And we made it! It was pretty close, but we were able to finish right on the deadline.  Caatalyst (Sound Design), Bactopiad (artist), and I (programmer) made an RPG that takes place in a 64X64 pixel screen.

We were able to stick to the minimalist theme quiet well. We had so many ideas for how the game would play out, but ran out of time and ended up being a series of mazes within the game. The plan will be in the coming weeks to update the game and get out a full RPG with no mazes and a Final Boss.

I hope you enjoy my first attempt at a Ludum Dare and check out my fellow teammates.

RetroStark (Programmer)

Bactopiad (Artist)

Caatalyst (Sound Design)

Download: http://bit.ly/PixLore-v1

WARNING!: We had some bugs with the audio and it will be fixed within 24hours. And the GM Logo Watermark will be removed than too.

Hello everyone! I am proud to announce the official launch of the videogame JAM based around making games with a GameBoy style. I have had this idea in my mind for a few months now, and really got motivated after seeing the success of Zak Chao’s NES JAM and Sh0pie’s Fishing JAM.

The GBJAM is a JAM were people will be developing games around the theme of GameBoy. To make this so great the rules are very loose and can be seen over on GBJAM.net

We hoping to get alot of participants. If you are not a programmer or you are a programmer, but not an artist head over to the forums on the site and go to the teamup section where you can list your skills and past projects and than see if someone will decide that they want to team up with you.

This is a community project, and I have really tried to base it around that. The official dates for the JAM is over a 9day period going from July 5th – July 14th.

Me (@retrostark) and my amazing artist teammate @JeromBD are going to be participating in the Ludum Dare. We have now been friends for a time. We originally became aware of each other during the JAM that I hosted, The GameBoy JAM #GBJam. At the same time Jerom is an aspiring artist who does amazing pixels and illustrations.

Programs:

1. Photoshop
2. Gamemaker 8
3. Audacity
4. Famitracker

Yo dudes, I’m a little late to posting about joining Ludum Dare this time around, but I am going to enter and hopefully get the game finished.

Anyways hope everyone has a great jam.

-retro

Hey I’m looking for a programmer to work with in Ludum Dare. Here is some of the art that I have made so far.

Send me a direct message or Tweet me @retrostark or email me retrostark@gmail.com