I’m Nate Wiesel, and this is my second attempt at a Ludum Dare game. During Ludum Dare 16 however, I couldn’t finish soon enough due to lack of programming knowledge at the time. However this time, I have a bundle of fresh new ideas! (Freshness of ideas may vary.)

With the theme as ‘Islands’, I wasn’t quite sure what to do at first, but eventually after a lot of experimentation, I came up with making a platformer. My game, now called ‘Island Escape’, has 5 hand-drawn levels (and a final “boss” level) about a nameless guy who washes up ashore on a deserted island, and wants to build a boat to escape. It’s not the most original idea ever but I’m trying to pull some unique concepts out of it and make it at least somewhat enjoyable. I’m usually used to taking my time with projects so it’s a bit tough to do this kind of thing under time constraints, but hopefully I’ll pull through.

Here’s a little bit of what I’m working on:

Gameplay Footage 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOG-HH_Et9A

Original Character Sprite http://i.imgur.com/kZKZs.png
Animating Character Sprite http://yfrog.com/9e3hpp
Level Concept http://yfrog.com/1n33vp
Map Screen http://yfrog.com/0kzfup
Bouncy Good Fun!!1 http://yfrog.com/0p257fp
It’s Just You And Me, Palm Tree http://yfrog.com/5jfklp

I hope you all like it when it is done!

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