After hearing about ludum dare for a few years now I think I’ll join in. I can’t say I’ve ever made a “finished” game, mostly because my ideas get so ambitious and I don’t have the skills to polish something. My art skills are lacking and I’ve never attempted to create music or sound effects before. I figure having a time limit will force me to focus on making a game that looks and sounds decent while hopefully having some fun gameplay. Leading up to the competition I’ll be familiarizing myself with the awesome tools that I’ve seen recommended.<\/p>\n
Tools of the trade:<\/p>\n
Language: XNA 4.0<\/p>\n
Sound Effects: sfxr (played around with it a little bit – very easy to make good sounds with)<\/p>\n
Graphics: Paint.net, Pickle, and PyxelEdit (Playing around with all of these, each have their uses)<\/p>\n
I’ve wanted to code something for a while but couldn’t think of what, LD is just the kick in the pants I need.<\/p>","time":"April 18th, 2012 8:49 pm","title":"Jumping into the deep end"}