my first Ludum Dare challange end as timeup.
I cannot even come close to this fake image.
but,LD is really fun!!
I’ll be back next LD.thanks and goodluck everyone!

Whew, it’s done.

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=2986

Right up to the wire too. I didn’t get a chance to implement a system where you can lose, but right now there’s four playable levels, scoring, an end game, etc. So, I am pretty happy with having done this in two days. No base code at all – from scratch except I used TweenLite in a couple of spots.

Now I need some food, some sleep, and some wine.

Dave

I know, its impossible… but it happened!

Just managed to get the sounds working in time, etc etc.

It's a screenshot

So yeah. Big thanks to the people at the IRC channel

LINKY!

play here

My first game, my first Ludum Dare and I completed a game on time.  I did not get one thing working that drove me bonkers, but I will work on that at another!  Now it is time to get some food and sleep!
Hello, here is the first game I have ever made, for your enjoyment!  It is called Pickup.
The object is to discover how to pickup a woman.  Please make sure you have your sense of
humor turned on, and the following installed!

.Net Framwork 4

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263

XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97&displaylang=en

Pickup Game Files

http://www.totalreview.com/Pickup.zip

Pickup Source Files

http://www.totalreview.com/PickupSource.zip

Please let me know if you have any problems, and let me know what you think,
I had a LOT of laughs making this, my thanks to MrPhil for dragging me into Ludum Dare!

Ranklar

Gameplay: Hit any key to get past the splashscreen, after that it is all mouse pointing and clicking.

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/compo2/33232/3268-shot0.jpg

Finally I have completed the map generator and added a challenge so the game wont be to bored, try it here.
And here is my entry and some awesome screenshot from the game:

So I’m glad I participated in my second ld48, it was fun and good for some skills improving, hope to see you in next ld48.
Good luck to all the people that still working on their game.

Just submitted my first ever ld48 comp entry.  Take a look and have some fun with it. Space rts fans might find it to be a kick.

You can grab it Here (~2Mb)

Let me know what you think, and be sure to vote later if you enjoy it.

The competition portion of Ludum Dare 19 has come to a close. Once the clock hits zero, you have one hour to submit your game for inclusion in the Compo. After that, all new games are added to the Jam.

Judging has begun! If you are a Mac or Linux developer, it’s recommended you make a Windows version available as soon as possible. Go here to add additional builds to your entry.

Thanks everyone for coming out and making Ludum Dare 19 such a big success.

Jammers, get back to work!

Well, guess its time to admit defeat, the collision is more or less where I want it, but theres no gameplay at all(other then being able to run and jump).

At least I know next time not to try to learn new libraries during a time limited schedule, deciding to use Phys2D was a big mistake, and sticking to my guns about using it rather then chucking it away after realizing how much time I was wasting just to get it running was an even bigger mistake, but at least I know quite a bit about the Phys2D library now, and know more about Slick2D, so I can’t say this has all been a wasted effort.

Either way, I will see if I can still get it done for the jam, but I wont be submitting it now as the player sprite wasn’t created by me, was just a sprite test to see how things were looking with Slick2Ds SpriteSheet and Animation classes(which I discovered even existed more then half way through the first day).

I’ve finished my game, and thought of a brilliant name for it!

The Amazing Discovery of a Blob Named Harold!!

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=3484

I guarantee that this is the best art/humor game that you’ll ever play. Reach the end for a special unlock-able prize. Happy gaming! Please give me your feedback!

My game is done being made!

Yayzles!

Yep… and here’s the linky!

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=2976

*sleeps*

Also, timelapse video is here

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=3094

http://mitchdev.com/projects/ld19/

Note: The game requires that version 4 of the .NET Framework is installed on your computer. You can download it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0a391abd-25c1-4fc0-919f-b21f31ab88b7

Overall, it was a very fun experience building a game in 48 hours

I’ll write a post-mortem in the next day or so, and I’ll also upload my chronolapse video either later on today or tomorrow (Waiting for 12:30 (AEST) to come around, before I start to edit it). I’ll also attempt to port the code over to Linux as well (That might be a challenge!)

