Comments on: Welcome to Ludum Dare 24!

By: mohammad

mohammad — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:22:51 +0000

well im f***, becuase as of now, my game will NEVER win the ludum thanks to eveloutin.
because i cant make music,i cant use music,and i wont have music.
D:
screw it!

By: bndwagn_junglst

bndwagn_junglst — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:39:36 +0000

I really want this. I have some ideas.

(I could be a bit of a sourpuss here and point out that ‘Companion’ and ‘Abandoned’ are kind of the same theme, but…*)

*(I jest.**)
**(Sort of.)

By: Henry McLaughlin

Henry McLaughlin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:20:50 +0000

Definitely, yes.

By: Henry McLaughlin

Henry McLaughlin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:20:29 +0000

Yes, it usually happens.

By: BrothersT

BrothersT — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:19:51 +0000

Anyone else think it would be a waste if abandoned won?

By: Gjarble

Gjarble — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:12:26 +0000

Here you go!
1. Abandoned 24.02135231
2. Survive 17.55725191
3. Parallel Worlds 15.52147239
4. Creation and Destruction 14.45409429
5. Evolution 13.5101789
6. Castles 10.33415842
7. Curiosity 9.858323495
8. Colony 9.723076923
9. Afterlife 9.360189573
10. Chain Reaction 9.130706692
11. Tunnels 8.978145304
12. Trapped in Another World 6.552538371
13. End of the World 5.541718555
14. Companion 4.174454829
15. Don’t Go Outside 3.598014888
16. Break the Rules 2.998126171
17. Beginning of Time 2.186133666
18. Night 1.965455628
19. Deep Space 1.663585952
20. Ruins 1.549907006
21. Secret World 1.175015461
22. Destruction 0.627352572
23. Self Destruction 0.062266501

The number is the percentage of round participants who upvoted it minus the percentage of people who downvoted it. Note that each theme suggestion received a different number of votes (I guess some people abstained instead of clicking 0), so there’s no definitive number of how many people participated in a round… so techinically, I didn’t work with the number of “round participants” but the number of people who voted on that theme.

Also, there wasn’t really all that much difference in the number of voters between rounds. Round 1 (the highest) had about 1700 votes per theme, and Round 4 (the lowest) had about 1600 votes per theme. However, it DOES matter, both for relative values and ranking. Even so, only one ranking-change occured: Chain Reaction and Tunnels switched places.

By: mohammad

mohammad — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:11:38 +0000

quote:
“when the theme is announced,the website usually crashes and goes to hell…sorry about that.”
LAMFO but seriously, that happens!?!

By: Gjarble

Gjarble — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:56:14 +0000

I agree; “Companion” seems like it would result in by far the most interesting games. It was one of only three themes I upvoted in the first rounds (the others being Colony and Curiosity) that actually made it to the final round… unless you count Kittens as “having made it”. >_>

By: cdoty

cdoty — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:24:01 +0000

If I can twist the theme into a retro style game; I intend to work on a SNES game using pvsneslib (http://www.portabledev.com/wiki/doku.php?id=start).

By: Aceria

Aceria — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:55:48 +0000

First Ludum Dare for me, joining in with Unity.

Can’t wait to get started (even though it’ll be 2AM over here when we start).

By: Cake&Code

Cake&Code — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:32:02 +0000

The music is by Jim Guthrie and was made for Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, an amazing game!

By: Henry McLaughlin

Henry McLaughlin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:15:15 +0000

I would make a prototype for a game I’ve wanted to make for a very long time.

I like that theme.

By: Aaron San Filippo

Aaron San Filippo — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:25:46 +0000

You know if that list weighted those votes by the overall votes in a given round, it might be interesting…

By: Puzzlem00n

Puzzlem00n — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:22:43 +0000

My favorite theme is actually Companion. Any other companion supporters in the house?

By: Puzzlem00n

Puzzlem00n — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:15:54 +0000

*sigh* People weren’t hating on you, they were telling you the truth. LD isn’t the place for talking about playing games (unless they’re made here), it’s for making them. Although I get the point you’re trying to make.

By: Puzzlem00n

Puzzlem00n — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:13:44 +0000

I thought it was nice. This one had a lot more meaning behind it.

By: 4urentertainment

4urentertainment — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:17:05 +0000

I think the source in these case *is* the project file. Like how in flash the source is the .fla which contains the art and the ode. So I think you can enter the compo.

By: fishbrain

fishbrain — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:29:22 +0000

I… forgot… but then… a reminder… the Ludum… I… must… I must… I must… partake.

By: Jonny D

Jonny D — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:20:55 +0000

I… didn’t see a joke theme in round 5…

By: midgard

midgard — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:05:58 +0000

Less than 9h oh my god! I’m nervous!