Hi everybody, I decided to participate in the upcoming Ludum Dare. This is my first time entering so I could use your advice! I would consider myself maybe an intermediate game developer for Game Maker. If you want, you can check out some of my early Game Maker games here:  http://www.yoyogames.com/users/shard123

Hi everyone, I thought I would be participating this time, but then I realized that it had already started. Hopefully next time I’ll be  more ready! Good luck to anyone else though.

Hello folks, I will be participating in this MiniLD! But since making dialogue in Game Maker is kind of tough, I’ll probably just have a story in my game, The Struggle for Humanity. In this game that I’m working on with qwezc, you are of an ancient alien race that has to introduce new technology and ideas to the early humans. I’ve never really done something like this before, so I’m excited to see how this turns out!

Here’s an early screenshot:

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Hi guys, the game that qwezc and I are making is moving right along. Its now got actual game play! Every time a baby is born you get points that you can spend to introduce new technology to the humans. It still doesn’t have much dialogue or a story but that will come later. I’m thinking of adding some special powers that drastically change the humans’ opinion of you.

Here’s another screenshot:

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We got a little farther, it’s still far from finished but here’s a little demo. It’s sort of a simulation strategy.

You can download the demo here: http://shard123games.weebly.com/ludum-dare.html

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As the this weekend approaches rapidly we’ve been really working on our game.  I’ve included a link to our new demo. We’ve added a ton of features, god powers, updated graphics, sound effects, and much more!

Play it now!  http://shard123games.weebly.com/

Yes, we’re finally finished! You can check out our game, the Struggle for Humanity under all entries for the MiniLD. Hope you enjoy it!

Hello again!  There’s a new version of The Struggle for Humanity that you can find here: http://thestruggleforhumanity.weebly.com/download.html at the games official website. The new version offers slightly improved graphics and various bug fixes and changes. Also, once you have the altar and click on the demigod god power,  you can click on a lady and make her create a demigod. Once the demigod is middle aged, you can control it by clicking it and moving it around with the arrow keys. If a demigod is selected and you press C you can build Stonehenge.

Hope you guys enjoy the new version!

Hello everyone. Im 99 percent sure that I’ll be participating in this MiniLD. I just hope that the theme is easy to do in Game Maker…

Tags: ld, mini, shard123

Just got back from vacation and I am getting right to work on making my entry. I’m thinking of making a pacifistic strategy game…

I’ll be using:

-Game Maker (again)

– A hip new drawing program I found called Paint.NET

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I made a lot of progress today! I’ll hopefully have a demo up tomorrow once I add some more game play.

Until then… Here’s a screenshot!

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I just uploaded a demo of my entry Guns for Roses on my site so try it out! Remember though, it’s nowhere near complete. =)

Try it out!: http://shard123games.weebly.com/ludum-dare.html

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Guns to Roses is finally complete! You can check it out under all the entries for this Mini LD. Your feedback is really appreciated, as I will continue to update this game!

Hey guys, I just wanted to show you guys a comparison between my first game and one of my latest games:

Compare my first game Ghosts and Diamonds,

http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/87819-ghosts-and-diamonds

to one of my latest games, The Struggle for Humanity:

http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/179700-the-struggle-for-humanity

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As long as nothing comes up I should be able to enter. I might enter the Jam if I’m going to be working with qwezc.

I’ll be using:

Game Maker (as usual)

and Gimp

I’ve been trying to learn how to program with Java in Eclipse but I’m not good enough to make anything fun. Do you guys know of any good tutorials?

do you have to create a time lapse or is it optional?

Even with a late start, our entry for the jam is nearing completion. Our game is called Claustrophobia and is sort of a dungeon crawler/maze game with elements of puzzle games.

Here’s a screen shot:

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Whew! Participating in the Jam was a lot of fun but really tiring. We managed to finish our game Claustrophobia with just a few hours to spare.  Check it out here!:  http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/games/184445-claustrophobia

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Hello everyone, a brand new version of Claustrophobia is now up on my site! It improves on the collision detection and music, as well as a bunch of other bug fixes and small improvements.

Check it out here:  http://shard123games.weebly.com/ludum-dare.html

Hi everyone, I had a blast doing this Ludum Dare! I’m really excited for the next one, I think qwezc and I will be a lot more prepared now that we’ve done it before. Also, we’ll both be using the same software so we’ll be able to collaborate on coding more. We also found a nice music generator that will allow us to make music in a short period of time.  Now about the MiniLD. I’ll might enter in it, but because of school starting, I might not have enough time for it. But I’m hoping to least make something!