{"author_link":"\/users\/nozomu57","author_name":"Nozomu57","author_uid":"nozomu57","comments":[],"epoch":1777972957,"event":"LD59","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":432482,"likes":22,"metadata":{"p_key":"96909","p_author":"Nozomu57","p_authorkey":"1354631","p_urlkey":"312558","p_title":"Thank you, Ludum Dare.","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD59","p_time":"1777972957","p_likes":"22","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1354631","us_name":"Nozomu57","us_username":"nozomu57","event_start":"1776470400","event_key":"113","event_name":"Ludum Dare 59"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":424249,"_trust":1,"author":354631,"body":"Hello, everyone! How's life?\n\nThis is third time my team and me participate in Ludum Dare, and I wanted to make a post about my small story with Ludum Dare. Because funnily enough, previous two times I made a game with my team at LD, it ended up getting a full release!\n\n\n\nFirst time it was Ludum Dare 53 (theme: \"Delivery\"), when whe created our first ever jam game Detour.\nAfter the gamejam we worked for 1.5 years and made a full game, [Robot Detour](https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2666840\/Robot_Detour\/)! Which released on Steam in 2024, and even on consoles recently.\n\n![q+3CEI.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731bb.gif)\n![RLq5vu.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731bd.gif)\n\nAfterwards, I made a small compo game Feng Shui Struggles for LD 44. It was fun, but making a game together with team turned out to be 10 times more interesting!\n\nSecond time we made here a game together was Ludum Dare 55 (theme: \"Summoning\"), on which we made a demonic deckbuilder [Burn With Me](https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2954010\/Burn_With_Me)!\nWe didn't release the full version yet, but are very actively working on the game!\n\n![bwm-ezgif.com-optimize.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731bc.gif)\n\nAnd it's not like we try to make a full release out of every jam game: we created [10+ gamejam prototypes](https:\/\/nozomu57.itch.io\/) already. I suppose Ludum Dare is just that special :smile:\n\n**So, in a way, I owe Ludum Dare my indie gamedev career. Even though our time together was brief, I will remember this jam forever. And will try to participate as much as I can now!**\n \n_____________\n\n \n\nThis year stars finally aligned, and we had some free time around LD. We decided to make a small narrative atmospheric game, without any intent to make a full release out if it. It turned out a bit harder than we wanted, but that's just how jams work sometimes.\n\n![Pilgrimpromo-small-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731ba.gif)\n\n\nIf you fancy trying it out, **remember you can skip levels via pause menu**\n\n__[Nest, this is Pilgrim](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/nest-this-is-pilgrim)__\n\nHave fun everyone, hopefully everyone got out of this gamejam what they wanted already :heart:","comments":5,"comments-timestamp":"2026-05-05T16:00:24Z","created":"2026-05-05T09:00:29Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":432482,"love":22,"love-timestamp":"2026-05-06T20:09:13Z","meta":[],"modified":"2026-05-06T20:09:13Z","name":"Thank you, Ludum Dare.","node-timestamp":"2026-05-05T11:19:57Z","parent":424938,"parents":[1,5,9,424249,424938],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/nest-this-is-pilgrim\/thank-you-ludum-dare","published":"2026-05-05T09:22:37Z","scope":"public","slug":"thank-you-ludum-dare","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1374374},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"432482","n_urlkey":"312558","n_parent":"424938","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/nest-this-is-pilgrim\/thank-you-ludum-dare","n_slug":"thank-you-ludum-dare","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"354631","n_created":"1777971629","n_modified":"1778098153","n_version":"1374374","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/nest-this-is-pilgrim\/thank-you-ludum-dare","text":"Hello, everyone! How's life?\n\nThis is third time my team and me participate in Ludum Dare, and I wanted to make a post about my small story with Ludum Dare. Because funnily enough, previous two times I made a game with my team at LD, it ended up getting a full release!\n\n\n\nFirst time it was Ludum Dare 53 (theme: \"Delivery\"), when whe created our first ever jam game Detour.\nAfter the gamejam we worked for 1.5 years and made a full game, [Robot Detour](https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2666840\/Robot_Detour\/)! Which released on Steam in 2024, and even on consoles recently.\n\n![q+3CEI.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731bb.gif)\n![RLq5vu.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731bd.gif)\n\nAfterwards, I made a small compo game Feng Shui Struggles for LD 44. It was fun, but making a game together with team turned out to be 10 times more interesting!\n\nSecond time we made here a game together was Ludum Dare 55 (theme: \"Summoning\"), on which we made a demonic deckbuilder [Burn With Me](https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2954010\/Burn_With_Me)!\nWe didn't release the full version yet, but are very actively working on the game!\n\n![bwm-ezgif.com-optimize.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731bc.gif)\n\nAnd it's not like we try to make a full release out of every jam game: we created [10+ gamejam prototypes](https:\/\/nozomu57.itch.io\/) already. I suppose Ludum Dare is just that special :smile:\n\n**So, in a way, I owe Ludum Dare my indie gamedev career. Even though our time together was brief, I will remember this jam forever. And will try to participate as much as I can now!**\n \n_____________\n\n \n\nThis year stars finally aligned, and we had some free time around LD. We decided to make a small narrative atmospheric game, without any intent to make a full release out if it. It turned out a bit harder than we wanted, but that's just how jams work sometimes.\n\n![Pilgrimpromo-small-ezgif.com-video-to-gif-converter.gif](\/\/\/raw\/749\/65\/z\/731ba.gif)\n\n\nIf you fancy trying it out, **remember you can skip levels via pause menu**\n\n__[Nest, this is Pilgrim](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/nest-this-is-pilgrim)__\n\nHave fun everyone, hopefully everyone got out of this gamejam what they wanted already :heart:","title":"Thank you, Ludum Dare.","wayback_source":[]}