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Ludum Dare 47

First Time Participants!

A friend and I will be participating in Ludum Dare for the first time today! So far our list of tools include:

  • Godot engine, while targeting GLES2 for exporting into HTML5.
  • git for source control.
  • Bfxr for sound effects.
  • PxTone or Finale for music.
  • Audacity for other audio editing.
  • GIMP and/or Microsoft Paint for visual assets.
  • Discord for team communication.

I am also looking forward to all of the creative ideas that will come out of this event!

Ludum Dare 48

I'm In LD#48

Looking forward to participating in Ludum Dare 48!

The Whole Game is Ready!

Come check out our game about delving deeper underground! It includes randomly generated levels, an in-game shop, and a variety of hand-drawn enemies to discover. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/the-hole-game

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Ludum Dare 49

3rd Time's the Charm

Are you excited for Ludum Dare 49? This will be my 3rd time participating!

Finished!

The Ludum Dare game jam went well this weekend! I helped with coding and wrote original music. You can play it for free and give us a rating if you want!

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Voting on Ludum Dare: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/tug-of-warriors-local-2-player Game on itch.io: https://nbumgardner.itch.io/ludum-dare-49-tug-of-warriors

Ludum Dare 50

Joining Ludum Dare 50

Looking forward to participating in Ludum Dare for the 4th time! Our team from last year found a few more members and we plan to code in Scratch.

Finished Our Game!

Slash and burn your way through an endless stream of adventurers in our arcade game! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/like-a-boss thumbnail_v5.png

Ludum Dare 51

Power Up, the Game!

We finished our local 2-player game, Power Up! Let us know what you think! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/power-up-local-2-player

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Ludum Dare 52

Farming Combos is Ready to Harvest!

Come check out our finished game, Farming Combos, an action/puzzler with original art and music: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/$318699

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Between 2 developers and 2 artists, our tools for planting this game were Godot, Git, GIMP, Paint, actual water colors, PxTone, Bfxr, and a couple licensed, pre-made assets for font and level backgrounds. We hope you enjoy strategizing the planting of crops with Farming Combos.

Ludum Dare 53

Early Delivery - Volleyball Returns (Board) Game

Done, come bring some dice and try out my game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/volleyball-returns-game-physical-rules-edition when you can!

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Originally I was not planning to participate this weekend, but I could not help myself after seeing the Delivery theme. This is my 7th time participating in Ludum Dare, and my first time submitting a physical jam as a PDF rulebook. Feedback would be greatly appreciated so I can make the rules as clear as possible. I plan to respond to all comments Sunday, and I hope you all have as much fun making your jams as I did!

Ludum Dare 54

Joining Ludum Dare 54

Looking forward to participating in Ludum Dare for the 8th time! Our small team plans to use Godot, git, and various art tools.

Streaming Game Development - Extra Category

Hello fellow game jammers, I am streaming development of our Extra category game for a couple of hours. Feel free to come watch or chat, and I plan to be back next week at the same time to play your suggested game jam entries.

Edit: Will stream from channel https://www.twitch.tv/vorceshard.

Packrat - First Time in the Extra Category!

Our strategy/collecting game Packrat is released, come check out our original art and music!

Play: https://nbumgardner.itch.io/ludum-dare-54-packrat Rate: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/$373596

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Playing Game Jam Entries on Stream

I will be streaming for the next couple of hours on https://www.twitch.tv/vorceshard. Comment in the chat or here if you want me to play your game jam entry and give live feedback!

Ludum Dare 55

Participating in Ludum Dare 55

I plan to participate in LD55 within a small team. Our tools may include:

  • Godot 4.2 for a game engine.
  • Git for source control.
  • Roboto, an open source font by Christian Robertson.
  • Various art and music software:
    • Adobe, GIMP, and MS Paint for static art.
    • Bfxr for sound effects.
    • PxTone and Finale for music.
    • Audacity for balancing audio volume.
  • Discord for planning and communication.

Plus whatever else we find along the way.

I also plan to live stream our games and try out suggested games next week Tuesday. Looking forward to the theme and seeing what people come up with!

Heroes of Keys & Kingdoms Released

Game jam complete! I'll also be streaming it live tomorrow at 2pm UTC to talk about its design and then try out other games. When you have time, give our magical typing game Heroes of Keys & Kingdoms a look, we'd love to hear what you think!

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Web hosting: https://itch.io/game/edit/2645856 LD55 page (for voting): https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/$388161 Upcoming Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/vorceshard

Stream Starting

We made a word game from scratch last weekend! Come by my stream at https://www.twitch.tv/vorceshard if you want to see fresh games in action made for Ludum Dare 55.

Ludum Dare 56

Participating in LD56, 10th in a Row

This will be my 10th time in a row participating in Ludum Dare (LD)! Our team plans to join the 3-week category both for better scheduling and to hopefully get player feedback before the deadline is up. I look forward to streaming Tuesdays to try others' games and share constructive feedback so we can boost each other up.

Some of our favorite open source tools are Godot and git for code, plus bfxr and PxTone if we go for retro sounds. Last LD I composed marching band music in Finale for the background music, I enjoy the peppy side of music. What are you all looking forward to for LD56?

Stream Starting

Time to try the games finished in a weekend! Come by my stream at https://www.twitch.tv/vorceshard if you want to see fresh games in action made for Ludum Dare 56. If you want to see your game played, let me know your username in the chat so I can look your game up.

Stream Starting - Week 2

Week 2, time to try the games finished in a weekend! Come by my stream at https://www.twitch.tv/vorceshard if you want to see fresh games in action made for Ludum Dare 56. If you want to see your game played, let me know your username in the chat so I can look your game up.