So here we are, my first LDJam. I'm curious to see how I will manage. Read a lot about "the theme" in advance, but man... this is seriously tough ;) Anyway, after having brainstormed last night for quite a while, let's see if I can turn these ideas into something, learn a lot and have fun while doing so :) Best of luck to all of you!
So here we are, my first LDJam. I'm curious to see how I will manage. Read a lot about "the theme" in advance, but man... this is seriously tough ;) Anyway, after having brainstormed last night for quite a while, let's see if I can turn these ideas into something, learn a lot and have fun while doing so :) Best of luck to all of you!
So whether this will become a game in the end or not... at least this guy now has a looping level to walk around in 😆 - Thx to the newly discovered sprite shapes, I was able to add colliders (red color here), keeping the player inside the loop area. 
At the end of Day 2 I am quite happy. I had 3 goals going into my first LDJam: learn stuff, have fun, create a game. Still not sure whether the 3rd will come true, but the other two definitively have 😊 And despite little XP and lots of stuff going on IRL, I managed to give this guy a loopy level section with a few enemies chasing after 
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/stuck-in-the-loop-dungeon
Being a newbie, there was so much to learn for me with this LD47, basically in all game dev & design domains. Whether it was working with the theme, scaling the game idea, coding, sketching, or simply using tools correctly. In the end I "failed" at publishing the game on itch.io correctly... one button... just one button that I got "wrong"!!1! ;)
Thanks to everybody who wanted to play it so far and made me aware of this issue: @asemic @no-grapes-games @snowinn @maytch @mosegames @arzi @wujood @comicsans, thank you so much! And thanks to all LD participants, this event is hugely inspirational to me, can't wait for the next one.
I know there are tons to do better and I am looking forward to doing so by learning from your feedback and with further practice. Take care everybody :)
All of a sudden, it’s the last day before Ludum Dare 48. How did this happen?!
Of course, I had such big plans to create a post mortem version of last jam’s game [https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/stuck-in-the-loop-dungeon], which was my first entry. But, as with many things you’re inexperienced with, it seems I miscalculated that just a tiny little bit…
Anyway, looking back, I also had lot’s of chances to practice game dev skills in the meantime.
So, the plan is this: I’ll take all the great feedback I received during LD47 (thank you again!), all the big plans I had for the post mortem version, as well as the stuff I worked on since then and… simply use those as a starting point for the upcoming jam. How about that, sounds ok? Yeah, at least I think it does!
Good luck everyone for LD48! 
Alright, have to be realistic here, there's simply no way I'll create or commit anything this time. Quite a shame, as I had a few ideas yesterday morning that I would have loved to develop into something...
Anyway, good luck everyone for the remaining hours/day with your games!
So, LD48 didn't work out for me cause "no time". With LD49 it's pretty much the same circumstances. But there has to be a game. There simply has to be a game. So let's see what can be done within the remaining 36h or so... wish me luck :)
Despite the circumstances... there. actually. is. a. game :laughing: :joystick:
Care to check it out? Thanks! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/desultorium
