This will be my first LD ever.. and even my first full game with audio(hopefully) I'm really interested in making games and I'll code my game in python using the pygame library I really hope I can do something good enough, I'll go for the Jam for the 24h more but I'll post the source code on GitHub anyways.. unless the game is not finished and I don't end up finishing it after the Jam

How likely are you to download an exe file to play a game? I ask because I'll code mine in python with pygame and there's no way to make a browser version of it, so my only chance is the exe file

The event is slowly but surely approaching and I can't make an executable that isn't detected as a virus from Windows Defender.. I tried a lot of methods but none worked out I use pygame and python 3.9, I create the exe with the latest installation of PyInstaller but it's still recognized as a virus from Microsoft.. if any python/pygame developer knows how to help I'd love to hear them..

I have a general idea about the game and maybe a bit of story if i can and have time to implement it, but i'm stuck on the game mechanics, which means i can't make maps, whick means i can't really do much.. to anyone with the same problem, i'll just relax, write a google docs about the story and a bit of backstory to know what each character can do and hope that everything comes to my mind..whispers but first i have to make sprites for my character..

I don't want to give up, and I'll still finish the game, but the thing is that I got stuck on some stupid problems, actually problems I never encountered(I use python and the pygame library btw). I couldn't fix them yesterday 'cause I had other things to do with my sport team and I couldn't miss, I only have the movement of the player, map loading, death screen and respawn, I have no piece of art besides 2 textures for one enemy and the player(and relative animations) and I suck at art(it's not programmer art, it's just bad lol).

As I said, I don't want to give up, and I'll hope that everything goes smooth from now on, if it does I might be able to make the game somewhat fun, if not, I'll finish it(polish it as well) and share it anyways. Good luck to all of you, this is my first jam but I'm having lots of fun.. besides the little obstacles that anyone can encounter.

This is my first ludum dare and I chose a.. somewhat weird approach to the theme. You are a creature living on the sun, and one of your friends gets kidnapped by monsters, now he is in the core of the sun and you need to save him. The game is a 2d platformer and you need to get deeper I'm the sun's core to save your friend.

The player controller is easy since there isn't any complex mechanics like double Jump or walljump, and the enemies aren't giving any trouble as of now

I'll probably be able to do even a bit of polishing, but only if I can get some art done.. I don't have a single tile or background and the menu is just black text on red background for now.. with this really weird game I don't know how to make the tiles and backgrounds XD I was able to make the sprites and animations for the players and other monsters but that's it.. and they're still VERY VERY bad, I'm not an artist

Anyway gonna have a chat with my artist friend in how to make good art(I want to do it myself tho)

I was also thinking to add anonymous comments, do you get more sincere comments or do you just get exaggerated bad comments?

I made the game's page on itch.io and then linked the donwloads to the Ludum Dare page and then added the Ludum Dare tag on itch.. I think that's all.. anyway now my game is out, if you want to try it out, sadly I was only able to make a Windows version but the source code is also available, so if you have a python interpreter installed you can use that :), now I'll go to sleep since to me it's midnight and I have school tomorrow

This is a copy-paste of a reply comment to all of the comments under my game, saying thanks to everyone, taking about how I wanted to add more and how I'll remake the game in Godot to learn how to use this new tool.. I also answered a few questions, feel free to skip ahead " Since I've seen a lot of you're asking question, I'll answer them all now, I'll add more if more questions arise..

First: Sadly no full screen, I could have added it but I didn't have time, sadly

Second: The hotboxes are just rectangles, pygame is really low level so you can only use text or points for checking collisions.. actually there are polygons but they're quite performance heavy.. at least on my pc, so sadly the hotboxes were quite messed up

Three: The 3 cannons that can be climbed weren't a thing I wanted.. I didn't notice them during playtesting.. hoping it isn't a good way to cheat XD.. probably messed up hotboxes together with my movement script and collision system

Four: The last level actually takes count of the time.. both me and a friend of mine were able to complete it and get the good ending.. if you can't do it fast enough then just turn on immortality mode with I, but don't abuse it :)

Fifth: I know, level selecting isn't the best, but it was the fastest way to do it, and I couldn't add a next_level..

And last but not least, thank you all so much, I wanted to join in this jam 'cause it was the iconic 48th edition.. and, even if I hate rage games and hard platformers, I love seeing other people fail them, so I decided to make one and I wanted to give it a.. really weird theme.. happy it turned out well and that I got so much positive feedback.. I'm actually shaking 'cause I thought this wasn't going to go well

Last thing(I promise), I actually had a lot more ideas for the game but I couldn't implement them, more enemies, the ground enemies(called sprouts actually) should have sprouted in particles that would kill you, an enemy that actually moved.. Since there was a lot of positive feedback I might remake the game adding these features and fixing the things that got criticized.. probably in Godot since coding it python was fun.. but stressful, and now I want to learn Godot so it's a great opportunity "

I noticed under my game a lot of different stats, classic and smart rate, karma, ratings given and received, most importantly the ratings given, it shows 2600 and I didn't play 2600 games. Can someone explain?(sorry for bad English, I'm Italian and just woke up)

Were you fast enough to save your friend and get the good ending? If you didn't keep trying, it's possible Or just turn on immortal mode by pressing i to pracice tough parts(or finish it if you want to)

Also, did you find the easter egg in the death screen? It is also time relevant, may need to wait a bit ;)

I'm not recieving many votes and i'd love to qualify, so if you want you can play my game and i'll play yours, and if you already played it, tell me and i'll play your game if I already didn't It'll be fun! Just leave a comment here or under the game and tell me you played it

Here is my game to try it out:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/suncore