I…guess I’m in. I’m not sure if I’ll have any time, but I’ve been wanting to do this since the day I heard it. First dare, first jam, first game. Yay milestones 😀

… i hope. Oh well. Already have an idea slowly piecing itself together, hope I can pull it off. I have nothing better to do with it I suppose…

• code+ide: processing. booyeah!
• gfx: primitives like rect(), line(), and box(). gimp for emergencies.
• musics: assuming minim will work i’ll try b/sfxr for sfx and maybe CAUSTIC 2 for music. yay android apps!
• timelapse: maybe, just maybe a glapse. say please.
• os: #! linux. or without all the funny characters it’s crunchbang linux. lightweight & perfect for my
• computer: who knows how old? i get 100% cpu from a 500×500 window (but a nice frame rate :P)
• food: sandwiches, preferably peanut butter + cinnamon
• cats: two + laser pointer. are extremley cute & may be distraction.
• pickle: bermuda

what am i listing again? oh, compo stuff.

right. This is all very iffy now. I don’t even know if I’ll have a free weekend and I’ll probably forget the dare anyway. but IF I can remember it’s gonna be grrrrreat!

Tags: im in, java, processing, tools

*awesome*

Tags: slaughter, vegetables

I need to put a little update on my I’m In post

Now I’m using a much much faster computer woo
And potato
Plus it runs Windows

I’ll still try to give Win/Mac/Lin/Android builds asap.

I sound like an idiot through cameras sorry

Here’s what I’ll be using:
how do I embed videos again

Turns out my new comp is fast enough to do livestreaming! yay!

http://www.twitch.tv/tuddster

maybe you’re taking it too literally.

I have some bezier curve thing and a WORKING EDITOR! Woop.

Collision works too.

Hoping to add, you know… gameplay. Have an idea though 😀

Tags: first, processing

http://www.twitch.tv/tuddster/

I’m making a really cool ame about bezier curves and spaceships. I’s coming along quite nicely, maybe you would want to check it out?

Here’s a partial screen from my game so far.

It’s still clunky. oh well.

At least it works!

I’m using it to create the levels in the game right now.

Tags: curves, editor, game progress, level, processing, progress

look, i’m already done!
😀

win/mac/lin 32bit. maybe an android port later.
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20285

i had fun making my first “real” game, called curves.

here are some thoughts.
what went right
i had fun.

i was already familiar with the tools i used.

i didn’t have to draw pictures! trust me, if i make art for anything, it sucks.

my idea popped into my head pretty fast as well, and i finished early.

when i found a game-crashing bug, i slept on it and fixed it the next morning. always the best idea.

speaking of sleeping, i didn’t adjust my sleep cycle too much. this made it very easy on myself, and i never felt tired.
—–
what went wrong
i played it too much. might be a good thing?

my code is an absolute *mess*. especially the variable declarations, they take up a whole page and they’re just a big pile.

i kept worrying about how other people were going to like it.

i underestimated my ability, and took too many breaks. i finished 10h early without trying.

i threw out too much.

i failed to test the old level editor. turns out clicks mapped to every level, not just the selected one. this caused edits to the last level to ruin all the previous levels. luckily they weren’t very good.

i tried to be too minimal. i even thought the friggin particle system was too complex for the theme.
—–
what you and i should do next time

overestimate your skill, and cut things if needed.

remember the rule of 2: when you tweak a variable, multiply or divide by 2. nothing else or you just get all ocd about your number.

remember that 48h is actually a lot of time. and keep the jam in mind: if you can’t get finished, submit to the jam.

help others and ask for help. it’s not like you lose money for losing the dare. be a good loser.

don’t look down on your own game. because it’s great, and nobody gets to see it if you don’t submit it.

thank you.

I created a transition effect.
It took a while to select.
It may be bad
laggy just a tad
The lag will be hard to detect.

Hopefully.

Levels are beginning to form in my head
I have a lot of time, I was misled
Some are really great,
others I kind of hate
…At lunch I ate some bread?

Oh.

Screenshot Saturday.
I think you are super great!
I will take one, yes.

This is a picture / It is somewhat distorted / Click to fix the bug

Tags: screenshotsaturday

I wanted to write a musical song
but wanted it to sync up with the game.
To keep that statement from being wrong
I use 96bpm. It works! I exclaim.

(4 bars of a 96bpm song is exactly ten seconds.)

After a couple false starts, I figured out stole from SO how to compute normals for a line. All I need to do now is get that ball on the left to bounce off of the lines and I’m pretty much set to go.

normals

yeah uh kinda sick of all this yogo stuff; I can’t think of a game that I like and can work with off of this theme I also voted it down, it’s a terrible theme

don’t expect anything

It sucks but I had fun and I didn’t break my streak.

Processing or Twine like last time, nothing fancy.

Day and Night and Another World are objectively the best themes.

I have no plan, so if I’m going to explode at least I’m going to do it with some dignity. Let’s do this thing!

Tags: portal

w/ Processing