Due to the timing being so important in LD, particularly in the submitting hour, I was wondering how timezones worked, and which is the main timezone LD runs on. I myself am in GMT. If anyone knows anything, post in the comments
Hello!!
Aeons ago we participated in Ludum Dare 33 (themed “You are the monster”) and in about 14 hours or so we made a small game called “Dude, Stop”. We were late, everything was rushed, it had no menu or UI, no music and just two sounds. Nonetheless, we received a lot of positive feedback and decided to expand the concept a little bit…
And now *drumroll* we’re finally on Steam Store! The dream is coming true!.. Well, coming true soon, since the game is still not finished. It’s actually funny – the initial prototype took 14 hours to make and the full game isn’t complete after one and a half years. It’s all just a pile of puzzles. Glorious, wonderful puzzles!
Anyway, this is just an encouragement for other Ludum Dare participants – don’t be afraid to take your rushed mess of a game and flesh it out into a complete game! The community is really good at showing, whether or not your games are fun, and telling you where the problems are. You guys are awesome.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/574560
The next challenge now is to release properly… 😀
Tags: dude stop, LD33, october challenge 2015
I’m just seeing some of these in the main page and social pressure is making me do this, I’m new to game dev, but I’ve already seen Ludum Dare (I have Evoland on my pc, and some game about an army of reds against some blues? They all had mustaches), and I’m learning everything I can for the LD 38. Any advice for Game Maker and people who suck at animating/drawing in any way, shape or form?
For the past couple of days I have been working on my game that I worked on for ludum dare 37 and I’ve had a lot of progress with it lately. Here is what I did :
Added : Multiple Cutscenes
Added : New Situation : Penguins Conspiring against us
Added : Multiplayer Scoreboard
Added : New Task for “Nuclear Chamber Unstable”
Added : New Background
Fixed : When You pressed a button and then pressed space it pressed that button again
Fixed : The score was set from the game before.
I’d like to continue working on this in the future so if possible, I would appreciate the feedback.
(Not related to any events…)
I have made a game but it is currently in PreAlpha stage. I want to publish it somewhere so I can receive comments and keep on uploading new versions.
Does anyone know a website that can do that? Or maybe I can do it here?
Thanks in advance
So I had this crazy Idea of a Village in the middle of a desert. They had to explore the desert to find water and bring it back to the village, but suddenly the desert got infested by dinosaurs. And the only safe place was the village, but they couldn’t go to the desert to get water anymore, otherwise the villagers would risk become dinosaur food.
I was thinking what would I do if I were in this village. So I had the idea to create a VR game who gives this exact experience. So I’ve created Desert Dino Run VR, in which you are the only hope to save the village from dying of thirsty.
In the game you have to explore the desert to find water and bring it back to the village, but you must avoid the dinosaurs at all cost because they will come after you it they spot you, so you’ll need to run back to the village, the only safe place.
Every time you bring water to the village, more dinosaurs appear but village also becomes more living, with more plants and animals appearing on it.
The game is FREE and available for download at the Playstore. It requires a cardboard like VR headset but no other external hardware. Feel free to provide any feedback on the comments.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.connectvr
Hey Guys im new here can i post my game in the past challenges it is okey to participate even if those event are old??
Hey everyone! We are the Button Masher Bros!
It’s Ludum Dare to Believe! It’s S:8 Ep. 3!
(May contain strong language)
With so many submissions, there was absolutely no way we could play them all.
Special thanks to our friends at Reddit, twitter, and youtube who all stepped up to give us suggestions – you guys are the BEST!
If you like the games you see, be sure to check them out on Ludumdare.com and let the developers know what you think!
Today we will be highlighting:
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Title: Cancelled Refugee
Category: Jam Entry
Creator: Sinclair Strange
Title: Possessed Room
Category: Compo Entry
Creator: Nodoxi
Title: FACE MAN
Category: Jam Entry
Creator: Claw
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Finally, we’d love to hear what you think!
You can comment on the episode linked above, comment in this thread, or tweet us at:
@ButtonMasherBro – Show account
@MathBlasterRitz – Chris
@SuddenlyZach – Zach
or @jwowBMB – Josh
Thanks Everyone and HAPPY LUDUM DARE!
Untill Next LD 38 Im practicing and learning New Skills Like Art Music Project Mangement Story Wrriting and Much More So happy that i discover a great community like this im so thankfull
Do you have what it takes to survive the mean streets of New York? Think again. If you’re lucky the food poisoning or criminals will get you before the rats.
URBAN SURVIVAL is a short, silly, brutal DOS text adventure written in QBasic for MiniLD #71: THE RETRO CHALLENGE. Fire up an old PC or crank up DOSBox and give it a whirl (as my grandma would say).
UPDATE: Running fine in Windows XP (for me a least) So may work in other versions of Windows as well.
IM new to Chronolapse and I find that I cant play the timelapse videos on other pc’s. The video plays with the first still only. It plays fine on my own pc, where the the jpeg folder is located. I cannot find a way to ‘finalise’ the video. Any suggestions?
This was our alternate idea for the last Ludum Dare. I kinda wish we’d gone with this one, but without the rest of my team I didn’t think I could do it in time.
