Yes, livestreams… as in 4 livestreams. I decided that for my first Ludum Dare, I would stagger my time for development/streaming. Here are the times that I will be streaming for the compo:
— December 5th, 8PM – 12AM CST
— December 6th, 11AM – 3PM CST
— December 6th, 6PM – 10PM CST
— December 7th, 6PM – 8PM CST
Never really did an official “I’m In” post up until now.
Anyways, I will be participating in the well anticipated Ludum Dare 31, as well as the shortly preceding MiniLD 55. In my previous post, I did state my livestream schedule at the time. However, due to some commitments that predate the Ludum Dare, I had to modify my schedule for LD31. My schedule for both of these upcoming events is here w/ all of said streams pre-embebed on that page (or watch it on my YouTube Channel instead). Best of luck to my fellow competitors.
-Mark E.
Yeah, it took me a while to think of what I wanted to do for this theme, though it’s really not meant to be thought about to deeply. I finally came up with something though. A lot of the brainstorming is done, & I can save the rest of that for when I’m developing my game, which will begin this morning at 6AM UTC+6 (Central Standard Time). I will be livestreaming this to YouTube, & therefore LDtv as well. However, likewise to MiniLD #55, the Soundtrack(s) for this game will be developed off camera. But for now, I need to pre-embed these livestreams to my websites & going to bed.
I must say that this is the first time I’m setting my alarm on a weekend. G’night everyone.
Honestly, it’s going relatively well. I completed a fair majority of the physics that are going into the game. I do however need to revamp some of the 2D-sprites & their code, because some of the scripts refuse to work if you’re not in fullscreen mode. My next stream starts in about half an hour: http://youtube.com/MarkSilverMedia
“Winter Sunset” is the track I created earlier today for my game for the compo. This is the first track I’ve actively worked on in GarageBand since May, but I decided to go back to that program because it has more realistic guitar & drum MIDIs, which was ideal for this track.
The first level is pictured here. 16 additional ones are complete, & my goal is to finish 25 before the compo ends.
For just over a month, but I will be participating in MiniLD #56. All of my brainstorming has been done before-hand, & I can guarantee that this entry will significantly top those I made for MiniLD #55 & Ludum Dare 31. Also, I will be live-streaming to twitch.tv this time rather than YouTube, though it will be syndicated on both platforms.
Prior to Friday, I was all set to participate in MiniLD #56. Unfortunately, I began to come down with a nasty cold on Friday, which has barely gone away since then. If past experience is any indication, it’s better for me to take it easier & ease off of rigorous activities that I do for long periods of time. I had all of the concepts for the game planned out, so I hope to work on it later in the future, but I don’t feel up to working on it this weekend.
Good luck to everyone else that is participating.
‘last I recall participating was LD31, just proceeding me entering MiniLD #55. I remedied the idea of becoming more active in the game jam community again, seeing as I had blown off the last 3 MiniLDs. Truth be told, the spark of motivation to do game jams at all has kind of gone away for me. I guess I was so indulged in it back in December, that I had initially felt like making it a habit… for every weekend. But anyone who knew about that could say that the corresponding livestreams were a train-wreck, & I quickly became bored out of my mind with it.
Nonetheless, I hosted the first ever Themebound Jam (#themeboundjam), which went OK for a first run, & I’m hosting it again this May. My involvement with the jams has kind of subsided into being a low-laying member of the game developer community, which isn’t really hurting anyone to be honest.
But what have I been up to? Well, given my aforementioned abrupt semi-hiatus from the jam community, I had more time on my hands to indulge into website development (which I now find myself doing much more than game development) & music production (where I’m currently working on my 4th album). This has led me to be rather inactive with YouTube & Twitch as well, seeing as my primary video content was centered around game development.
So now, the big dilemma on my hands. I wanted to kind of make my not-so-silent comeback into the jam community by participating in LD32. The theme here has peaked my interest rather high, if I do say so myself. Time will not be in my favor however, seeing as my school’s talent show (which I’m performing in) conflicts with my Saturday night. I have no motivation to constantly livestream my progress however, because that is part of what diminished my interest in game development in the first place.
Consider this a ‘trial run’ for me getting more involved with jamming again. This time around, my goal is to spread my time between my various aspects of content, game development being one of them. I have projects planned involving the game jam community, but won’t progress with them unless I feel motivated to do so.
We’ve transitioned now more into the hypothetical stating that I will partake in LD32, & as I’ve been typing this post, I realize that I’m more likely to do so, at least enough to through something decent together. I dunno. I’ve been going on a tangent for some time now *looks at clock* 15 minutes I’ve been writing this.
If I submit something, this is my “I’m in!”, if not, then it’s not.
I have an idea that satisfies both themes, so I may participate in the jam this time around. Prepare for a crappy, yet enjoyable game that may or may not exist in the very near future.