Ludum Dare 57 April 5–8, 2025

first ludum

gonna be my first gamejam as noob at everything..

participating in the extra category cause yknow work and school stuff be taking most of my time; the more lax format feels better for my mental, though in the fall i plan on doing compo!! :smiling_imp:

My First LD

Hello everyone! This will be interesting :)

🔨 Engine: Unity 6 📝 IDE: VS 2022 📄 Page for project (WEB): not ready yet

Good luck for Everyone 💖

I'm in too

I will try to make a game in javascript using Pixi.js . I hope i'll cook something good

I'm in! For the 18th time!

For the 18th time i am happy to suffer the deep rabbit hole of gamedev :)

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My Tech stack: - Game Engine: Game Maker Studio 2024 - Art : Asperite - Sfx : Bfxr - Music : Beepbox

In my ludum dare history i did most of the Games with Unity - but since 2 LDJams i moved away from Unity and made one in GoDot (before i tried with Defold) and one with Game Maker. Game Maker works currently best for me so i might stick for that.

Besides that some tips from an old veteran jammer: - Setup your template project now: this is btw. for compo totally ok if you have a base project with your code base. Saves you a lot of time. - Try to make the gameplay first..something that i also never did :D - Think about your time shedule and how much time you can invest realistic - Strip features if needed - seperate your todo list with "things that are required" and "nice2have" stuff

I'm in

My only hope and dream is to finish my jam proj at least once. So targeting on Extra format. Maybe Compo next time if I succeed :grimacing:

And I promise you: it's would be awful game :frog:

gogogo!

Hi everyone! So thrilled to finally be joining the game jam fun! I've been so impressed watching my boyfriend immerse himself in a few of these crazy sprints as a solo creator – the dedication, the late nights, the sudden bursts of genius - it has always been inspiring! 🥹✨

This time, I'm JUMPING IN to support him! With absolutely zero game dev experience I am entering this world armed with enthusiasm, a bag of organizational madness and a questionable talent for finding and/or creating royalty-free sound effects 😄 My main objectives for this jam weekend are:

  1. Maintaining a healthy and happy co-creation environment (no yelling allowed! Wish us luck 🤞)
  2. Ensure we are both adequately fueled by something other than caffeine and dreams (healthy snack recommendations are more than welcome! 🍕)
  3. Supporting the creation of something we're both proud of, even if it's gloriously janky! 🕹️

Super hyped to be joining you all and see what amazing things everyone can create during this Ludum Dare edition! glhf

Preparations going strong

6 hours to go and we just realized that SSH doesn't work on our git server and our toaster we intended to use to make snacks as we go just fell apart.

Sounds like a great start :sweat_smile:

10 years after my first ever Ludum Dare, I'm in!

Just realised that 10 years ago I've participated in my first ever Ludum Dare 32 as part of a team. I've skipped many events over the years. But this time I'm here to tell that I'm in, together with @statt again this time

I'm in

There isn't too much time left to wait. I'm excited!

I'll be entering the solo compo and be making something with vanilla JavaScript. Might have basic graphics and sound effects but don't expect too much from this programmer :P

hopes and confusion

last time I turned off voting on my game as I was very insecure about it and also I made a big mistake of making the game impossible to beat just 5 mins before the jam end cause I felt it was too easy :sob: so this time I hope to finish a good enough game that people can actually finish and vote for.

I am still kinda confused about ai usage. I know that ai generators are not allowed but then some people seem fine with code stuff? I use chat gpt a lot for search replacement, docs etc is that not allowed too?

thanks and good luck on the jam. my sleeping schedule is messed up btw :smiley:

In again

After skipping the last jam I'm back for my 14th. This time I already decided on a genre instead of waiting for the theme to be announced. I hope this way I can get to making the actual game faster instead of brainstorming too much about what to make.

In case you are wondering, it will be a platformer of some kind. I'm pretty sure any of the themes can fit a platformer (some imagination required).

Temporary Office Set Up!

Despite some issues with network infrastrcture and trying a new desk setup, most of the office set up is ready to go! 🙌

Next step is setting up the software projects.

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We are in again!

Me and my friends (Team BeerVision) are in the jam once again! :D

Excited to get jamming! :D

LD57 baby, we in it!

Super stoked to be participating in Ludum Dare 57. I haven't done Compo in some time, so it should be fun! Almost all the themes seem like great places to start. Here's what I'll be using this go round:

Blender - 3d modelling and asset generation GIMP - Art and graphics Mixcraft/Audacity - Sound and music Grubhub - Tacos probably.

Good luck to everyone participating! I can't wait to be amazed yet again by the sheer creativity and ingenuity of the indie game making community!

Joining in with SEGA MASTER SYSTEM!

20250404_231206.jpg Here is a little test project I did as preparation for LD. This is first time I have coded anything for SMS!

Using devkitSMS: https://github.com/sverx/devkitSMS with GSLib: https://github.com/sverx/GSLib for development. Emulicious for testing and debugging and Mega Everdrive Pro for running on the actual hardware!

First timer here!

First time ever properly participating in a game jam!! Gonna be making a solo game in Godot, I hope to make something worthy of the Jam.

Git Status

Repo for my LD game is ready to go. 0 lines of code 0 lines of comment 1 README.md

Maybe in?

I have some ideas depending on the themes - with five that are very nautical-oriented, maybe one of them will work. With the others, I have one I might just play with. However, I'm also working on an app at the same time that I want to complete, which is also a game in it's own right - it really depends on what the theme is.

By the way - I'd really love a way to change nicknames. I've moved on from this, but it feels stuck here. I don't want to create a new account.