I finished my game Fatward. Well, less of a game, more an interactive story. There is few actual gameplay other than wandering around and figuring out what’s happening.

Still I am proud of the end result, and mostly of the graphics and the music. I think I did a pretty good job on them. Take a look here at my entry. Timelapse video included.

Also, the game does have a kitten somewhere, although I hate kittens.

I mean, come on. I still don’t believe these in posts are necessary at all. Neither do I think people read most of them anyways.

Yadah yadah yadah i’m in…. yadah yadah… for the 6th time now… yadah yadah flash game.

Gonna be awesome

Well this is my 6th compo and I can’t believe how bad I screwed up this time. Until this time I always submitted something I was proud of, something that at least felt complete to me.

Now this time it is all a mess. I don’t even have a game, just a mere toy that is fun to watch at, but nothing more. Something like a lava lamp.

So check out my lava lamp and maybe you guys have an idea on what to add to make it any fun?

Mh, building up a Top 5 list is hard. Especially when I barely saw 3% of all the games yet.

But I do have one game I definitely liked most. Gene Jumble boy I liked that game.

I sure want this to be finished and polished. I loved the concept it was hugely fun. Go play that game.

It’s that time of the year again. So I welcome you all to the ho-ho-holy Ludum Dare gift exchange 2012, for the third time ever with merry cheerfullness and cookies.

Everyone who already knows the drill, just head down to the subscription link over here. Everyone else, do that too but keep reading.

So now 2 years ago a little fella called philhassey started this super cool ludum dare gift exchange. Some people might know this as “secret santa”. But we do it internationally throughout the whole community. It is super fun and all of you who have a little cash to spare should join these awesome festive activities.

So what you gotta do is, to keep around $50 (or €50, or whatever currency you have) to have ready to buy a present plus ship it overseas to your fellow ludumdarer.

Here is the quick timeline:

• subscribe to the event
• go shopping. Buy a present from your local area that you think other people overseas might like, because they can’t get something like that over where they live.
• Pack it all up
• Wait for your email with the address of the fellow person you will send the present to
• Go to the nearest post office and send the package overseas
• Wait until your very own overseas present arrives and be happy

Beware that the shipping can cost up to $30, though usually around $25 is okay, leaving you with another $25 for the present itself. But you can always spend more on the person, if you like so.

Pro Tipp: Maybe also add something you might consider just stuff from around. Old magazines that no one could get overseas, maybe some cool flyers and some postcards, maybe you even have an old programming book in your language to spare? I also like to add random local candy and teas, as it’s always fun for people to see what we do overseas.

Any questions? Just answer to the mails you get from the system, or just comment in here, so I will try to answer everything on time.

Go subscribe here

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