Hi people,

I found a bug in a third party library which could destroy a newly crafted item, when the first item slot is used by an other item. Fixed the bug in the third party lib and uploaded the fixed version. The fixed code is not part of the original game project but for a third party library which is used (JCInventory). Hope this is not against the rules of the compo.

You can get the updated version in the download link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/this-is-not-a-normal-village

The 2.0 Version of the game is currently being worked on. Your feedback to change the time of day, add fog and improve the dialog and item functions are currently implemented. But it will be of course not part of this jam. In other news, our Ratings received are 19.3333. Just one more rating and the game can be part of the jam rating :).

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/this-is-not-a-normal-village

My favourite game so far is battle rap vr. You are playing a captain of a small ship which is attacked by small hooligan robots. And you have to destroy them, before they destroy your ship. And trying to repair your ship before it falls apart. All this in VR. It is real fun and after you noticed you will not collide with anything in real life, you burn some calories, running around to repair your ship and destroy this little pests. It is a bit sad it received only 17 ratings. It is not my game, but I think it deserves at least the 20 ratings needed to part of the jam compo. So please have a look :).

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/rattletrap-vr

I should have made a game where a village must sacrifice a certain amount of adult virgins by ancient law. And you have to sleep with all the virgins to save them. Damn this would have been fun. Maybe next time^^.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/wizard-malikens-spell-failed

There was a bug with zipping and choosing the needed files for the game. Now the zip archive is more than 80% smaller. A big thank you to the people pointing this out. If you want to try out a story driven game with good reviews, please try it :). The start is a bit hard, if you need a hint, there is a base64 encoded spoiler in the game description.

Actual Review:

It took me a while to figure out what to do with the first few items. [...] Immediately after that, though, the logic of how to progress became clear and I was able to solve the puzzles pretty nicely. I really like the world you’ve built here. The setting has a nice mood and the characters are a bit deeper than in the usual LD games. :) [...] Overall, a solid and enjoyable entry.

(https://www.twitch.tv/videos/347534209?t=21m36s)

Game:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/wizard-malikens-spell-failed

Chat comments:

"I mean it was actually really entertaining to watch though"

"Get all the animals drunk. Drown your worries in Schnapps, goat!"

"what the hell is this?"

"TOUCH IT!"

"Ursa, you should better not have touched that"

"All you did was stuck the carrot through the hole xD..."

"I think i need more alcohol after this trip to feel sane. x,3"

Avoid duplicated themes

The duplicated themes are realy annoying. Here is working python code to remove them. It can be converted to php and put into the right file of the ludum dare source code (did not find it yesterday). Maybe add a second page after a theme was suggested, which tells the user which similar themes exists or if there is exactly the same theme already there.

https://pastebin.com/94a0NSau

Usage

Input:

"The world is not enough"

Output:

Representative version of theme: world not enough

Representative themes which have an important word in common: ['loving whole world', 'enough enough', 'world not enough']

Theme is duplicated: True

Explanation

suggested_themes are themes which are already in the database:

suggested_themes = ["Loving the whole world", "The dog is evil", "Enough is enough", "And the world is not enough ..."]

mytheme is a new theme the user want to suggest.

mytheme = "The world is not enough"

cleanTheme creates a more representative string of the theme. It makes it lower case, removes are spaces, "and"s "or"s, etc.

clean_theme = cleanTheme(mytheme)

findSimilarThemes checks if a theme in representative form is kind of in the database already.

matchingthemes = findSimilarThemes(cleantheme,suggestedthemesclean)

checkForDuplicateTheme checks if there is a representative theme which matches the new theme (representative) exactly

isduplicate = checkForDuplicateTheme(cleantheme, suggestedthemesclean)

In past Ludum Dares there were streamers with google docs, where you could put your game on the list and they would play it. Like Ursagames :). Are there streamers who will do something similar this year? Would love to see a few presented and add my game to the list :).

It is a mix of minecraft and skyrim. Build fortifications around Yggdrasil, fight against wolves and destroy the crystal of Hel.

Edit: Sorry for double post, thought the first post was not saved.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-siege-of-yggdrasil

A few hours to go, enough time to keep Yggdrasil alive and prevent Ragnarök. It is a mix of Minecraft and Skyrim. Fight wolves, gather ressources, build fortification, keep Yggdrasil alive and then destroy the crystal of Hel.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-siege-of-yggdrasil