First time Ludum Dare Compo'ing... I'm pumped!

I'll use 100% free software (notably Godot for the engine). I documented all the software I'll use here.

If you're curious, I'll be streaming here: mbdev

Disclaimer: What you are about to see is programmer art.

I started with brainstorming different ideas as such, all centered around economy of strokes (merely a time factor, hahah) and some sort of "blocky" head:

Eventually I settled on this (in game modulated to a soft neon-purple color):

Spent probably too much time to record too little low-quality music, but here's the Blocklings theme. All I did was just fooling around with an ocarina-like instrument while severely sleep deprived, and then select about 15 or so of the takes for the soundtrack. My microphone (or recording set-up, not sure which...?) was introducing an undesirable buzz, so I had to do noise removal.

Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/user9530551/blocklings-theme

Now to actually finish the gameplay.... and levels......

(First post seemed not to get published..?)

Spent probably too much time to record too little low-quality music, but here's the Blocklings theme. All I did was just fooling around with an ocarina-like instrument while severely sleep deprived, and then select about 15 or so of the takes for the soundtrack. My microphone (or recording set-up, not sure which...?) was introducing an undesirable buzz, so I had to do noise removal.

Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/user9530551/blocklings-theme

Now to actually finish the gameplay.... and levels......

What a wild ride, but in the end I got something actually playable! Definitely rough around the edges, but generally happy with the results. Here's my LD38 Compo game: The Blockings

The Blocklings are on a distant planet, and they must journey from planet to planet until they reach home. You are their guide, placing blocks on each blocky world to guide these lovable but helpless creatures from the entrance portal to the exit portal. But be careful! Each of the 9 planet is fraught with challenge and danger, and one wrongly placed block could cause your blocklings a fall to their death.

• 9 Increasingly difficult puzzles to solve
• Sharp retro semi-isometric graphics
• Soothing and enchanting music
• Developed with only free software

I did a Ludum Dare years ago, and was happy with the results. Now's a good time for another!