EDIT: Fixed a few small problems. All should be good now!

WATCH IT HERE BLEEP BLAAP

Well, my entry “Introspect” is done.  Kinda.  Mostly.  I did hit most of my goals this time, but due to a family holiday get-together, I wasn’t able to entirely complete the game.  But unlike my last two Ludum Dare entries, it is playable all the way to the end.

You can explore the level and collect all three abilities for your alien character.  There are some unusual dead-ends in the levels which would have contained pieces of the character’s story and purpose.

Click on the image to view my submission.  If that doesn’t work for some reason, here’s a direct link to the playable game.

Updated with 3 minutes to spare! I added a title tune and a Memory Orb pickup tune.

Well I’ve given up. Couldn’t get any kind of decent gameplay together so it turned out to be just a crappy looking opengl demo.

Well atleast it was good practice. Maybe I’ll try again another time and be better prepared.

… for a definition of “Finished” that doesn’t include the next couple of weeks spent balancing, tweaking, adjusting the art, adding more data, revising the graphics engine…

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=2303

windows binary: https://github.com/downloads/painquin/LD19/LD19-quin.zip

source code: https://github.com/painquin/LD19

It’s Open Source and I intend to use it as a starting point for LD20.

Well, I wasn’t able to do as much I would have liked, thanks to power and internet outages, but I’m still pretty happy with the final product (gameplay is a bit slow, but it looks pretty…).

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=1503

I might keep working on this (after some sleep… ) and add some of the gameplay stuff I wanted (namely sharks and some fun little gadgets like sonar and stuff).

Here’s a final screenshot:

I’ll link my timelapse in a while..

Wow, can’t believe I finished my game! And I think it might actually be sorta fun! That has to be a first

I have to thank Unity. I probably worked about 16-20 hours on the game. Spent most of the time designing levels with 3ds Max and testing them in Unity. So much fun to build a game this way. Music and sound effects were created using Cubase 5 and Omnisphere. My voice was recorded with Soundbooth CS5 and a Shure microphone. I sketched the intro screen with a pencil and scanned it into photoshop and then ran it through a filter.

It was cool because I had time to try to do all the things I like to do, such as pencil art and music composition. Unity REALLY makes a difference in a 48 hour setting.

So far I just have the Windows version. If you like Marble Madness, you might like it. Will try to create other versions later.

Try it Here:

In the Darkness I Shall Fall
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=258

Well, that was a marathon, especially for an old guy like me. I’m frankly amazed how much can get done in 48 hours, particularly during those hours when there are no distractions.

You can play the game on the web (if you have Java) here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1930531/LD19/eureka/index.html

Windows:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1930531/LD19/eureka/eureka.windows.zip

Mac:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1930531/LD19/eureka/eureka.osx.zip

Linux:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1930531/LD19/eureka/eureka.linux.zip

This is what it looks like.

The end game is fairly close to what I imagined, although it really could do with a lot of polish and balancing. Given that it’s a typing game, I don’t think it’s going to see a port to a phone any time soon, although it’d probably work on a larger tablet or an iPad.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife and daughter for putting up with me, because I haven’t been able to give them much attention, other than the occasional, “please play-test my game!” Tomorrow (or is it today?) I have a day off, and if the weather permits, we’re all going to get out of the house and spend some quality family time together.

I finished my entry but not quite to the standard I would have liked. Last night my insomnia kicked into full swing and I ended up spending 6 of my 8 hours sleep just laying in bed. So not only did I essentially waste 6 hours, I’ve been so tired today it’s been a major struggle to get stuff done.

Still, I achieved what I wanted to, I made a game in AS3 for the first time and I implemented ‘Worms’ style terrain destruction. It’s a shame I didn’t have any time for sounds, title screens, fancy game over screens, music, etc etc, but I do quite like my little game, so I’ll probably eventually come back to it, even if it’s just for a week to tighten everything up. The engine isn’t perfect either, there are still some graphical glitches and collision problems, so I’d like to come back to that at some point. Who knows, maybe even after a good nights sleep I’ll fancy working on it and submitting it to the jam.