Main page shows some weird dates 
Schedule page shows one time 
Countdown timer on main sidebar shows another time
while the "Coming up" section shows different date?
Can we get some clear confirmation, and in what timezone are these times?
Slaughtering is the most time intensive process of the voting, and there are still 4 voting stages left, with 9 days until the jam soooo....
Waaaaayy back in October 2020 I made Polyfury (https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/polyfury) for Ludum Dare 47 (well I actually made two games that jam...), and for the last three years I've been working hard on turning it into a full release, and it's finally there!
I've had over 10,000 people download the free demo over the last year or so, there are over 1,000 unique entries on the leaderboards, and it all started right here 🤩 the free demo was even part of the ID@Xbox Summer Demo Festival, which was awesome. It took me an extra year to get it working on Xbox lmao, but I've learned a lot in the process.
Honestly though, I'm mostly just looking forward to jamming again 😂 long term projects are not for me, working solo takes its toll mentally and the whole marketing and promoting thing is complete BS. 0/10 do not recommend. It's done though, and you should check out the free demo on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1804980/Polyfury/) 😁
I don't know if a swapping theme was done recently but I think it could be fun. And yes, I like puzzle games.
A bit basic, I know, but I usually don't submit theme suggestions, and I thought I'd give it a shot while I'm waiting for voting and, eventually, the actual jam.
Good luck everyone!
Y'all telling me you wouldn't love to see the entire submission page be full of chicken thumbnails and games about chickens?
This LD splash scene for my entry, because why the heck not? I love LD I can release my inner child and be as free as I can it's truly beautiful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISGIFP1Iff0
So the next theme should be "Digestion", seems like the themes are telling a story.
I think Weather could be cool, but Recycle has alot of different ways to be looked so that's what I want to win. Hope we get a good theme regardless!
I'm excited for the LD, I will probably be using Unity since I haven't had enough time to really iron out my workflow for any other engine I'm messing with.
Anyway for themes I like themes that have multiple interpretations, Some themes I see are often narrow leading to games with very similar ideas and I think that makes some of the rating phases for the past jams feel slow to get through, for me personally.
Maybe try looking at your theme suggestions and broaden them to allow new interpretations! Instead of "One Button Controls" try "Minimal Buttons" getting the idea across without getting 'um akshually' in the comments when you used 1 button and an analog stick which "doesn't really fit the theme". Or maybe how about instead of "Outer Space" try just "Space" which can have games about trying to find a parking space, not just games that have space ships!
Here's some interpretations for my themes, but I think there's definitely plenty of other ideas for!
Artifact - The obvious one that people go to are Ancient or magical Artifacts, but you can also have Artifacts as in a side effect like an artifact in a science experiment Finally maybe a game about Glitchy Video Artifacts?
Support - This could be physical support like holding something up, emotional support, maybe it's you play as the backup for a spy who's undercover supporting them? Maybe you're the healer in an MMO? You have to support the new hire during their job training.
Limits - This one is so broad and that's the benefit, it asks you to put guard rails, but not what rails to put. Maybe you limit the number of inputs, maybe you limit the number of towers in your tower defense, or maybe you limit the distance the player can travel in your game. There's so many things you can do, but the goal is to come up with some hard limit then make a game around that limit!
If you're new here: welcome and have lots of fun!
Here are some tips :-)
Any new LDers here? Please comment below! Then I'll put your name on my 'to play list', I'm curious what you all end up creating :-)
i've been away from LD for a few years now, but i'll be back this time. not sure if going solo or in a team, not sure if i'll be coding or making music or what not. if i'll be coding, i'll be using either ren'py, or godot, or something custom i've yet to build (i'll be sure to publish if i build something before ld starts)
my theme suggestions, you ask? well,
Ludum Dare is fun already! Thinking about theme suggestions alone is so exciting ... :-)
I want my friend to create an account here. I checked out how to do it and it seems new accounts need an invitation code.
What is this invite code? How can I get one? Can I generete it for him? Or maybe he has to write to admins for it?
I've started learning Godot, but with LD so close at hand, I'm not confident that I'll be comfortable using it after only two weeks working with it. So I will probably end up still using Unity for LD54.
Alternatively, I'm considering looking for another team to assist, preferably ones with some LD experience. My strengths are in music/sfx and game design (I'm only so-so on the implementation side). I was 2nd place in Audio on the LD45 compo, and have been 3rd place in Mood a few times. My highest Fun ranking was 7th (in LD47 compo).
add me pls
Advertises gambling, casinos, I wonder if someone like Mike or whoever could deal with that?