Hello guys, here's the story (along with my appreciation) for this event! First off, thank you all and to @Mike for all the positivity which is felt throughout this jam! I got pleasantly surprised!

Let it be time-lined (you will laugh)!

• 26-27 Apr - I recall there is sth like Ludum Dare, I say to myself, why not do this, had it on my list 1 year ago (in the meantime, I am not in front of a computer and in the jam weekend, I am going to be busy with other things, haha)
• next few days {life is busy as hell} - you know, people today live x20 speed nowadays> - I read the rules, I see there is possibility for an Extra entry, phew, awesome... maybe that would happen
• I am checking out the themes - oh my, there are some pretty cool ones - maybe I don't like a few like delivery; my brain is already pumping ideas (maybe I will finish a game this time, haha)
• 27th - 31st Apr - nope, I am not here, I think I skimmed through here to see it's the Delivery theme, I am seeing some posts, not sure what is going on
• 3rd May - here I come! - my Phaser3 setup is a bit dusty, haven't gotten to this in 6 months, I decide I would do a game which includes physics, why not?!
• (3rd - 10th May) - hell yeah, I was able to squeeze around 5 consecutive hours into... doing basic setup around 1 particular issue with my physics engine (where everything speeds up enormously) - finally resolved ;;((( but the scars are real
• (10th - 16th May) - hell yeaaah - I was able to sit around 4-6 times more (nor sure exactly), some sits around 1 hour - I was able to actually (almost) get a core loop running, I still have just 3 levels in my game
• 18th May - I came with a nifty mechanic to make my game more meaningful - eject areas - otherwise it would actually be pointless haha
• 18th - 19th May - I add more levels, clean up some rough edges, fix a few bugs, add main screen content and level selection
• 19th May (I do italic this for a reason) - I create a LDJAM account now and post post my game 19 minutes after - it works but... I don't see it listed anywhere; people don't see it ; ((((( I cannot create posts, it doesn't work, but I can post comments on existing posts...
• 20th May Evening - I am going over the site, checking out how stuff work...
• 21th May - Thankfully to Mike's effort (and to me commenting in a few posts and maybe writing to support, not sure which one), my account gets whitelisted! I also start to play some games... I am totally blown away by the quality of those games, many games! I am totally blown away by the positivity going around in commenting games. Thank you guys, this is awesome! I think this was the day I also noticed the post by Mike on the huge spam... then everything (on the whitelisting) was clear.

I will be playing more of your games, if get time, they are awesome!! ... Thank you all!

Oh, it's a post-mortem, kind of... then here's a few things from my side: - DON'T try to do physics games if your setup is flaky - HAVE an LDJAM account earlier... not on submission day hahaha - Polish your setup/framework and flows for the things you want to include in your game / in my case I didn't even have a visual level editor; all code - Plan plan plan but keep it simple... 1 core mechanic done well is much better than 3 mechanics done in a mediocre manner - Note: while I was not on the computer, my head was pumping stuff, some of this stuff had to go on paper to get validated - I've spend a lot of time thinking about what's to be done next, not "trying to just code it" - novice programmers should take note of this

Oh, here's the game, it's ugly and has one nasty bug :D but... if intereseted Airborn Island Delivery (AID)

[this post is a piece of shared thought, nothing more]

A small piece of joy I'd like to share with you all. Yesterday I was thinking..

When I first joined LD 2 years ago I was absolutely stunned with the energy that's been flowing through it!! Absolutely blown away ! So much creative energy, so many authentic creations, effort put in just for the sake of it! For the process. For the love FOR games.

This is something trully very special. Don't know if most of us realize it. I don't always.

You know why [it is very special] ?? Because the world - is trully - full of fakeness, hipocrisy and facades all over the place. Just turn on an arbitrary TV channel and that becomes obvious in the first 7 seconds. You fall out of love :laughing: quickly. It's full of shit. ;) So are many aspects of modern life and when you don't think about it - well, you may have just forgotten the fact. Ironically, forgetting the fact also makes special events like this more forgettable.

