Finally the player is able to do something \o/ You can now not just create a tour, but also start the delivery which makes the time pass :D Nothing too fancy so far, but i'm getting there :3

Started 1 hour late - but got my idea now! Will start to visualize it with some doodles, and see what i can come up with.

For anyone still brainstorming here are some ideas i had:

(Un)limited Backpack You have to fit items in a backpack, but there are also backpacks you can fit inside that provide more space than they occupy and able to be stacked inside each other. Therefore you have limited space, but its unlimited! Combine with simple battle and stats system where you loot weapons and armor that you have to store to increase your stats to survive fight which drop even more loot and so on.

Chicken Breeder - Limited Edition You have a chicken farm that can fit 3 chicken and a cage on a pole that can hold another chicken. You have to cross breed chicken in that limited space to find all the combinations and finish with the golden chicken!

Edge of the Universe You are a spaceship equipped with an enlarge-ray. You are able to absorb power from suns to fill your battery and use it to increase your size. There are black holes, space nations and space creatures that can hurt you, and the bigger you get the more suns you need to start the ray again. In the end, you are so big that you barely fit into space and can actually see the edge of the universe!

Survive under the Dome You live under a protective dome, every night monsters attack the dome but the townspeople protect the town. Your job is to fix the dome during the day - but you cant leave the dome to do so - so the more you fix it the fewer your space gets. You get material from the scout squad, but its random size and gets in one by one. Try to survive as long as possible before you have no more space to repair your dome!

Feel free to use any of those ideas as is or tweaked, and leave me a comment so i can test it when its finished!

So i got some sleep and i think i have the general idea for the layout done:

Brains tend to be kinda limited on what they can remember - so i thought why not make a game from that. Organize your brain in your daily live, collect memories and use them to interact with people, attend events and ace your tests at school. Try not to forget your friends names, the dates of events and try to ace your tests - otherwise your brain will shrink! If you remembered something long enough it gets transferred into your endlessly big long term brain, that way it will no longer need space in your limited short term brain.

You will play round based thru your days to use and collect memories, at night u can recall memories from or write them into your diary or you decide to sleep over them to slowly get them into your long term brain.

I hope i will be able to create a fun and challenging game with that idea, gonna start coding now! :>

Was supposed to participate in the jam this time, but the other half of my team forgot the date and now is totally blocked on saturday ^^, So i gonna compete in the compo this time again \o/ Happy to join and looking forward to it - wish you all a lot of fun! :3

I have to say, even tho summoning was not on my list i actually got my idea quite early and so started strait with some graphics - be aware, its programmer art x) I did my very best tho :3 Got the UI done, and basically anything else i think i need :D

I think its time for some sleep, been up for ~24 hours now ^^, After that its finally time to start the coding, looking forward to that :>

-Soon to be summoned by you ;D

How do you all do so far?

Good ol' "I'm in!"-Post:

This will be my 8th Ludum Dare and i am totaly hyped for this one! Got a cauldron of chili sitting on the stove, enough coffeein to stay awake a whole month and a few friends eager to alpha test the game and cheer me on during the weekend!

I'll dream of some good ideas for all the possible themes now, and will be freshly awake when Ludum Dare starts.

Hope we all have a great time!

Some tiny creatures, some flora and some fauna - got a good start so far :3

Im not quite sure what just happened - this might be the craziest bug i ever encountered and im not quite sure how or why its happening, this will be fun :D

Wow, with 45s on the clock i released... noticing then that there is the 1 Hour submission time and i wasn't in a hurry xD

Explore the world of my little Timukin in Timukin Explorers

So the time for game rating is nearing its end, and my game still didn't got the required amount of ratings :x

I think i missed out on a lot because i wasn't able to play other games right after LD finished because of real life :<

Anyone still out here?

Would really appreciate some feedback for my little core Javascript game. <3

And the in game Fairies are still looking for Timukin, willing to pay you in valuable gems for them!!!

Get those gems now! Here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/timukin-explorers

Much love <3

Just two more weeks till LD57!!! In it for the 9th time and as hyped as ever!

My main goal this time is to improve my sprites. Last time, I went with generated images, but that just felt wrong. I want to get a stable basic game running within the first 24 hours, then focus on sprites until I'm satisfied before extending the game. I also want to put more effort into my UI—too often, I get so caught up in the gameplay that I end up with a rushed and messy tutorial, menu and/or start screen.

Well, at least that's the plan. Knowing myself, I'll probably deep dive into gameplay coding again and struggle with all of the above as always. XD

On that note — how do you all feel about games without UI (as in menu/startscreen ect. not gameplay UI)? Do you only rate the game itself, or do you consider UI a core part of a good LD entry?

My Theme Suggestions

• Rules
• Combination

Yesterday i saw a post here where someone showed of some tools good to use for gamedev. (sorry can't seem to find the original post) On there was Pixel Composer, and i am in love ever since :D Used it the whole day to get used to it and will definitly try to use it to create some animations for my game! Since i wanted to focus on sprites more this time arround, i really hope to get some cool sprites done with this new tool :D

With that in mind, this is what i'll use:

Editor: VSC

Code: Plain old Javascript

Engine: None

Art: Paint.net + Pixel Composer (!)

Sound: FLStudio + My Voice and Stuff around me xD

I'm not too pleased with the topics in the final round, but am still looking forward to whatever it will be! Still have to go get food and stuff, after i'll get a bit of sleep to be ready to start in 8 hours.

Wish you all a lot of fun with Ludum Dare 57!

I intended to sleep before ludum dare starts so i can push throu some hours before needing my first break, but as most of the time, i'm way to hyped to even think about sleep... Guess it'll be brainstorming an idea, sleeping, rebrainstorm that idea and then start - lets see ^^,

Cant wait!

I think i got a great idea this time!

There was a game, like 25 years ago, that i really loved to play - that game will heavilly inspire my game for this jam. I got an idea that kinda fits with one of that games mechanics and i'll try to tweak it to fit my idea perfectly!

Now the planing beginns!

It'll be game where you can make pizzas, so far i just made some quick and dirty art to now finaly get starting with coding. Got a lot to do, but i planed it in phases so im happy with as far as i get :) I got heavily inspired by an old game called pizza syndicate, currently it looks basically like the same game but stay tuned as it'll get it's own special touch in devolpment :3

Still need to clean up a bit, fix some little bugs and get a few more sounds, but overall im happy with the time left. Ready yourself to make some tasty pizzas!

Im done!

I finished my Pizza creator that kinda turned into a low key Instagram Simulator xD Hungry after all that coding and gamedev? Try out my fun little game Deep Dish Pizzagram and tell a story about this Ludum Dare or something else throu Pizza <3

Deep Dish Pizzagram

Late post, wasn't quite sure if i can make it, but everything is cleared now for this weekend, so, i'm in!

Now i need music, sounds, a tutorial, to polish everything and, if somehow possible, more features - less than 19 hours to go, jay! \o/

Prepare yourself for: