I started this LD 12 hours late, and even considered skipping. I just randomly checked out the website to see when will it start and unfortunately it was already started.
I got idea pretty fast so why not try, even after missing 12 hours :pig:
The rules page seems to be gone and gives a 404 error. Are there any rules about release platforms? I'd like to use a game engine I have been working on for a while now, but I can currently only make builds for Linux. I know that that will lock out probably 98% of the playerbase (or maybe less? Don't know how many game devs here run linux), but that isn't really my concern.
I'd be happy enough if I just managed to make a full game from scratch with an engine made from scratch :P
Better late than never. The last few days have been full of virtual machines, linking and compiling. Apparently you can't simply move a file onto another PC and expect it to run. After some tweaking I finally managed to put together a system for creating a single "AppImage" for my games making them a bit easier to distribute, at least on GNU/Linux.
Here's a hello world in a virtual machine with zero dependencies installed
Maybe I'll also have web builds next time around but that will require a bit more work. Windows builds I had to skip entirely. That just didn't work and that dreaded g++.exe still gives me nightmares.
On another note, I also had some success with a raspberry pi (ARM CPU) and also in theory this all should run on a Steam Deck but that one I can't test because I don't own one.
Even though there's 1 day and 9 hours to go, I don't know if this rabbit hole of memory access violations is going to end at this rate :D
C++ :heart::heart:
I hope I have enough time to render everything :D
A small PSA about the usage of the red cross on a white background. It is a sign of protection under the Geneva Conventions and its unauthorised use is forbidden in the international and national law.
Of course this also applies to other themes as well if someone wants to add first aid kits etc. into their game
Lets not violate the Geneva Conventions, okay?
https:// www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/protecting-people-in-armed-conflict/the-emblem