I’ve wanted to do this for a couple years now. Finally, the stars have aligned and I can devote a good chunk of time to Ludum Dare 23!

Of course, there is a hitch – I’ll be traveling for part of Saturday, so I have an extra challenge ahead of me. I think I’m up for that challenge.

My tools for LD23 will be:

SublimeText 2 – “TextMate for Windows”
Dropbox – super simple deployment solution between me and my server.
Powershell – just to copy files
CraftyJS – HTML5/DOM gaming framework
SFXr – aww yeah
Paint.NET – for teh grafix

And maybe a few additional things I haven’t thought of yet.

Oh yeah – since I suck so bad at pixel art, I copied Notch’s icons2.png and cleared out the font and test sprite he made while working on Minicraft. I’m posting it here in case anyone else wants it.

simple starter sheet to help keep pixel art "on rails" - thanks to @notch

If you are interested in making a JavaScript game for LD 23, you should look at CraftyJS:

http://craftyjs.com/

and its new component add-in site CraftyComponents:

http://www.craftycomponents.com/

Genius stuff! It will help you beat the clock this weekend!

Well, at least I’ll be in the compo. We’ll see about Flynn on Sunday.

Stack will be

HTML5/Phaser
Audacity/SFXR
Paint.net
possibly a few other trinkets

And then, let's jam!

I'm re-teaming with my partner from LD 46,@Terderrer. Why mess with success? 😎

We'll be using Crafty.js as the game framework. It's an older Javascript framework and hasn't been maintained for over a year now. But it's a great prototyping tool because it is really consistent API.

Engine: Kaboom 3000! Audio: BFXR/Audacity Graphics: open source/Aseprite Fun Fact about me: My butt was on international TV!

• Brainstormed a couple ideas
• Went with one of them :)
• Created project
• Got basic canvas rocking with a level display and countdown timer.
• Committed the code and called it a night.

Good luck, jammers!

Just a little cairn signifying my progress on this dreary Saturday morning in the Pacific Northwest.

This is a card game. Can you guess what type of card game?

It will have some special rules in addition to the customary ones.