It’s kind of playable. You can die

Windows executable: http://olli.sikstus.com/minild7_27h_exe.zip

Python sources: http://olli.sikstus.com/minild7_27h_source.zip

Use WASD to move.

Finally getting started. See below a shot of my paper mockups from last night. Today I start my programming in AS3.

I decided to make a game about conceptualizing cryptids (unknown animals), so I’m trying to build a sort of semi-random animal generator as my game. I have a wants list and a needs list, and I’ll be lucky to make it all the way through the wants list.

Hey all, haven’t yet decided how involved I’m going to be in this mini-ld, I’m not feeling rediculously commited, but we shall see.  I’ve spent the last couple of hours working on a system to generate a load of semi-randomized species of odd pixel insect flying things.   Kind of a poor mans version of this sort of thing http://www.davebollinger.com/works/pixelrobots/

Seems to be working okay, so heres a first screenshot thing:

Good luck all

Progress, ho! First screenshot of tHMSBiHMZQ; an isometric adventure game.With fruit! Built in Python/Pygame instead of Ruby this time. Shaking things up a bit — but not too much.

I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this, but getting there is sure going to be fun. I’m aiming a little higher than normal, to see if I can cram in a bigger game in 48 hours. This is about 6 hours in.

You go little lizard dude. Also trees!

When it’s a finished, pixelled tile set I’ll put it here for you guys to steal too.

Here is the finished tile sheet, in bmp form. You should replace the background color, of course. Possibly make it transparent. If it’s transparent, there’s room for TWO additional ‘flavor’ tiles.

my first ever soft body… thing:

Cryptid Single-cell Organism FTW!

looks a bit like fl0w I gues but I DONT CARE! =p

The first LD since I bought myself a tablet and I’m spending it away from home. Oh well, another game with crappy graphics from me (not that using the tablet would make them much better anyway, but it would be more fun).

I don’t really have an idea but I’m tired of not coding so here goes. I’ll start as soon as I post this, so I’ll have a convenient time-stamp. But first breakfast!

Later: here we go!

I’ve got 32 hours left. My game has now player with a lantern (that’s why I need that lightmap).

Python source is available at: http://olli.sikstus.com/minild7_32h_source.zip

I decided to participate after all.  I think I began around 8pm EST.

A mysterious screenshot of my cryptozoology game..   Time to go to bed.

Standing at my local, quietly sipping on a pint, I overhear an englishmans conversation he is having at someone…  a real posh accent, not common around these parts:

“”"
It’s a mamal… that lays eggs?  I didn’t know mammals could lay eggs?

A bill like a duck?  It swims??!?

An elaborate hoax is what it is.

Don’t listen to a word those crytozoologists say!  They’re not going to use this ‘platypus’ as an excuse for their non scientific ways.

Science is the only way… we must kill all of these platypus to prove that crytozoology is wrong – science must win!
“”"

‘Well‘, I thought.  ‘Can’t have this toff kill off any of these strange platypus creatures…’

Off to Australia to save the platypus!!!  I screamed loudly… (must have drank a bit too much)

‘I wonder if they have cold beer in Australia?  I heard it’s 45 today in Melbourne, so some nice cold ales would be good.’

I don’t think I’ll participate this weekend. I have no idea what cryptozoology is! I’ll get inspired and write a game outside the compo though.

Hello everyone, hamburger here. This is my first Ludum Dare, and I’ll be working in Flash.

I’m officially going to start thinking about the compo now, so my deadline is 8:21 PM EST on Sunday.

Hello everyone.

It’s my first first time here, so my only goal will be to get something done in the next 48 hours (or actually I got about 46 hours left as I started at 21.20 GMT+2). I will be using Python with PyGame and Rabbyt. I’ve already got something up and running.

It has a tilemap and lightmap. Lights are done by drawing black tiles over the actual tiles with different opacity. It’s slow, only ~40fps with my computer, but it’s enough. I’m not going to waste compo time optimizing this (yet).

That’s the theme.  You’ve got all weekend to do this, no set start or end time.  But it’s “honor system” that you pick 48 hours within the weekend to do your stuff.  The regular “strict” rules of the LD are relaxed, so do whatever it takes to make a cool game!

Have fun!

-Phil