My name is Tomas and I’m from Slovakia. I am interested in computer graphics and level design mainly. I don’t know much about programming, so I’m counting especially on good idea and visual processing. Also I’ll probably try to make something to this Warmup Weekend… I have to remember the basics. I’ll be using:

» Programming: ActionScript3 with no external libraries

» Graphics: Photoshop

» Sounds: don’t know yet, probably Sfxr, Audacity, maybe FL Studio (depends on time)

» Timepalse: Chronolapse

In addition I upgraded LD logo for this event, so who want may use it in their game.

Finally I finished the game and I am quite satisfied with it. Unfortunately it has two levels only :/ . I too much dealt with the details and I didn´t managed to do more levels. Second level I started doing about three hours before the end of the Compo and finished it just one hour before, so I wouldn’t be able to do more. Never mind. I hope that the difficulty will take care of it. And I’m really proud of the shocks effects 😀

>> PLAY HERE << 

… next time I’ll maybe join the Jam with my friend and I’ll concentrate just on graphics.

This October Challenge will be my first, and if everything runs okay, it will be my actual startup.

My plan:

1. Publish my portfolio page that I finished recently
2. Finish, polish and publish not just one but TWO of my nearly finished games

And which games I want to finish?

• Chemistry Lab – my first almost finished game. The player has to collect a certain elements and avoid others. It’s quite simple, but very catching and fun.

• Little Farmer – I started working on this game mainly in order to repeat all the useful features and learn ActionScript 3 properly (I worked in ActionScript 2 long time ago). On the occasion of my sister’s birthday, I decided to expand it, put it into farming environment and dedicate it to her at last. I admit that this game isn’t very fun yet, but I’ve learned soo much with it.

I’m really in hurry those days so I didn’t even have a time to look at the themes yet but hopefully I will join this Ludum Dare. This will be my second LD. My first was #23 and from that point I have either didn’t manage my time to participate or I gave up on the beginning, partly because of my programming skills. But now I will be using Stencyl, so I will be able to concern more about the game mechanics, level design and graphics.

Honestly, I really hate this theme because it is unspecific and also little bit restrictive. But I think I’ve got pretty nice idea. In my game the player will take role of special agent, whose job is to break through secret facility and reveal its secrets. At the beginning of each level, the player has to choose one ability for his character. The player won’t be able to finish level with only this ability thought, so he will has to repeat the level with another. The changes made with the previous character will stay.

First of all I am going to try some character animations because I am afraid that it will be the hardest part. I will need plenty of animations. I made the character in Illustrator, so I can easily manipulate with it and then I will export it to photoshop frame by frame.

More than four hours of working and everything I have is this running animation… Luckily other animations will be much easier, but I really have to hurry and begin to program the essentials.

I’ve created this wallpaper for you guys but honestly I hope I won’t need to draw any more snowmans during the jam 😀 And yes, I am in for the second time. My last LD was #23, so it’s been a while, but I am really excited this time and I am looking forward to it. The compo begins in less than 5 hours and I’ve had a lot of work this week so I guess it’s time to go sleep now.

I’ll be using:

» Stencyl as the game engine
» Photoshop for graphics
» GarageBand on iPad for music
» BFXR and Audacity for sounds

See you tomorrow!

Tags: wallpaper

First day is over and the game is getting some shape finally. It was a tough day but I’ve had very slow tempo today so I will need to hurry up tomorrow. I am really excited about this game but it’s time to sleep now, only 24 hours left.

I’ve done most of the game graphics and also some background music, but there is just 8 hours till the end! Now it’s time to make the environment interactive. If everythings go allright, I will create GUI and the needs of main character after that.

Hello guys!

I’ve just created this timelapse video, so if you want, you can check out how the Life of a Geek was developed:

And don’t forget to

Hello everyone! Judging has ended and I am really satisfied with the results. I’ve made some estimation before and besides the fun category I have ended beyond my expectations. I’m aware that my game isn’t very fun to play though. I didn’t manage to implement real game mechanics during the compo, yet I’ve made great foundations. If I found some time in the near future, I will try to expand the game to be as planned. In the table below you can see comparison between results, my expectations and results of my previous LD entry.

Anyway, this was my second Ludum Dare (my first was #23) and I can see significant improvements. I am really looking forward to the next one! If you didn’t already, you can still play my game here. Thanks everybody and cheers!

After one day I finished almost all game mechanics yet I haven’t even started to work on graphics and animations  I am going for very minimalistic style because I want to bet more on story-driven experience this time. There is still lot of work so see you later

It is still just a prototype but with new player animations it looks much better.

Not so sure if I’ll made it to the compo. I definitely want to finish this game so if not, I’ll join the jam instead. I already have well thought story and I’ve made very flexible core so the level design should be pretty simple now. But expect player’s animations I have no graphics yet. And sounds… don’t even mention it.

My game is done! Finally.

In fact during the second day I litteraly gave up and went to sleep early, but on the next morning I had better mood luckily so I decided to join the jam and finish at least first chapter of my game. This Ludum Dare I wanted to create something more story-driven but decision to create my first platformer with multiple story chapters in 48 hours was really “daring”

Play I Saw Her and She Ran Away

Hello! I’ve just created walkthrough video of my game. Some people get stuck on one place so if it’s your case or if you would like just to see a short story from my game, feel free to do it

Play I Saw Her and She Ran Away

It turned out that our ordinary guy is in fact really skillful free runner! Just have a look:

Part 2:

Yeah, and he is really great stunt man too:

Play I Saw Her and She Ran Away

Hello guys, I’ve just created this playthrough video for my game 

And if you haven’t done it yet

After 56 hours of working on PC and less than 8 hours of sleep I’ve finally made it! I am really proud of this achievement because I’ve had no idea what I am capable of in a such time manner. Especially because this was my first project in Game Maker (I own it for just a few weeks) and one of my first touch with real programming generally. I hope you will enjoy playing this game at least partially as I enjoyed crafting it. I have wonderful weekend behind me.

In this game you can play as a demon capable of shifting into corpses of humans he killed. It features deep combat system, complex AI, nice pixel art, retro sound effects and diverse environment. I’ve also fixed bug that was causing crashesin HTML5, so now you can play web version without worries

Enjoy!

Hi! Finally, I've ported my game to HTML5 so you can check it on both Itch.io and Game Jolt... you can pick the one you prefer if you'd like to give it a try :blush:.

The Last Haven is a fast-paced action platformer filled with jetpacks and laser rifles.

Game page on Ludum Dare

Let me introduce you a game I've made during the compo.

The Last Haven is a fast-paced action platformer filled with jetpacks and laser rifles. It is set in a far future, where the Earth is inhabitable, and the last branches of the humankind fight against each other for scarce supplies.

Fight alongside your teammates and protect your station at all cost!