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regarding the Sourcecode requirement.

[raw] LD25LD #25 20. Dec 2012 · 06:35 UTC · 6 days after compo start by madpew · 2

This post is just a collection of snippets copied from the “Rules and Guidelines”-Section of Ludum Dare ( http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/rules/ ) which all of the participants should have read:

 

4. All publicly available libraries and middleware are allowed.

6. Source code must be included.

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This does not mean open source, just included source.  You retain all rights to it.  If you do not wish to provide source, consider entering the Jam instead.

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Base code and personal code libraries are allowed, but should be declared and shared with the community prior to beginning your entry. To do this, make a blog post.

Comments

Suese
20. Dec 2012 · 06:57 UTC
I dislike the base code rule. There’s nothing to stop people from basically writting their entire entry before hand and modifying it / adding graphics once the competition starts. I still insist Ludum Dare is far too lax and far too easy.
20. Dec 2012 · 08:14 UTC
But using basecode is pretty much the same as using any kind of framework or tools like Unity. I usually use basecode too, which consists of classes like a tile engine that i wrote for previous ludum dare entries just to save me from having to type in the exact same class again if i need it. Writing the whole game beforehand is hardly possible because you usually don’t know what game you want to do until the compo starts.
20. Dec 2012 · 09:58 UTC
Even if you forbid base code, you can cheat by using it anyway.

If someone is prepared to write a complete game beforehand, that person is probably going to cheat anyway by still using base code even when not allowed :)
sorceress
20. Dec 2012 · 10:53 UTC
Before I became part of this community I had organised game jams on some other websites. The one discussion which never seemed to end was where to draw the line with regards to language/base code/frameworks/engines/ etc