I've not made much progress until now, because I tend to get distracted easily. I'm gonna try to make a craft-y/survival-y game. It's quite an ambitious idea but I'm gonna give it my best shot, I've implemented digging, but that's about it.
I've managed to cobble together a basic inventory system of the blocks you've picked up. I've not managed to get the items to stack yet, but that's next on my list!!
Now when you pick up your items, they will stack if they are blocks in sets of up to 64! You can't interact with anything yet besides breaking things, but that's next on my to-do list!
I've rearranged the code now, so that all entities (including now the tree trunks) can be knocked down and placed wherever you like! I've also added a cobblestone block, and I've got a better idea of where I want to take this game next!
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Buzzing. Let's get it.
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Unfortunately I just couldn't get myself to concentrate long enough to put something together this time around. I'll have another crack at it in April. See you then! :heart:
Four hours till lift off! Which theme is everyone rooting for and why?
Personally, I've got my eye on "Summoning" - It would allow for some pretty interesting character design imo.. Spooky dudes in cloaks? Ghosts? Sky is the limit.
I've just created a new project in gamemaker now. Got an idea of where I'm headed.
It's actually very similar to the project that I was going to make for the last ludum dare, and will share the same name. It's fairly pared back in scope though, so hopefully I'll actually end up with a finished product this time instead of a mostly empty project file.
Onwards and downwards! Let's get coding.
That is all. Blog post over. 
Honestly now that I've gotten over this tech hurdle, I think the rest of the game should start to come to me much easier. Props and blocks should repeat horizontally, and now I'm ready to code the actual gameplay. 
I've added some basic gravity and collisions! Now to let the player go up small inclines without having to jump...
Woooooo let's go LD51 💪
I've missed out the last few jams 😅 I've got a good feeling about this one, though!
See you all again in three days! 😎
Nine hours left! Are you doing anything to prepare or practice, or going in head first? 😅
I've got an idea for the jam! ..but there's only 24 hours to go...
I might still enter LD Extra! I've had an idea for a village management game where you can pick an action every ten seconds, but the world is real time. It's a bit ambitious, but I might give it a go!
(First sketch of the idea, more to come?)
It's been over three years since I've actually finished a ludum dare entry! Hopefully this time I'll be able to cook up something complete! ✨🔥
What does everyone think of my theme suggestions? 🤔
LD54 LETS GOOOO :fire: :fire: :fire:
Four hours left!
Our of all of the themes you've voted for in the final, which one would get you the most hype?
I'm personally rooting for two themes: Folklore & Tiny Creatures! 🧙🏻♂️🐾
I'm not going to lie, most of today was just me trying to remember how to make platformer collisions work lmao
This is very rough but here's a sort of visualisation for how I want my "steal 'em up" game to look. The chraracter design could definitely use some work, but I think it kind of almost works.
