had some trouble coming up with a good idea for the theme. my current idea is that you must follow the planets and battle spacecraft to destroy something that will blow up the entire universe. i currently have complete movement and planets my next goal is to get images into the game if you want to check out the development of the game i am streaming it here

this is my progress so far i have movement, firing, basic enemies, basic textures

next step: enemy ai and heath

and Make a good name

hitbox.tv has Ludum Dare as a game here.
It looks like several people are already streaming there (I will also be streaming there).

If you didn’t know twitch streams can be found here or on the sidebar.

Between last ld and this one i started making my own engine as an alternative to slick2d. I will be using this engine for this ludum dare. If anyone else want to use it it can be found here. I will update this but the “final” version should be out before the competition starts. I will also be uploading a tutorial on my youtube channel (youtube.com/user/thepattybeast) soon.

The core game engine is a game engine made in java using LWJGL 2. I will be using it this ld, if you want to use it there is a video tutorial here and the binaries(& source) are here.