Not really my first Ludum Dare, but the other times failed due to a lack of drive and skill. I don’t know if this will go the same way, if I hit a wall, I’ll try to break on through to the other side for the sake of the compo.

Tools:

• Sublime Text 3 (for hot HTML5, cool CSS3 and jubilant Javascript)
• Google Chrome (for devilishly debugging and tentatively testing jaunty Javascript)
• GIMP (for groovy graphics)
• BFXR (for audacious audio)
• Mozilla Web API Reference (for reckless reference)

This also gives me an excuse to listen to some psychedelic bands for 48 hours which may well affect what I end up producing. Some bands currently on the playlist, for those very few who may be interested:

• Led Zeppelin
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
• The Black Angels
• Jimi Hendrix
• Cream
• Iron Butterfly
• Electric Wizard
• The Beatles
• Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
• Bob Dylan
• Kyuss
• Fu Manchu
• and more…

Good luck to everyone participating, and have fun!

Probably won’t end up producing too much, I have some other work to do sadly. But I’ll give it a few hours and see where it leads me.

Tools:

• Sublime Text 3
• Javascript + HMTL5
• Paint.NET
• BFXR

Necessary Motivators:

• Caffeine (in coffee form)
• Music
• George Broussard’s Twitch Stream (if he decides to stream)

Good luck everyone and let’s see some good games.

So, I’m in. I have nothing but a free weekend ahead of me, admittedly after a Friday night of Christmas drinks with friends, but I have nothing else. I have just completed my final topic of Uni with Distinction and am looking to celebrate and put my brain to good use. What better way to do that than make a game in 48 hours?

Tools:

• Game Maker: Studio
• Paint.net
• Sublime Text 3

Extras:

• Spotify – I’ll be throwing together a playlist largely consisting of stoner rock (Kyuss, Colour Haze, Om, Sleep, that sort of thing) as well as a smattering of other favourites

Keen to get this started, let’s see some great entries, people. Good luck!

• Language: C#
• Engine: Custom/Monogame
• IDE: Visual Studio 2019
• Art: Krita
• Sound: LabChirp

I have a few ideas for each theme, but I'm not particularly sold on any of them (the ideas, not the themes) so I guess I'll plug away until inspiration strikes.

I do like the idea of Infocom inspired text game, though. Tonight I'll throw together some base code that I'll upload to github after the jam.

It's been a busy day outside of LD47, but I've scraped together something that is shaping up to be a functional game. I wasn't in love with the theme, but after a sit down and a coffee, my idea of a Infocom text adventure-y thing clicked and now I've got some text printing and input working, I need a story.

Progress pic: