With a whole five minutes to spare, I have my submission online!

Binaries: http://www.thirdtruck.org/ld48_fall_2011/

Source Repository: https://github.com/thirdtruck/Ludum-Dare-48-Entry-Fall-2011

I just learned that I could slap together something with at least minimal gameplay and a reasonable end-game condition in less than 8 hours of work.  While I got very little actual game out of the exercise, it instilled a strong reminder to structure one’s software properly from early one.  I still look forward to writing up the full post-mortem later.

Good luck, everyone!

Addendum: I just added the keyboard control scheme to the webpage.

Having reintroduced myself to EaselJS, I can join everyone’s exciting efforts with my second Mini Ludum Dare entry. Brace yourself for Wham Bam: Fighting the War of the Sexes in a Relationship-Restoring Educational Rhythm Game.

I put in about three hours of work so far (having foolishly ignored Sol’s advice on scheduling) but I have some very basic functionality to show for that short burst of activity.  If I can advance it to a state capable of keeping score and refactor out some proper MVC structure in the process, I might just leave myself time for minimal graphics and music.  Too bad that my schedule nearly killed this attempt in the cradle.  What time remains still leaves me plenty of opportunities to learn before the next full Ludum Dare, though, so the development continues.

Thanks to Ludum Dare, I can now boast of my first effectively finished, self-contained game: Viking of Love.

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