simonhutchinson

Ludum Dare 37

I’m in.

Long time player, second time entrant.

Looking forward to it!

Tags: LD37

Neon No Nakama Post Mortem

I’m having a great time going through everyone’s games, and I appreciate all the great feedback. This is only my second time participating in Ludum Dare, but it’s mind-blowing to see the amount of creativity from all over the world.

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As far as my own process, I had no idea what I was doing until I sat down and wrote the music on Saturday afternoon. I knew I wanted some sort of multi-track adaptive audio. Perhaps it was going to be a FPS where the player activated statues or an RPG where you interacted with other characters, slowly building up the audio tracks.

In the end, though, my inexperience in creating graphics led me to strip the visual idea down to its bare bones, and just use lights. After that, the rest of the game evolved as one accident after another.

“Oh, those other balls can hit you… That’s kind of interesting I guess.”

Anyway, thanks to all who played (and are still playing).

Here’s a link to Soundcloud where you can download the music.

(I’d embed the SoundCloud player here, but it doesn’t seem to work. Any hints?)

Tags: 2D, compo, game, jam, music, post-mortem, unity3d

LD 38

Testing, testing.... I'm in

Hi all!

3rd time participating. I'm not sure what my tools are yet, we'll see what the theme inspires.

More than anything, I'm looking forward to playing everyone's entries!

LD38 Completed and Published (...I hope)

Done!

Congrats to everyone in advance.

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Finished! (since I need to be)

LOW BATT

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Where can I get started playing others' games while I'm still basking in the afterglow?

"I like it... but it's not really a game."

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Windows / Mac / Linux

Thank you to all who have played and commented on my game! I'm thrilled that people seem to be enjoying it.

I am surprised that I seem to be getting a permutation of the above comment a lot, questioning LOW BATT's game-ness. Although I wasn't expecting this view, I'm always happy to inspire controversy.

Should I have tagged this as a "nogame"? To quote Bernard Suits, a game is:

...the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.

LD 39

I'm in.

...most likely. I can't clear the weekend, but that's never stopped me in the past.

This will be LD number four for me. Looking forward to playing everyone's games!

A Few of My Favorites So Far

Hi all! I'm having a great time playing everyone's games. I'm always stoked to check out the originality on display in the LD submissions.

Here a few of my favorites so far:

The Hall of the Sorcerer King

One of a number of Twine games from this jam that have made me rethink the potential of the platform.

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Blood Mechs: The Iron Eucharist

Brought me back to my ill-spent youth piloting mechs in "Mechwarrior 2"

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Discipline and Punish

A Foucauldian interpretation of power--simple controls, thoughtful message.

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August 25th, 2017

Another thought-provoking game about the time we and those we know have left.

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Finally, a cheap plug:

LOW BATT

If you've got a couple minutes, check out my game, LOW BATT. Leave me a comment, and I'm check out your game (if it's playable as Mac or web). Help me break out of my feedback loop!

Looking forward to checking out more games over the coming weeks.

LD 40

I'm in.

I can't dedicate the whole weekend, but that's never stopped me before.

Personal goal: make something with completely novel gameplay rather than just doing something I've done before with changes to suit the theme.

テッ球 T E K K Y U --- Done!

てっ球 T E K K Y U

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Looking forward to playing everyone's games! Drop me a comment, and I'll check out yours (as long as I can play in on my Mac).

This year was a little more down to the wire, but I'm sure that I'm not the only one. Check it out!

LD 41

I'm in.

Software, etc. depends on the theme, but looking forward to playing everyone's games!

This'll be #6 for me.

In the midst of slaughter

Working through the slaughter, I feel like I'm seeing a lot of "alone" or "lonely" or "alone in ..."

Game jammers! You are loved! In a couple of weeks we're getting together and make games! It's going to be awesome!