Tools for Ludum Dare

Programming in GML, IDE using Game Maker: Studio

 

Reallife-Photography with DSLR (if the weather is good this weekend),

Background-Drawing/Composing, Tileset-Creation, World-Elements with PD Howler 9.6,

Animation(s) with Spine,

(Tiled Map Editor for Level-Composing, don’t know yet, if I will use it or the build in GameMaker Room Editor)

 

Music with Music-Maker using VSTs like Z3TA 2 and arranging notes and beats (no complex presets using, only VST-Instrument presets)

for Croping, Cutting, Scaling, … ShoeBox

for all the rest in Art: Photoshop CS6

Sound-Effects: SFXR and Microphone, Music Maker

 

Result: Windows-Binary, if possible also HTML5, maybe with some missing effects, if time is there, also APK for OUYA

Input: Keyboard, XBox 360 GamePad / OUYA-Controller