Comments on: Ludum Dare 17 – April 23rd-25th Weekend

By: True Valhalla

True Valhalla — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:51:46 +0000

And I go and spell it wrong xD

By: True Valhalla

True Valhalla — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:51:20 +0000

My first Ludam Dare…hope it’s good

By: Neonlare

Neonlare — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:31:38 +0000

It’s Aaawn >=D

By: snowyowl

snowyowl — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:00:15 +0000

I’m cracking my game-dev knuckles already. I haven’t made a finished game since Mini-LD 16, so this is a great excuse to get some stuff up and running.

By: SonnyBone

SonnyBone — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:55:17 +0000

SEE YOU ON THE BATTLEFIELD, SUCKAAAAAAA

Wanna go grab a cream soda? I’ll be at the malt shop.

By: Codexus

Codexus — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:21:05 +0000

Yeah, it can’t hurt to have it ready just in case. Thanks for the answer.

By: 10Print

10Print — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:16:43 +0000

I don’t know what the obsession with A* is about… it’s a good algorithm, fairly efficient, and it’s flexible to work in many different situations… that’s about it. I’m particularly proud of this implementation (it was my first “real” algorithm in Lua), and though I probably won’t end up using it… it’s always nice to have it available!

By: Codexus

Codexus — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:10:44 +0000

Well, while it’s nice to have a toolbox of reusable code why specifically A* ? The rules also mention recoding A* every time as an example of why coding from scratch in every LD can be annoying.

Personally, I have never used path finding in any of my LD entries, and when I coded a RTS prototype 10+ years ago I did my own naive algorithm which required 10 minutes of thinking and 45 of actual coding. It may not have been super efficient but it was already more than fast enough on the hardware of the time. (Though I guess if I had scaled the game from prototype to full game some improvements might have been needed)

If you have it already why not use it, but I can’t see why it’s such a must to have A*. Even on sites like gamedev people seem obsessed with that particular algorithm. Is it just the cool name or am I missing something there?

By: dgfitch

dgfitch — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:05:26 +0000

Finally going to do this thing. OH YEAH!

By: 10Print

10Print — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:36:07 +0000

I’m supposed to be working this weekend… but making a game sounds much more fun!

I’ll be using Lua and Love again, and probably recording a timelapse.

Oh! And a note about custom libraries: On my github (http://github.com/10Print) I have an implementation of A*, as well as a simple dice roller script. Depending on the theme, I might use them, or might not. Either way, they are there and available for anyone else using Lua.

By: arif

arif — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:51:32 +0000

Hey everyone ! This will be my first participation. I’m currently living in Montreal, QC, Canada. (Does anybody have a google map showing where people come from ?)

cheers !

By: OriginalBigDan

OriginalBigDan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:35:43 +0000

I’m rather darned excited about this!

There’s surely no better way to hone my scripting skills than to cram a game over 48 hours right?

By: Carefree Games

Carefree Games — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:43:47 +0000

Hope I won’t be busy. I’ve been wanting to join one of these.

By: jarnik

jarnik — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:24:00 +0000

It might be a good time to start the countdown clock on the LD homepage.

Anyway, I’m in and it’s gonna be my second time participating

By: thedaian

thedaian — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:21:40 +0000

Usually, the theme is announced at 8pm Eastern Standard Time. Which is 1am Greenwich Mean Time. The countdown clock on this site gives you a good idea of how long until it starts.

By: jakkarth

jakkarth — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:57:28 +0000

What time, in which time zone?

By: PoV

PoV — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:39:28 +0000

It’s because the competition begins Friday night for us (the organizers). Midnight is too late for us old foagies, so it starts a little sooner than that.

By: shady1024

shady1024 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:10:25 +0000

I have a question about the schedule. The event is a 48 hour event, but the schedule says April 23rd to the 25th, and if I’m not mistaken, that’s actually 72 hours. I’m guessing that it means the event actually starts midnight April 24th. but I could be totally wrong. Any clues would be appreciated!

By: Spyeart

Spyeart — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:53:03 +0000

Theme! theme! theme!

By: AClockWorkLemon

AClockWorkLemon — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:28:31 +0000

ooh, another ludum dare! i think i’ll enter this time =)