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Ludum Dare 19 has begun!
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December 17th, 2010 7:02 pm
The theme: Discovery
Check out the results of the voting here. Check out the keynote here. If you’re making a timelapse video, check out this guide for some suggestions that’ll make it better for us to use at… well… cool real world events that may happen.
And if you haven’t already, check out the Rules and Guide page to learn more.
Interesting Tags: montage, motivation, foodphoto, deskphoto (or desk), timelapse
Wait, I thought the theme was “internal server error”. Now it’s changed to “Discovery”?
“Internal Server Error” is the aesthetic theme.
Wow, we’ve never made the server do that before.
Damn, I had a great idea with some friends for the theme Containment… Well, some other time then… Time to create a game plan
…”Discovery”? Seriously? You guys couldn’t make it any more vague or all-encompassing? I mean, making a game that’s NOT about discovery, THAT would be a real challenge…
Discovery? BLEEURGGHHHH!!!!!!
Ive only participated in one competion before this, Yoyogames Comp06. The theme was Discovery. I was looking forward to something….. different! :/
I lol’d so hard ’bout this xDDDD
ZOMG discovery is pretty cool but I doubt I will have time while visiting my wife’s family.
I don’t like this theme, because I already did a contest with the same theme. Namely, the one guitarman4545 pointed out. It’s really not that great. I don’t foresee anything innovative coming out of this one. C’mon people, prove me wrong!
Welp, I won’t be doing anything particularly innovative with this theme, but my game should be at least…interesting.
Discovery is a wonderful theme! Get creative, people! Imagine a game that starts with a treasure map. Or the unknown of darkness, fog or a mystery. Imagine a ship, or a cave, or a castle, or a puzzle. Search for treasure, knowledge or magic. Discover the game developer inside of you, stop complaining about the theme, and use your imagination! You may just discover a fantastic game hiding in there.
“Discover the game developer inside of you”
I see what you did there…
That’s beautiful, man. And inspiring! C’mon guys! Let’s make some games!
Every adventure game ever is about exploring unfamiliar places and discovering intrigue! This is like going on Iron Chef and the special ingredient being onions – I was hoping for something more off-beat. I have a few ideas about how to reinterpret it a bit, to make it more interesting.
Well said ): The theme is not supposed to be limiting, but it is certainly supposed to do more than vaguely wave its hands in a direction and say “go make a game”!
Iron Chef has had battle broccoli, battle asparagus, etc… battle onions is only a matter of time. And why not…
PS – What does Ludum mean? I tried looking in a latin dictionary and found ludus means school – or game… but couldn’t find anything much on Ludum.
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