Hello! I am joining the Ludum Dare Compo/Jam this year!
Hi, I am joining the Ludum Dare this year as my first year! I am planning to join the compo, unless I run out of time(which I am prone to doing), in which case I will enter my game in the Jam. I think that I am going to make a text based game, because they are fun! the problem is, I am tied between 2 languages, Java and C++. I know more Java, but C++ is easier to manipulate with the console, using SYSTEM() and also the cout << and cin >> syntax’s. anyway, I hope that you all have a fun time, and good luck!

Physical Tools:
– Notebook for planning
– computer(I know, what a shocker!)

Tools:
– Eclipse/Code::Blocks (still don’t know if I should use Java or C++….)

Art Tools:
– Paint.NET for graphics if I need them

Sound Tools:
– sfxr for sounds if I need them (if you don’t know what sfxr is, google it! its helpful!)

Language(s):
– Java or C+++…can’t decide…

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Hello! I am planning to make a text-based game this year in the Ludum Dare, and I realized how lazy I am…so lazy that I find it hard to keep typing “System.out.println(“walri rock!”)”, so I thought of this:

In the beginning of your main class, make 2 methods, a “say” method and a “take” method, these will work as the cin and count in C++, the say method would be the following:

public static void say(String message){
System.out.println(say);
}

And make the take method the following:

public static void take(String takeTo){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
takeTo = sc.nextLine();
}

And TA-DA!!! I am stating now though, that I have NOT tested the take method…Anyhow, you would use the code like this:

//This is a simple intake/output thingy majogger
String input = "";
say("Say something!");
take(input);
say("You said: " + input + "!");


Fell free to use any of this code, and Good Luck to all!!!!!

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I cant decide between 4 languages/dev softwares to use for the Ludum Dare!!! anyone else still stuck?

Hey guys….uhh…I am going to sound like a retard for asking this, but what does minimalism mean? would that be like making basically pong? making something with minimal shizwah in it? thanks.

1o hours left and I am scrapping my game. I am starting all over. wish me luck, I’ll need it!