New to Ludum Dare : First game jam ever (?)

Posted by darokin (twitter: @darokin)

August 5th, 2012 3:56 pm

Hello everyone, I’m very new here, I shyly see things from far since quite a long time…But I now really want to get involved !

I don’t know how everything exactly works but I’m gonna really digg everything next weekend.

If I made an attempt (will prepare for LD #24), I will probably use Html5/Javascript, pixel art graphics (did I mention I loooove Pixel Art) made with gimp, and hopefully some beep with sfxr.

With a bit of excitment and nervosity : Cheeeers !

Tags: first-timer, newbie, newcomer

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1. Folis says:

   August 5, 2012 at 4:43 pm

   It’s not that hard to understand, I’ll explain it to you

   So, there are different steps during each compo:

   First we have the theme suggestion – This is happening right now, a lot of people suggest potentially fun themes for about a week or so.

   Second we have the theme voting – This step starts about 5-6 days before the actual compo. Everyday we get a new voting round, with a cut down list of the suggested themes. You can rate in 3 ways:

   - 1 (Negative)
   0 (Neutral)
   1 (Positive)

   Then, in the final round, the top 20 themes will be picked and voted on again.

   After the final round, the compo starts – This is where all the fun begins. And where things go out of hand. The theme is announced, the site usually dies, the IRC crowd (400+ people) goes wild, and there’s a lot of new tweets for the #LD48 hashtag.

   After the theme announcement it’s time to get working – This part should explain itself: You make a game in 48/72 hours. Hehe. (If Notch takes part, the site may crash again, we had that before)

   Then comes the submission deadline – Usually you have about an hour after the compo to submit your game, you do this here on the site. (Which may crash again, it’s rather common)

   And as a final step comes the rating – The rating phase lasts about 2 weeks, everybody plays some games, rates them, comments on them – all that fun stuff. And after these 2 weeks, the winner is announced.

   That’s it. An ordinary LD compo.

   As a final word: Welcome to Ludum Dare! Have fun, and make something great! We can’t wait to play your game!

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   • darokin says:

     August 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm

     Whao thanks for your clear explanation !
     I’m definitely going to try it, and I hope I will make something at least ‘playable’…
     Thanks again and see you soon !

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