Hopefully I am metaphorically dealt some good cards. This is my first Ludum Dare. I am thinking of using C++ and SDL or Gamemaker.

a screenshot of my game so far

I thought I would make a explore the asteroid field game.

collision is working but all it does so far is show a BAM! image when you hit the asteroids so I need to work on that and an way to score points and a way to the show points I guess. So far I have amazed how much I got done. It helps having low standards I guess.

Tags: screenshot

This was my first Ludum Dare and my first game I programmed too.  My game was very simple but I wanted something I knew I could finish and finish I did.

What went right:

• The game got finished
• Fixed any major bugs

What went wrong:

• The goal of the game: it never really happened
• Bugs took a long time fix
• Ran out of muffins

What went into my belly:

• 6 muffins
• lots of soda
• Rigatoni with pasta sauce
• Angus burger
• bagel
• chow mein

What I learned:

• You can make a very simple game in 48 hours while knowing practically nothing about game programming
• What a SIGTRAP is
• How to use Code::Blocks and its debugger
• You can never have too many muffins
• Pasta sucks without parmesan cheese

Tags: postmortem

What I may be using:

language: java for an android app or maybe I will fall back on to C++ & SDL

graphics: The Gimp most likely

music/sound (maybe): LMMS

OK I am a little bit undecided but I HAVE decided that I am in for Ludum Dare 23. and muffins. I most definitively need to get some muffins. Can’t do Ludum Dare without muffins. Mmm… muffins.