After a so-so night’s sleep and around a dozen wall-o-doom ideas, I returned to the basics: what was my goal in entering Ludum Dare? The answer was “to finish a game.”

Stating the goal in very simple terms was helpful. My goal is not to write a good game, or to write something original, or even (unfortunately) to write something fun. It’s just to finish the competition.

So I’m pressing on. I’m pretending LD 14’s theme is “Tetris Ripoff,” and my game will be the best of that sorry bunch.