Comments on: Ludum Dare 20 – April 29th-May 2nd Weekend

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[...] Ludum Dare 20 – April 29th-May 2nd Weekend [...]

By: Nugsy

Nugsy — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:04:02 +0000

If you need help sorting through the themes let me know. I have alot of free time this week.

By: New great theme!

New great theme! — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:13:43 +0000

[...] companion and rising. I’m planning to make a little game for that, and then soon after that Ludum Dare 20 is here! Besides those compos I have a little game project that I hope to finish before LD20. [...]

By: MrDude

MrDude — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:51:02 +0000

The themes voting things starts about 168 hours before the compo (Give or take a few) and we’re given four rounds with lots of themes that we can either vote +1 (Like), -1 (Don’t Like), or 0 (Meh). The fifth round has the winners from the first four and usually a joke theme or two thrown in by the good folks running the show.

By: jovoc

jovoc — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:44:35 +0000

Week before the compo.

By: elbowroom

elbowroom — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:11:39 +0000

Hi,

When does the theme voting thing start or is the topic selected by someone?

Thanks.

By: jovoc

jovoc — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:24:31 +0000

That seems like too much of a “technology restriction” like 4-bit color or something. If you like voxels (and really, who doesn’t?) you can use a voxel engine for any theme. There were two entries last time that used point-sprite renderers (Sos and Notch), which are voxel-like.

Whereas if the game required one, we’d probably lose 90% of the participants. I don’t think I could get a voxel engine running in 48 hours, let alone built a game on top of it.

By: Epitaph64

Epitaph64 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:22:22 +0000

I’m rooting for voxels. After the huge splash Minecraft has made, and the up and coming game Ace of Spades, I think there is a lot of room for interesting games that use voxel engines!

By: Randomasta

Randomasta — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:57:39 +0000

same here, exam starts on April 29. But hey, who cares, right?

By: excrulon

excrulon — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:50:43 +0000

yeah… i was really looking forward to doing this for the first time ever but that’s exactly when exams are and big projects are due.

By: MrDude

MrDude — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:10:48 +0000

Not for everyone. Exams at my college end on April 28.

By: rorkimaru

rorkimaru — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:45:15 +0000

Aw man, the start of May!? That’s exam season dude!

By: emjas

emjas — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:34:06 +0000

That makes two of us (also my first LD as an anything, but also father).

By: Codexus

Codexus — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:31:41 +0000

There is no official sign up required.

People sometimes like to make a blog post to tell the world they are participating during the week before the compo but that’s optional.

The only thing you need is an account on this site (which I guess you already have since you posted) so that when your game is done you’ll be able to submit it.

By: elbowroom

elbowroom — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:11:40 +0000

Hi,
How does one ‘sign up’ for this event?

elbowroom

By: machinas

machinas — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:07:07 +0000

This will be my first ludum dare as a father, so I’m not sure what kind of time I’ll get in on it, but it will be something!

By: MrDude

MrDude — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:30:29 +0000

Looking forward to this, definitely! It comes right after the end of my college semester, and it’ll be a great way to start the summer!

By: robolee

robolee — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:43:26 +0000

But I go on holiday on te 27th of april and come back on the 4th of may D:

Damnit, my hopes of putting out a decent ludum dare entry are shattered. :/ …I’ll just do my own ludum dare the weekend after I get back, crying all the while.

By: Harievilozanini

Harievilozanini — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:10:38 +0000

It’s gonna be my first official Ludum Dare entry! Im very eager for this!

I’ve been tasting some MiniLD’s and it all seems so cool!

Let’s do it people! :B

By: Neilo

Neilo — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:34:57 +0000

Finally, one I have free time for!! This time I may actually use my own tech I’ve been developing instead of writing it from scratch. Now to use my time before the competition to make it work on PC and Mac!