6 AM in the Netherlands, great time to wake up and start making a game for the compo! Not really my favorite theme, but I should be able to come up with something nice... probably. For now my idea would be to make a god game/city builder (in a small world of course), but I see lots of people have the same idea too. So maybe I'll do something else, just not sure what. First time doing Ludum Dare, by the way, so I'm excited to see what I'll be able to create.

I've worked for a few hours now and am getting somewhere. I'm making a game where you build a city on a tiny world. Of course, as the world is so small, the city will have to be mostly vertical. Not very unique, but hopefully I'll be able to add some new things somewhere. And anyway, I've never really made a similar game before so it's new and fun for me.

Currently, you can build things (only two buildings though), destroy buildings. Also, people will move between your buildings.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B24tJEprzdZ-eHpkTGRzZGJhbUU/view?usp=sharing

I've done a lot on the game since the last update! People now actually do things, there are resources (food, wood, stone and knowledge), some more buildings, a day-night cycle and lots of internal systems. It's really starting to feel like a (basic...) citybuilder! There's still a lot to do though, including adding in a story and lots more buildings and systems. And just one more day... First, however, it's time to get some sleep. I'll see how much I can get out of this game tomorrow.

Here's a screenshot: https://wagtailgames.com/ld/ld3.png

Almost time to submit. Just need to playtest some more and probably do some polishing here and there.

To submit quickly, I initially only made a Windows version of my game (porting is allowed after the deadline). I now also made the HTML5 version, so it's a bit easier to start playing the game. You can play it on itch.io or GameJolt.

It's almost 8 AM here in the Netherlands and I just woke up. I like the theme, gives a lot of options! It should be possible to make something with this. I'll use Haxe+PIXI.JS, or maybe just GameMaker: Studio if I'll make a game where a level editor or fancier graphics are useful.

I took me very long to come up with an idea for the theme, but I finally decided on one a few hours ago and now have the first sprites and a tiny bit of gameplay.