I accidentally stumbled upon Ludum Dare in facebook 6 hours before start, so I had no time to prepare in advance. This i my feeble attempt at writing a first-person point of view 3d game engine basically from scratch using Webgl and a little utility library Twgl, which basically makes loading geometry a bit less verbose and provides bare minimal matrix math, which I had to extend a bit.

What I didn’t expect at all is the ugly depth test glitch which I still have no idea how to fix. Overall engine development took me so much time that I counld not get to level design part, and had to create just a placeholder minilal map

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My plan is to avoid using OpenGL depth test altogether and to port the project to C++ Linux/Windows. This game was inspired by Unreal Torunament Bunny Track, which I tried to re-create in UT3 back in 2009 by making Bunny Trails mod. My plan has been to make it a standalone game using handmade game engine ever since, and thank to this competition, I got some starting point.

I suppose, very few people understand what the heck I’m talking about. Oh well…

Our team just finished our game, the PinPlat! You can play it online, or download it for Windows, Mac or Linux: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/pinplat

Greetings, fellow Ludareans!

Just wanted to share my experience. It's my 3rd completed LD (out of 5 total), and I really did not have any idea what my game would be like - 2d or 3d, and what genre - until the theme was announced. And even then I was not sure whether I should make a city builder or a tower defence. So, I started to work on the intro and then decide where to go from there. This time I decided to participate in a compo, since I have no team anyway. My previous experiences with teams didn't work out well...

So, a compo means all done by hand: graphics, sound and so on. In the end I got carried away with the intro, soundtrack and the unit images, and also run into some issues with Godot engine. So, long story short, by the end of the compo I only had the intro and the unit images. So, I decided to switch to Jam and do some gameplay during the 3rd day. Again, being not experienced in city builder genre, i spent lots of time figuring out how to make advanced UI in Godot. I first found out about Godot 2 years ago, but I mostly use it for making a 3d driving simulator. For the simple 2d games I mostly use Javascript. It's been a great learning experience for me, because without Ludum Dare, I could hardly find an excuse to spend so much time for a project unrelated to my work. I do make games for living, but this would still be considered as a side project. But for such a prestigious event, my boss even encouraged me to participate!

So, if you feel sad that your game is nothing much, remember, that you are not alone, and we are all here because we like making games.

Good luck and have fun!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/deserttamer

K, I'm going to make a multiplayer maze, but you have to pass it twice before you move on to next maze.

Come on, let's fill it up! It's browser-friendly! Just join here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/groundhog-garden

Just go to http://wizstaff.com/ghog/

-It's an instant in-browser download: no engine used.

-Controls: now also with wasd keys! + space to leave a mark. Also can use mouse or touch: it acts like joystick.

-Played 100+ times!

-Server restarted, so maps are re-generated.

This is my first attempt at classical 2d platformer. Made with Godot 3.3. The goal of this game is to escape the cave by jumping and digging.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/diggurai

This time around i decided for the first time to write a background music soundtrack. It's a cosmic theme. Here is what i have so far: https://wizstaff.com/bgmusic.mp3