A group of around 8 students from the young Olin College is challenging the Ludum Dare Jam.  We have a livestream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/olin-ludum-dare

We’re making a platformer based in a large spacecraft.  The hook – our lonely spaceman can make the spaceship move beneath his feet.

Our platform – Python/Pygame+Box2D.  We have some artists working on basic arts and have figured out our basic plan of attack for tomorrow.

We’ll keep the Ludum Dare community posted with posts frequently.  Good luck to everyone out there, and look forward to our game!

-Matt (likely to soon be replaced by people better at writing)

Oh, and here’s some pictures:

Brainstorming

Game Mechanics

Concept Art

Main Character

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We’ve had an exciting first few hours here in chilly Needham.  We’ve gotten PyGame to play nicely with Box2D, and have a nice walking sprite animation.

Screenshot of the walking test

An early phrase that came out of our work was: we cross platforms.  Between the 6 of us in this room, 3 different operating systems are represented.

Tarassis

You are the pilot of the Tarassis, and have found yourself locked up in the control room.  As you find your way back to the control room, you remember the chaotic events that caused this eerie silence.  As the pilot, you have the ability to fire the ship’s local navigation thrusters, tossing around objects (and yourself!) in the meanwhile.  You’ll need to pilot the ship skillfully to get past the obstacles in your way.

We’ve had trouble with the Ludum Dare Submission Link, so we’re posting here for now.

https://github.com/jceipek/Ludum-Dare-Olin

Current Build: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IUGEEMVM

Help page coming soon here and on the Github page!