I’ve decided to use the Mini-LD as a chance to prototype a game that I have wanted to develop for quite some time, as well as to finally learn Ogre 3D.

The title of the game is Valorous-X, and it is a multi-directional shooter.

The prototype will be thrown together mostly in the last 24h of the Mini-LD. This is partly because I am still getting Ogre set up, and partly because I’m lazy and will likely slack off quite a bit. Also, it takes a couple of hours to set up a basic Ogre program from scratch. (Not incredibly long, but it’s still a process putting together the render window, input system, and other bits)

For this game, I plan on having a single player vehicle, as well as a couple of types of baddies. I am not sure what else it will have.

I hope to have a Windows binary some time Monday or Tuesday, provided that I can get Mingw working with Ogre. Here’s hoping.

Peace, Love, and C++

— Mr. Dude

Dimension Wars is probably the worst game I’ve ever made.

It’s an “Age of War” clone, but it is like 1000000times worse.

Link coming soon, I’m going to first fix some performance issues.

Stay tuned…

OK, I have an idea for my worst game ever, but I won’t tell you yet because I’m not sure I’ll be able to finish in time.

There is a catch, though. I can’t in good conscience make a horrible game because for me the whole purpose of participating in LD is to get better at making stuff. So my idea sorta deviates from the theme.

http://medice.kapsi.fi/theworst/

Well, I better get a move on with MiniLD#25,hmmm…  but I think I have an idea to go with now… it’s a tough assignment!

I reckon I’ve finished with “fishslap”, my first Ludumite game, for MiniLD#24. All Ludumite peoples are welcome to download the completed version (with special extras, 5 games modes, high scores) from here:

http://www.pellenproductions.com/fishslap/fishslap_setup.exe

this is a windows installable file.

cheers,

That’s the title. A Game With Letters, Switches, and Doors. It invovles you standing upside down, the movement controls are all messed up, letters are everywhere, and a terribly wonderful 8-bit loop plays the entire time. It’s a puzzle game. A bad puzzle game.

Here is my entry for the “Worst Game I’ve Ever Made” miniLD #25:

http://www.mcfunkypants.com/super-skill-jump/

Behold the majesty of a true gaming classic.  Enjoy!

I couldn’t help but do this early as I was struck by the inspiration and couldn’t let the idea get away from me before the contest “officially” started.  I made a few decisions early:  worst language i could use to make a game = javascript.  Worst interface = buttons only.   Worst genre = zork type games, with random results only, meaning nothing you pick matters.  I added even more frustration by making the actions you can pick totally arbitrary, generic, and meaningless, reducing it to just “do something”.  This game incorporates just about everything I hate about the games that I hate into one, with the exception of the game that has a lousy ending following a massive amount of gameplay.

http://devinmoore.com/worstgame.html

Hi all,

I have been really getting into making music lately. I have cubase 6 and a lot of nice tools to help me now, including a nice pair of KRK studio monitors.

Anyways, I would love to make a soundtrack/sound for your ludumdare game. Of course it is completely for free and if you don’t like the song I make feel free not to use it (no offense taken at all). I have accepted a dare to release a new song every day for one year, starting today. So any songs I make will be included in the 365 I have to make of course and so I want to keep all personal rights to the music.

Here is song release #1 which I whipped up today:

The Universe is Getting Colder
http://soundcloud.com/roseseatmeat/the-universe-is-growing-colder#

Follow me on facebook or twitter if you want to find out when the new songs release (there will be a lot of them!).
Twitter page
Facebook page

Email me and I’ll be happy to make a song for your game. I would like to know what the genre of the game is, what you are thinking the music/soundtrack should sound like and also I’d like to play the game if possible to try to match the music to the game as closely as possible.

email: RosesEatMeat@gmail.com

Hey guys,

I’m going to hopefully participate in the upcoming miniLD #25. This is going to be my first ever Ludum Dare, also my first development compo.
So, I ask you, veterans, one-timers, and generally developers, do you have any tips for a newbie like me?

Thanks in advance.

Like the topic says, Ludum Dare 20 is coming the final weekend of April (29th+)… and for the first time, crosses slightly in to May (PoV scheduled himself too much work early April… bad PoV… also Easter).

Watch the clock at the top of the site for your local start time, and hit up the rules page if you’re new to Ludum Dare. See y’all soon!

Seriously, can I do the next one available? It’s like, your not even trying here. Honestly for the next vacant keynote mini-ld or ld, please let me give it a try.

Hey Game Jammers, for those of you who love to JAM, here is a new one that is extremely cool and is going on all this week.  It is called the 7 day roguelike challenge and is a great game jam held once a year.  Roguelikes are the very pinnacle of gameplay vs. graphics, and have a lot of soul.  If you’ve ever heard of nethack, moria, angband, dwarf fortress and the like, then you know what a roguelike is.  If not, be sure to drop by the following pages and learn about one of the coolest game genres around.  Enjoy!  http://7drl.org/ http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=7DRL http://twitter.com/#!/search/%237DRL Good luck.

I created a Wikipedia article for Ludum Dare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludum_dare Please feel free to expand on what we have there so far.  I had trouble digging up results of competitions before LD15 and was unable to find the winners pre LD10.

hay guyz i heard about ld from a friend and i joined cus i really like 3D games and wanted to be part of the cool thing that i heard about called LD.

my name is Anthony Paleur but everyone called me ant ergo my user name.

pls could someone explain LD a little to me thx a bunch sry iof i dont know what this is i am only about 14 years old but i started school 2 years late so i am stuck with all these 12 year old anyong people i really hate them are there any on here…well stupid question this is the interwebz right? lol anyway hope to be part of this soon.

It’s about that time, folks. It’s time not only for a Mini-LD, but a Mini-LD hosted by none other than #ld’s resident moody grump, ME!!

This isn’t going to have a complex theme system, nor a weird “meta” theme. It’s pretty straightforward, actually.

The theme for Mini-LD #25 is…

The Worst Game I Have Ever Made

The objective here is to make the biggest godawful train wreck of a game that you possibly can. Crappy pixel art (Or worse, clip art), nightmarish level design, and a complete lack of cogency are ideal for this challenge.

Mini-LD #25 begins at 12AM UTC on March 12, and ends at 12AM UTC on March 14.

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Here is the keynote for this Mini-LD, delivered by former president George W. Bush. (Yes, a keynote for a Mini-LD! I’m fancy like that.) (Edit: Thanks PoV!)

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I choked during last MiniLD, but I’ve been secretly working on this one for TigSource VS compo. Thanks to Chris (author of player.IO) I was able to create a chess game that has no concept of turns. It’s more of a gimmick than a game, but I uploaded it to Kongregate and I hope that at least some people would play that, so it can get some badges. Anyways, there’s not much to say since it’s still good old boring chess, but if you want to find out, just try it out!

Play on Kongregate

Sorry guys for all the dare’s i missed. But i had lots of school and what not. I will try my best to make it in another one.

p.s. i changed my name from pants12 to pants.

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