My partner and I are doing this together. We're both crazy nervous-excited right now. The next 6 hours can't go fast enough!
Engine: Unity3D
3D Art: Blender3D
Image & Textures: Adobe Photoshop
References: PureRef
Project Management: Trello
Music: Cubase 10.5
SFX: FL Studio 20
I'm hoping it's gonna be Shelter personally - I've already got a great simple idea that I really hope I can explore this weekend.
A few others are sparking my imagination too (Harvest, Corruption & Split).
I wouldn't say any of them are bad exactly, but I've definitely got preferences.
It's kinda amazing to be saying this, but core systems are almost complete! I'm confident that by the end of Monday, I will have released my first ever game!
Obligatory ugly screenshot before I work on Art & Sound tomorrow 😁
Our first-ever game jam was super fun! We have released our first ever game!: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/bad-thoughts
Here are some Enemy Bios we created for the Bestiary screen that we didn't have time to add 🥲
Comment your games for rating too! We're loving this whole experience and looking for great new stuff to play 😁
Does anyone know where to find detailed information on editing text for Ludum Dare posts? I've seen people do some really cool things and would love to play around with the options to make our Game Page look nice & fancy haha
You're all invited ❤️ BYOB
Had such a blast guys, thank you all so much for playing and making our first ever LDGJ such an amazing experience!
It's our second ever game jam and the first went great!
Half of the themes sound awesome to me, but I think it'll be fun regardless. I can't wait to destroy my sleep schedule this weekend and play all of your games! 😁
For those of you that missed LD51, here was our first jam game: https://housetrapdev.itch.io/bad-thoughts
Happy Jammin' 😎
Looks like I'm opting out of Theme this time lmao
Good luck everyone! May the best Stardew Valley clone win 🥲
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! 😁
You need to protect your furry friends! You're all they have in this hostile world.
... but how could you hate befriending these adorable lil guys?
Full disclosure, the game itself isn't even close to the scariest part of this process... 2 days remain to the minute as of writing this, I'm in the early stages of a cluster headache attack, I've yet to finish any of the enemy designs, and many core features are still missing!
Still, I'm a fighter and I'm confident that I can pull this together! I doubt I'll have any time for bug testing before the deadline, but I call that an occupational hazard 😅
I seriously cannot wait to have this finished and available for you lovely people to play!
There are plenty of dangers out there, so you'd better be careful!
Okay, so I may have overscoped a tad... I'm a bit worried that I won't have enough time to finish this game, but at the very least it will be a fun little prototype. Sound and Music are two of the most important things to me, and they're both completely absent as of right now 🥲
Looks like I've got a long day ahead of me...
So I was right - I over-scoped. It turns out that an experimental Survival Horror game involving escorting AI and avoiding Rain, among other complication, is a bit harder to pull together than can be expected in 3 Days - who knew?!
I think given an extra day, I could have pulled something together for the Jam. Unfortunately that's not on the cards, so Extra it is! I've really enjoyed this weekend though, and I've definitely learned a lot. I think that this game might be something special within the next few weeks, so I wouldn't change it for the world.
Congrats to all of the teams that made that deadline! I cannot wait to play your games! 😁