Hello everyone! Sorry I'm late introducing myself at this point. I'm Wraithind, Logic Monkeys partner for this Ludum Dare. I didn't introduce myself before because, well, this whole things been a bit chaotic for me. See, I've always wanted to make games, and in my younger years I always dabbled with the idea. First with code, that went horribly and I had a mental breakdown over an error caused by a spell error on my part that ate up an entire night of my life, something I'd learn is a fairly normal thing actually (Note to self, there's only two m's in ammo...) then I moved onto trying art, which I was terrible at, and ended up going to school for 3D graphics, which I never got particularly good at either. But, I never stopped thinking about it and fantasizing over all these games I'd like to make. I loved the idea and my mind just couldn't let it go. Fast forward more then ten years to a little over three months ago, and I decided I wanna give it another honest try. This time, I tried my hand at coding in Godot, and to my surprise things were actually sticking this time. Yes, I'm still a novice in every description of the word, but I was making progress and having fun. So, Logic Monkey, who unlike me never gave up on the dream of making games, decides to drag this rookie coder kicking and screaming into a game jam. That's a perfectly normal thing to to right? Well, I'm glad that he did, because this has been one of the greatest experiences of my life, and I look at what we created together and I feel honest joy over it. I won't fool myself into thinking I'd have any chance at doing anything even close to this without Logic Monkeys help. He was with me the whole time, answering every question I had and walking me through things that I just couldn't figure out. But in these 72 hours I learned more then I had in the three months prior. So, it's probably safe to say that you'll see me here again. And to everyone who's played our game, Get In Ma Blunderbuss, thank you for playing our game! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do. And for those that haven't, please give it a try if it's of interest to you and let us know what you think.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/get-in-ma-blunderbuss

As the rating period for Ludum Dare 56 comes to a close, I just wanted to thank everyone who gave our little game, Get In Ma Blunderbuss, a try. I truly appreciate it. As someone who's only been programming for a few months, I'd never had hoped I could have been a part of something this exciting, and I have Logic Monkey to thank for that. Without his knowledge and incredible art, I'd have had no hope of getting this far with this. This whole thing has made me sure now that this is what I want to do with my life. I love creating things, and I feel that no other medium has the opportunity to express itself as much as the potential of video games does. So, I'm sure you'll be seeing me around here again, and as Logic Monkey said, we aren't finished with our little project here yet. Rest assured, the version of the game posted here is still the end result of those first 72 hours, that has not changed, but we've been working on cleaning it up and adding a few things, that hopefully in a few months we will have a complete experience to share with everyone. And I hope that you'll check that out as well. I wasn't able to play and rate as many of your games as I was hoping, as life unfortunately had to take over after this, but I've seen some incredible pieces out there, and will continue to flip through them when I find the time and desire to do so. This has been one of the most exciting things I've ever been a part of, and I look forward to doing this again. So, again, for those of you who have given our little game a chance, thank you for playing our game.

Hello! Cutting it close on the announcement post but I'm back for LD 59! LD 56 was my first ever game jam, and while I haven't done a Ld since then, I have been doing game jams every three months since then, though I'm on a six month gap since my last one now. But, I'm ready to shake off the rust and dust, got a slightly bigger team this time, and excited to see what we come up with.

Woo! After three days and some of the most chaotic last minute bugs I've ever seen (Our Tutorial scene literally assimilated three of our other scenes into itself... never seen that before) I've officially finished my Second Ludum Dare, and my fifth game jam total! Super happy with my team on this one! Two of them have never done one of these before, but I feel they've added great things to our game. Thanks guys! Hope you all enjoy it!

I've had a great time this Jam. I thank everyone for their feedback, just wish I could have given more back in return, just life got a little hectic. Still, there's a day left, so I'll try to squeeze a few in before it wraps up. We've got enough ratings in all but Humor, which we didn't really focus on, but if you wanna check it out and let us know what you think, we always appreciate it. (Yes, I know I needed a better prompt for when upgrades are available. My bad)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/signal-defender-1