I have started making a game! The game is about harvesting herbs, berries and fruits from your yard outside your own potion shop and combine these to brew the most potent potions and remedies your customers are ordering!
Just got done with the building blocks of the brewing system, now let's create some whacky combinations!
Go here for event details: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52 (TL;DR same as September)
My apologies for the spottiness of details leading up to the event. I didn't appreciate how difficult it would be to pull together an event around the holidays, nor did I expect to become ill right after Xmas. Suffice to say, if all goes well we'll be doing our next January event on the 2nd week of 2024, not the first. :sweat_smile:
I wrote and was planning to share a blog post talking about the craziness of 2022, from the insanity of Twitter and them shutting down our newsletter, to the social media community fragmenting (we're on both Twitter and Mastodon now), to being overwhelmed by spambots, and all the difficult questions about AI that have essentially made many of our rules archaic and obsolete, but it was more important to kick-off the event. :laughing:
To put things mildly, we and so many others got a wake-up call in December as our outreach partners (Twitter, Revue) basically imploded. My task this weekend is to add more ways for you to connect with us, so you can be notified and reminded of upcoming events. Our current active list includes:
Some new/updated methods may include:
Let me know in the comments below if there's some way you would like to be notified (i.e. YouTube, TikTok, Hive?).
Thanks everyone, and best of luck this weekend!
I don't participate in a Ludum Dare for like... 5 years. Will try to make something simple in React now I'm Web Developer. Next time I hope I can make in Godot. :D
It is not appropriate to design a game about organ harvesting, as organ transplantation is a serious and sensitive topic that should be treated with respect. The topic of organ transplantation involves real people who are facing life-threatening medical conditions and their families, and it should not be trivialized or used as entertainment.
There are many other themes and gameplay mechanics that can be explored in a video game without resorting to sensitive or controversial topics. I would encourage you to consider alternative ideas for your game. If you have further questions or need help coming up with game ideas, feel free to ask.
... or how to convince me to explore the idea further.
After pondering on how will I interpret the theme (harvest), I've decided to lean on the spiritual aspect of the word. No, not the Grim Reaper, but a "harvester of bad memories".
As such, I will make a visual novel whose protagonist is one of those "harvesters", and he falls in love with a mortal. And as planned, I will conclude the story in the 2023 Global Game Jam.
For LD52, I am making a Survival Horror game about Rain
This concept has been in my head for ages, sparked by a horrendous Storm in the UK recently that destroyed many fences, umbrellas, and pairs of shoes.
Yeah, this doesn't exactly fit does it? I couldn't come up with a concept that 1. Stuck to the Theme 2. Interested me from a gameplay perspective and 3. Was achievable within the scope of a game jam. I struggled for an answer for almost 2 full hours, so instead of wasting more time I powered on ahead with an idea I already believed in. I've been toying with this concept in my head for a while, so what better time to bring it to life than Ludum Dare?
I do have quite a few ways to tie it into the theme, don't worry, but time will tell whether I'll have time to implement it or not...
Finishing a game is the #1 Priority, after all!
Good luck guys, it's 2:30am here in the UK, so I'm off to bed for the night. I hope you're all having as great of a time as I am! 😁
Inspired by "Papers Please", in this game you're an unemployment officer, filtering through people and resumes in a communist country's unemployment line. Harvesting the best talent and placing them in the correct work positions.
Pretty proud of this, I think it came out well!
After 4h brainstorming and elaborating the game idea, setting, game play loop and goals with @kalbshack, we are pretty confident this will be a good one!
Now off to bed, gather some energy, do the mock up and character design and blast through day full power!
Good luck and good rest to all of you too! Cheers!
After some testing I think I'm finally making some progress.
I'm sorry. Once I thought of it I couldn't get it out of my brain. Sorry. I have to make it. A game about making hair vests. I'm so very sorry.
Here we go! After skipping last LD (Family first), I'm back in business! Gonna be making my 6th NES game in Compo time! This one is going to be a bit different though, gonna make it more arcadey, which is actually better for an LD scope-wise. Anyway, I already have a title card ready! Stay tuned for more clouds, and more crows ;)
After a lot of brainstorming and a few failed 3D models, I'm finally taking a break on day one. My team and I have our concept ready, but I wanted to devote extra time to the visuals this go around, so that was my day today. Tomorrow, the rest of the coding!
Engine: Kaboom 3000! Audio: BFXR/Audacity Graphics: open source/Aseprite Fun Fact about me: My butt was on international TV!
Suddenly energized for no particular reason, I decided to ink and color my sprites... Yay!?
Here our ideas from our discard pile. I really thought we were going to get a good theme this time, but somehow one generic one made it through and ended up getting picked. These are not order of descending sanity, but clearly the team has had enough.
"FarmRunner" | Plays like a temple run game, but you are a farmer running through the fields. As you encounter obstacles you must move into that lane an simultaneously select the right tool to handle what you run into. Like rabbit/shotgun, plant/shovel, weed/hoe, rock/pickaxe, etc..
"The Sixth" | It is January 6th and you are harvesting ballots (Plays like NES Paperboy) and you have a meter that goes from losing to winning to landslide, and if you don't reach landslide in time there is an insurrection.
"Contracts" | You are time traveling Kanye (Ye) West and you need to go to somewhere between 1933 and 1942 to solve a mystery.
"STEM" | Stem cells are hard to come by, but you have found an interesting way to harvest them, but you have to be careful, plays like a classic operation game.
"Dr Dex" | You are a surgeon by day and serial killer by night. Help your patients and rid the underworld of bad guys by harvesting vital organs you need the next day from murderers and then switch modes and complete a surgery to save people by day.
Vegetables will fall in from above. Yes, stuff falls in an instant like in Combo Postage, and when it hits the 'vegetable rack', it will shake the whole rack, and if you're standing in it, that's the end of Darryl's shift!! Anyway, the 'where stuff goes' system is different than in Combo- it doesn't care if you're already standing in a rack, but it will always try to send stuff to one of the racks with the LEAST stuff.
3 hit basic combo is now animated and confirms I programmed the system correctly!
Unfortunately GIFs don't have sound, but all you're missing out on is a kick drum playing quarter notes.
