Hey, this is my first LDJam, at that my first jam. I’m pretty excited for this jam. The tools I will be using are Game Maker Studio 1.4 because it’s free. The engines art designer for art audacity for sfx and Bosca Ceoil. I plan on doing the Jam because it seems like less of a challenge for my first jam. Hopefully I can get a game done and put up.
I just got home from a birthday party of my friends but I am excited to get to work on my game. I have already decided my idea and just got up my game engine! Good luck to my fellow jammers!
The game that I ended up making was very far from what I planned. I planned to make a game where you're and rpg NPC who has to deal with adventurers extra crap but I wanted to experiment with physics. I took a break and watched some youtube. Something that randomly came up in my reccomended was 60 seconds gameplay. I watched it and it sparked my idea that I ran with. You play as a survivor prepper who works odd jobs (minigames) to make money to buy food and water for the oncoming apocalypse. I still wanted to use physics so I did. As of now I am working on extra minigames to make money from all of which are physics based. I haven't come up with a name yet but I am working on coming up with one. I hope I can get enough minigames done so that I can release it to the world. I am excited!
As of now I have only one mini game that is decently fun at best but it’s just a sorting game with 2 types of objects. The core gameplay of stocking cans is there but boring and overall my game is just boring. Not sure if im going to be able to make it and if I do I don’t know what I’ll bring to the table, wish me luck in these last 6 hours.
Perfect. Blue screen with 5 hours left. 
Despite having a pretty fun time last year but overall failing with my game and not knowing the system to get ratings I’m going to join the compo.
Last year I made a game for LD42 and I had a hard time but came up with a game me and my friends had fun with while still noticing the flaws. Sadly I lost the file to the game and it’s no longer up in my Itch.io page. I was planning on not doing the jam this time, or maybe even ever again after the experience I had while making the game but I realized, it made me make an actual game.
This year I will try harder, work longer and try to complete a better game than last time with my experience I’ve learned from a long time of working in the engine during the past 3 months. So I will participate and try to get a better game than last out for this jam!
My software: Engine: GameMaker Studio 1.4, an old engine but the only one I’ve ever comepletely learned very well. Art: Krita & the built in editor. Krita is a great software I’ve been messing around with for a while. I’m gonna use the built in editor for place holders and maybe, hopefully not, the final build. Sound: Sfxr, my room, and audacity. Sfxr is great for getting my sound effects down but I can make better sound effects with objects from around my room and editing them in Audacity
I wish you all luck in your adventures in this LDJam and hope you and I can all get our games out!
Best of luck, Grey
I was really hoping to not get this theme but I'll try to make it work. I have basically no ideas and I am sitting on a blank GameMaker: Studio Project wondering what it could be. Wish me some luck!
Partially inspired by Darkest Dungeons and playing Dungeons and dragons with my friends last night I have an idea for a game! I just hope I can finish it before the deadline for the compo.
My game's basic gameplay isnt even implemented yet. Its supposed to be a hybrid of dungeon crawl and management where the sacrifice you make is time until the monsters find you in a dungeon with no exit in sight. I am still relatively new to game dev but thought LD would be fun. I am not sure if I will be able to implement all of the stuff I still need to before the deadline in 11hrs, 22 mins.
The Game idea I started with seemed good but put into practice was such a large scale game that I have no clue how I'll be able to finish it. I've been sleeping 2 hrs a night and am running so low on energy I won't be able to stay awake much longer. I am going to take a quick nap, break, eat and then get back to work on a game. I will be submitting into the jam instead. I won't have a ton of time as I have school tomorrow but I want to get a game out for this Ludum Dare.
I cant come up with any other ideas for the theme. I heavily disliked it and I don't think I can make it to any of the deadlines. I need to finish a project for my History class and I must finish working on my homework. I'm sorry but this year I won't be making a game for this LDJam. The next jam I will most likely make a game.