And LD is full of genuine creations that are unbelievably... genuine. God damn, this is bigger than it seems, trust me. Everyone can find some expression of themselves through the creations they are building. And there are a few thousands every time!! How cool is that?!?! From the least exeprienced to the top masters. Probably the age range, too, is immense. What a better example of Democracy?!?! You think the act of voting is democracy? No, LD is democracy. I fall into a Nirvana when opening an authentic (even though simple) creation - every time! I have a gut feeling that THIS makes it stand since 2002 (was it?). Some guys here may have not yet been born back then haha.

Ok ok, I got too excited. Not even LD doesn't have its crooks (but that's not the point). I fuckin' love it.

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My stupid first-entry story, that I won't delete cuz already typed:

The first time I entered LD was 2 years ago. For some odd reason it popped up in my head out of nowhere, that I had read about some jam somewhat like a year before that. Then I checked and it was just starting the next day. I knew I had no setup but I had tried some things over the previous periods (or even, sporadically, years). That is, with a game framework and a programming language I enjoy. Very dirty, mostly experimenting and enjoying what could be done. Even read a book on game design (but I digress).

I was able to join the Extra making a Trully Ugly game hahaha. No sound, no nothing, BUT I tried creating somewhat meaningful mechanics. And it kind of worked out! And the game me more ideas and more stuff to tinker with later. And it's kinda been paying off lately. I enjoy making games (even very rarely) more than ever!

I even "made a few friends* here, which is something I totally did not expect.

--- (a piece for all guys that have no experience but feel there is something very special going on here..)

If you failed to make a game or The game you wanted, that's SUPER fine! Game development is an extremely complicated matter : ))) But creating a game, a piece of digital expression that can be VERY customized to express you.. is you know, an amazing feeling!

I have to thank the entire community (fuck the president-like speech-feeling connotation, I hate it in the guts) BUT IT'S TRUE :o: .. the entire community for the warmth and fuzziness and for receiving invaluable pieces of advice on my games over the last 4-5 LDs. Been eye opening, but you know what's even better?? This is all like one huge laboraty exercise - with many people over the world. Your subcontious mind will fit a lot of pieces without realizing (on game dev) just being here, just playing other's creations, even if you fail to deliver !! Especially when you get low ratings (that's super rich in nutrients). Espeically when people don't understand your game cuz you're tunnel vision.

Now I start to understand: here is why I read several times here that some people started their game-dev careers from LD (I thought: yeaaa right.. Bs). No, it's the environment that can make you see the bigger picture, very quickly! It's like a craft. And then it clicks.. and clicks and clicks.. ! And you actually start to understand what the problems are, start to make it better.. even playable games :laughing: after the 5th time XD Damn

@pov, you are awesome! LD is greater than stepping on the moon. In its own way. ♥️

Note 1: If you are not 30 or above you may have never seen these games - it's a great opportunity ;)

Note 2: back in the day... games were unforgiving ;)) much harder than currently-accepted

Hey guys, I don't know about you but I had a good chunk of my childhood over video games with friends and I really wanted to share a (retro gaming) website with you!

I cannot believe but MANY of the games I played as a little kid, back BACK in the day, must have been 6-9 year old, could be found here! https://classicreload.com/

I just took 3 hours out of Sunday without being able to stop : )))

For the love of the old games!

I was actually looking for THIS one to find the website / it's SUPER addictive - Rodent's Revenge: https://classicreload.com/win3x-rodents-revenge.html

Just a few examples of my favorites / I found a lot I played back then and will forever remember: Dune (wait, there was Dune III?!?!), Desert Strike, Hellfire, Golden Axe, Digger, Head Over Heels, even XoniX and Tower Toppler ?!?! JEEZ, cannot believe it!!!

Desert Strike

Prince of Persia

Hellfire

Tower Toppler

Ninja Gaiden

Head over Heels

Dune II

Digger

I didn't know that existed

XoniX - the original.. I played this VERY young

Game-dev wise: I believe we COULD learn A LOT from many of those games. Even though some of these don't run well or it's awkward till you figure the controls out, there are many classics! Note: many of those are available on SEGA (via emulators for comp) and they sometimes run better there. I played a lot on.. SEGA. Some of those on ancient computers though.

Which of those have you played? Is it a trip down memory lane for you? It sure is for me.. !

Enjoy! And have a great rest of the weekend! :love_letter: