{"author_link":"\/users\/balimaarthebassfish","author_name":"BalimaarTheBassFish","author_uid":"balimaarthebassfish","comments":[],"epoch":1743685142,"event":"LD57","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":409490,"likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"209701","p_author":"BalimaarTheBassFish","p_authorkey":"1297676","p_urlkey":"448640","p_title":"We are in!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD57","p_time":"1743685142","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1297676","us_name":"BalimaarTheBassFish","us_username":"balimaarthebassfish","event_start":"1743811200","event_key":"111","event_name":"Ludum Dare 57"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":406845,"_trust":1,"author":297676,"body":"Hey everyone!\n\nWe're a scrappy little team of three coming together once again to take on the Ludum Dare challenge! No official team name yet \u2014 we keep forgetting to come up with one, but hey, naming things is hard, right?\n\n\ud83d\udc65 The Crew:\n\n\ud83c\udfa8 Bizzybee \u2013 Music, SFX, Art\n\nHello to the wonderful LD community! \u2026Oh no, I'm stuck doing the art again! How could this have happened. \ud83d\ude2d In all seriousness, I'm super excited for this LD. Having 3 days dedicated to working hard on something, and putting it out there within that timeframe, does something wonderful both for minimizing perfectionism and getting this compact feeling of accomplishment. Constraint is such a wonderful tool to work with in our increasingly overwhelming lives. I'm hoping to \"brush up\" on my art skills and put out something as simple and complete as I can manage within the time limit. I also haven't been composing music a lot lately, so I'm happy to have an excuse to get back into it. Here's hoping the theme is engaging, is capitalized, and has proper grammar. :P\n\n\ud83d\udc1e Frank Gevaerts \u2013 Programming, Elite Bug Squasher\n\nI've now had six months to forget most of what I managed to learn about Godot in the previous two LDs. This is fine! This will be my third team participation (my fifteenth overall), and while I don't know what the game will be like, I'm very much looking forward to the experience. Working with people who are actually good at music, art and writing is amazing!\n\n\ud83d\udc1f Balimaar the Bass Fish \u2013 Programming, God of Bug Creation\n\nI'm really excited to work again with Frank and Biz. We created a very nice and atmospheric visual novel with Apprentice Quest 2 LDs ago and in the previous LD we made what was our best game yet in PaperCat Farms \u2014 an adorable little farming game that was surprisingly engaging and fun!\nOne key takeaway from last Ludum Dare was the fact that we just dived right into making PaperCat Farms without really deciding what we were going to do other than 'let\u2019s make a farming game!'. We ended up with something coherent and playable, but it would have been even better if we spent a little more time planning at the outset.\nLooking forward to the grind and playing everyone\u2019s creations afterwards!\u201d\n\n\ud83d\udee0 Tools of the Trade:\n\nGame Engine: Godot\n\nArt & Audio: Whatever Bizzybee pulls out of their magical hat\n\nCommunication: Friendly chaos in Discord, probably\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 A Bit About Us:\n\nFrank is a seasoned LD veteran, entering his 15th jam this time around! \ud83d\udcaa\n\nBiz is a college grad with serious creative chops in music and art \ud83c\udfb6\ud83d\udd8c\ufe0f\n\nBalimaar is a part-time aged care worker and full-time Dungeon Master \ud83d\udc09, soon to bring Pathfinder 2E into the mix!\n\n\nWishing everyone the best of luck, inspiration, and time management this weekend!\n\nLet\u2019s make something cool \u2014 and play the heck out of each other\u2019s games afterwards!\n\n\nSee you all on the other side! \ud83d\udc9c","comments":0,"created":"2025-04-03T12:58:16Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":409490,"love":7,"love-timestamp":"2025-04-04T22:53:50Z","meta":[],"modified":"2025-04-04T22:53:50Z","name":"We are in!","node-timestamp":"2025-04-03T13:11:28Z","parent":408994,"parents":[1,5,9,406845,408994],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/dive-into-the-hive-mind\/we-are-in","published":"2025-04-03T12:59:02Z","scope":"public","slug":"we-are-in","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1283897},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"409490","n_urlkey":"448640","n_parent":"408994","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/dive-into-the-hive-mind\/we-are-in","n_slug":"we-are-in","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"297676","n_created":"1743685096","n_modified":"1743807230","n_version":"1283897","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/dive-into-the-hive-mind\/we-are-in","text":"Hey everyone!\n\nWe're a scrappy little team of three coming together once again to take on the Ludum Dare challenge! No official team name yet \u2014 we keep forgetting to come up with one, but hey, naming things is hard, right?\n\n\ud83d\udc65 The Crew:\n\n\ud83c\udfa8 Bizzybee \u2013 Music, SFX, Art\n\nHello to the wonderful LD community! \u2026Oh no, I'm stuck doing the art again! How could this have happened. \ud83d\ude2d In all seriousness, I'm super excited for this LD. Having 3 days dedicated to working hard on something, and putting it out there within that timeframe, does something wonderful both for minimizing perfectionism and getting this compact feeling of accomplishment. Constraint is such a wonderful tool to work with in our increasingly overwhelming lives. I'm hoping to \"brush up\" on my art skills and put out something as simple and complete as I can manage within the time limit. I also haven't been composing music a lot lately, so I'm happy to have an excuse to get back into it. Here's hoping the theme is engaging, is capitalized, and has proper grammar. :P\n\n\ud83d\udc1e Frank Gevaerts \u2013 Programming, Elite Bug Squasher\n\nI've now had six months to forget most of what I managed to learn about Godot in the previous two LDs. This is fine! This will be my third team participation (my fifteenth overall), and while I don't know what the game will be like, I'm very much looking forward to the experience. Working with people who are actually good at music, art and writing is amazing!\n\n\ud83d\udc1f Balimaar the Bass Fish \u2013 Programming, God of Bug Creation\n\nI'm really excited to work again with Frank and Biz. We created a very nice and atmospheric visual novel with Apprentice Quest 2 LDs ago and in the previous LD we made what was our best game yet in PaperCat Farms \u2014 an adorable little farming game that was surprisingly engaging and fun!\nOne key takeaway from last Ludum Dare was the fact that we just dived right into making PaperCat Farms without really deciding what we were going to do other than 'let\u2019s make a farming game!'. We ended up with something coherent and playable, but it would have been even better if we spent a little more time planning at the outset.\nLooking forward to the grind and playing everyone\u2019s creations afterwards!\u201d\n\n\ud83d\udee0 Tools of the Trade:\n\nGame Engine: Godot\n\nArt & Audio: Whatever Bizzybee pulls out of their magical hat\n\nCommunication: Friendly chaos in Discord, probably\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 A Bit About Us:\n\nFrank is a seasoned LD veteran, entering his 15th jam this time around! \ud83d\udcaa\n\nBiz is a college grad with serious creative chops in music and art \ud83c\udfb6\ud83d\udd8c\ufe0f\n\nBalimaar is a part-time aged care worker and full-time Dungeon Master \ud83d\udc09, soon to bring Pathfinder 2E into the mix!\n\n\nWishing everyone the best of luck, inspiration, and time management this weekend!\n\nLet\u2019s make something cool \u2014 and play the heck out of each other\u2019s games afterwards!\n\n\nSee you all on the other side! \ud83d\udc9c","title":"We are in!","wayback_source":[]}