THEN one of our programmers pitched an idea that started with the name of the game and it all kind of flowed from there… we came up with this prototype. If you feel like trying a 5 minute puzzle give it a whirl and let us know what you think on our twitter (@HeartLampGames)
Hello everyone,
I would like to thanks once again the LD organizers and participant. LD gave us a good excuse to start a new game but also the confidence to move forward with our ideas. It took us 2 years to rethink and develop a mobile version of Seaking Hunter. I hope you will like it.
Video trailer
Appstore
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1182939479
So it’s 2017, and come April the Ludum Dare game jam event will be 15 years old.
That’s something.
Something we haven’t been the best at is recording our legacy. A few nerds banging away at their keyboards for a weekend is no big deal. But when you do it for long enough time, it becomes one.
I will be in San Francisco for GDC. GDC is one of those rare times we get game makers from around the world together in one place, and I know a lot of people that have done Ludum Dare attend the show. Of course we can’t possibly get everyone involved, but GDC is a chance to get some of us together. And with our anniversary coming up, I feel it’s something we should take advantage of.
While I’m at the show, I want to facilitate and sit down with people that Ludum Dare has had some effect on, and have a conversation. Not “what do you like/hate about Ludum Dare”, but rather casually talk about your games, game making, and game jamming. Again, a conversation. I’ve often referred to Ludum Dare as a seed. It’s there to encourage you to make something. It’s the first step. It’s the thing that gets you in to game making, the thing that inspires you to finish a game, or sometimes even becomes the basis of a commercial game. For every game made there’s a story, and I want to see some of those stories told.
Our Ludum Dare keynotes are similar. There’s a playfulness to them (sometimes it’s all “business”), but in general I see it as a platform for the keynoters to share their story. For a while I’ve wanted to do something special with our 15th Anniversary Keynote, but I didn’t know what. There’s probably not enough time to produce a full documentary by April, but if we start at GDC, I’m sure we can cut together something by then.
To the point: I seriously need help with this!
To start, I’m not a filmmaker. I do know about the tech and the tools (#nerd), but I don’t do it. I don’t know how realistic this is going to be, but I want to find someone to work with on this. Someone that is also going to be at GDC. To be blunt, yes I’m looking for someone to capture, edit, and produce the documentary. I don’t have a budget, but I want to see this get made, so I’ll chip in where it makes sense. And yes, I do realise what I’m asking. I want to see something “Ludum Dare Documentary” get made, and I’ll do whatever I can to help. I wont be in charge of this (that’s you), but I want to facilitate it so that it does happen.
I will probably call upon folks to capture footage of small and intimate gatherings (because realistically we can’t be everywhere), but before we get there, I need to find someone to work with on this. Worst case I’ll bring my garbage camcorder and field recorder with me so I have footage, but I would prefer to have someone take charge on this.
Feel free to reach out.
Hey guys I am relatively new to game development and I can’t decide between Unity or GameMaker.I don’t have a preferance(2d or 3d).I will be using the free version of the engines since i am still a student.Also some tips in general will be appreciated.Thanks!
This year we, for the second time, organized Global Game Jam Ukraine. The theme was really cool – “WAVES”. At night between Saturday and Sunday I managed to cut several hours from my sleep and made a prototype which shows my own theme interpretation.
Within the post-jam week I completed the game and now I’m ready to release it.
Here’s how the gameplay looks like:
You’ll see a pattern on the screen. As you tap, the wave is launched. It must fit the required pattern. To win you’ll need great precision and perfect timing.
You are welcome to get Emitter: launch the waves from PlayMarket, play it and share your suggestions.
Tools used
Flash Develop – IDE
Starling – graphics engine
Enhance – quick ads and analytis integration (it took me 3 minutes to integrate the banner, interlevel ads and retention measuring)
Physics engine is of my own
Hi, I’m thinking of entering the next Ludum Dare to put on my university personal statement. My question is, has anyone else used this on their personal statement and if so, is it it a good thing to showcase why I should be accepted to study Software Engineering?
during this year global game jam i had a group with no artist; as a gameDesigner i wondered if i can make something up with voxels.
i’ve always been attracted by the minimalistic representations thess little cubes offers.
what was my surprise to discover that the free program “MagicaVoxel” is so easy to learn and allows to export obj ready to be used in unity. (with textures and materials aswell)
i’m sharing here my last creation just for fun. Any advices to improve my voxel modeling skills ?
(please be gentle im no artist in GamDev )
Since Ludum Dare 37, I’ve been working to make interesting experiences using feedback from my entry. A new episode of levels has been put together, and I hope you try it out in version 1.2.0!
Super Battle Cycles’ combat has been refined and simplified, and different mechanics have been used to form new puzzles. “Episode 2 – Reheated” has completely different levels than the original ones… please comment your thoughts on them!
It’s important to note that SBC will be completely remade and improved for future release… Expect this to be the last update to this original LD entry. Hopefully I can make something larger from this in the future 😀 Until then, keep up with progress by following!
Thanks for reading guys, see you next time!
Tags: LD37, post-compo, retro, update
Anyone here heard or AirConsole it looks pretty promising and it seems like there is a chance to win 10k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyz0SCQ-L0E im not their PR or anything just letting the community know.
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