Used tools:

• PHP 5
• PHP/MySQL DAL Generator, my own basic generator
• Smarty, Template Engine
• Game-icons.net, if fit for the situation
• Paint.NET, because you always need to manipulate pixels

Side-notes:

• .NET Developer almost 5 years
• PHP Hobbyist for over 10 years
• Broken skills in the visual/creative areas

Did do ‘a-game-in-a-weekend‘ before, which ended up taking 4 days so I have to amp up the speed this time!

Already 2 years ago I gave Ludum Dare a try, failing miserably not even being able to partially submit a tech demo.

But NOT THIS TIME, because I have a Ludum Prepare session reserved for this weekend and next weekend.

Learned from last time?

• Don’t website/web application, most time got lost in website stuff instead of game related stuff.
• Visual things, having text say “you’re in a room” can be fun but I’m not able to pull that off correctly.
• Get some tools ready before LD-Day and not spent hours trying tools.

So Paddo Swam, how do you Ludum Prepare then?

• Unity..
• Unity..
• Unity..

I’ll try to make myself as comfortable with Unity in combination with C# as possible in the coming 2 weeks and we’ll having some moving pixels.

Oh and I’ll use a LEGO creation to film it all! Find out more on my blog paddoswam.nl