling up w unused letters"
3. "something like every 10 seconds you are completing an objective (ie baking a cake) but that incorporates many other mini timers (such as every 1 second you have to stir) so essentially you have to multi task until you are overwhelmed"

Ultimately, we decided to create a game where something breaks in your home every 10 seconds, and so Home R.I.P.Airs was born. Play here: https://ldj.am/$303168 :point_left:

What other game ideas did you consider?

Also, comment your game below, and I'll give it a rating! I recently created this post (https://ldj.am/$309463), and I'm looking for more games that I can shout out :smile:

check out our game Bearly Fitting, a twist on a classic :) it's a relaxing, simple puzzle game with an illustrated style made with a lot of love from our team of four! here's the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/bearly-fitting