#game compo

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Theme Voting Results

So here is how I voted.

Like most LD’s I tend to like most of the themes initially. Sometimes that bites me later when the cool concept I had in my head turns out to be too large or just not fun. It’s always a gamble! There is about two and a half hours left before event start so I think I’m going to go for a walk to clear my head and also grab some snacks and caffeinated beverages for sure.. See ya when the theme has been announced!

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Ludum Dare is upon us!

You read that correctly! LD39 starts in just under 3 hours and I shall be participating again! This will be the first time I’ve been able to participate in LD twice in a row and so I’m hoping there is still a bit of “muscle memory” left over from the last compo to help me out a bit. With that being said, however, I will not be using html5 tech this Ludum Dare. No, I’ll be using Unity as a base engine this time! Other than that my usual tools will most likely be utilized. That being Paint, Paint.NET and Gimp for sprites and/or textures and also Audacity and LMMS for sound effects and music. Blender will be on model duty standby depending on the theme, and also how I feel. Something I wasn’t very satisfied about my effort in the last Ludum Dare was the sparse documentation I had set out to do. This time I’m going to attempt to be more conscious of this and update my progress here more often. So expect a lot of updates, and call me out if I fail! And with that I’m off to vote on the theme! Check back here in a few to see my vote results.

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LD38 Update

So this has been an incredibly fun and fairly productive LD for me.

With about 28 hours left to go I have the basic game mechanics implemented except for a few systems that are very important but shouldn’t be too difficult to implement. *knocks on wood* So I’m sure some of you are wondering how I interpreted the theme and what the game is as well as what tools I’m using. The game will play similarly to The Legend of Zelda for the NES. The player will explore the world on a room-by-room basis. They will realize quickly that the world is actually quite large. As they explore they will come across these totems and activating the totems allows the player to teleport between connecting totems in the world, though the player cannot teleport to totems that aren’t already activated by the player. Also, upon activating some totems obstacles may disappear from the players path allowing progress. Eventually, once the player activates enough totems, transportation around the world becomes much easier and it starts to feel like a much smaller world; hence the theme “A Small World” That is the basic gameplay flow. Right now I have the map, totems, the player movement and camera control implemented as well as a little bit of art started. I still need to add in the GUI for selecting a totem to teleport to upon activating a totem, removing obstacles once a certain totem is activated and a simple dialog system. Along with that I still need to work on art, level design and music. Whew!

As far as tools I’m using phaser.io library for an “engine”, gimp/paint for art, Tiled map editor for the world design, and undecided as to how I will do music. Perhaps MilkyTracker? Not sure.

Anyways, that’s all I got right now. Expect screenshots as more art and cool looking stuff happens! Good luck to all participating!

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LD38 Theme: A Small World

Nice! One of the themes I up-voted! Immediately I think of the Disneyland ride... Maybe you are stealing children from parks to work in your theme park? No. That’s a little morbid, though it could be fun! More seriously though I have a few ideas I could run with. I think I’ma take a walk and brainstorm for a bit. Hopefully by the time I get back there shall be a game waiting to be born over a long, excruciating 48 hour labor. I hope it has my eyes. =3

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Ludum Dare 33 Incoming!

My current game dev project is being shelved for a week as I prep for Ludum Dare 33! I’m intensely excited to return to the compo for a second time! Can’t wait to find out the theme! See you there.

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How to become a game developer?

How to become a game developer?

Turns out, I became a game developer at thirteen years old. It was so long ago, so the only way to remember how old I was is by remembering which games I played at that time, and find out their dates of release.

All you need is game

The thing is, the only thing you need to become a game developer is to create a game, however simple it is. Whether you become good at it, do it as a hobby, or just…

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The World is in your hand, gameplay video