It's my first time participating. The biggest problem I've encountered is the planning of the game and the time management:
I started with an idea way too big to get done in a weekend, which resulted in trowing the made sprites away and starting all over again...
But my new idea should be possible in the time.
Good luck everyone!
Hi! I have a question:
This is the first time I participate. I'm almost done with making my game. Did the music, sprites and coding all by myself.
I made the game in Game Maker Studio (Yeah I know, but I'm still getting into unity, haha)/
What is better? Keep working on it really hard and upload it to compo or upload it to jam? Don't know what the benefits are to uploading it as compo over jam?
I read the reviews are harsher on compo?
The progress after two days.
The titlescreen is almost complete. Only have to make a background for it (similair to the other rooms). I'm proud on the startinganimation/video where I put too much time in, hahaha
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I'm very proud of the visuals of the "base"game (background is moving/parallax). Sometimes it's good to throw all your art and ideas from day one away and start all over, hahaha. Only have to finish the core/gameplay itself and it's stable enough to play.
Still a lot to do, so I'm not gonna worry and make it a Jam.
Finally done!
In this game you'll have to look after the plants of your grandmother for a month. Will they survive? You can find it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/can-you-look-after-my-plants
What a great weekend it was! It was the first time I competed in this contest and learned ALOT. For example time management and "killing your darlings". I spent a few hours on a system that I threw away later, haha. Made the sprites, coding and music all by myself.
I used: - Game maker studio 1.4 (last time before I'll update to Studio 2 or another engine) - LMMS for the music (also first time using it!) - Sony Vegas pro for the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPkeWBsXe2k
Results are in and I'm not disappointed. Even got in the top 300 with "theme", haha.
Finally done with my (very original) mining game! Feel free to test it! After a long sleep, I'll start playing and rating other's :P
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/just-quarry-on