Did you know that today(13 September) is a programmers’ day?
It’s the 256(=2^8) day of the year!!
So if you are a programmer then:
Happy Programmers’ Day 2011!!!

Thanks to the 12 hours spare I could finished my game properly(almost). You can check my entry HERE. I’ve added sounds and background sounds(the clock..) and added some courses to the map. Now it looks fine, but now it’s for windows users only.. this was my second game in c++ so I have no idea how to port it to linux and to mac, the game is in allegro so it suppose to be possible. Can anyone explain how I port it to other platforms? I’ve added a source to the entry so maybe someone can do it for me please? thanks. and some photos:

Wow!! It’s so cool that it’s now 12 hours more, it’s exactly what I need to finish my game. Now after 20 hours of coding and drawings with only 4 hours of sleep the night before, I need to rest!! HERE is my entry so far, sorry that it’s only for windows. So good night to all of those who is going to sleep, and good luck to all of those that still working.

I’ve added some more thing like loading the minimap colors from a txt file which you can edit in order to make your own map with your own tiles. HERE you can download the game so far. If you can comment about things that you think are bad or wrong or generally what can I change or add. Thanks.

It’s lunch time so I’m taking a break, and I’m going to eat this delicious bowl of pasta:

Since yesterday I couldn’t submit the pictures and the progress of my game, but meanwhile I did a lot of progress in my game and even drew a cool caption for ludum dare:

Meanwhile the game has temporary graphics and levels:



By now you can move and push stuff around, and now I’m starting to work on story and graphics maybe sound later.
p.s THE SITE IS SUPER SLOW!!!!!!

It’s 08:00 AM here and It’s time to start ludum dare 21!!!
Here’s some pictures of my workbench and my breakfast:

And something I’ve made about the theme:

Good Luck Everyone!!

Hello everyone!! Ludum Dare 21 starts soon and I wanted to say that “I’m in!!!”
This time I’m going to write my game in c++ using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010:

• Graphics Engine / Game Engine / Libraries: Allegro 5
• Sound: SFXR
• Graphics: GIMP

I hope the this ludum dare will be a lots of fun and good games
See you after a good sleep, and Good Luck Everyone!!

So I’ve finally successfully installed VS 2010 express and I’m ready to practice some c++. So this time I wanted to ask for a recommendation from people that are familiar with c++ and graphics libraries like allegro, openGL, directX…
So my question is: What graphic library should I use for a 2D game? What is better and why? etc.

Hello!
I wanted to ask people that are developing games in c++ for a little help.
I’m familiar with the c++ language and studied it once, and I want to write a game in c++ in this ludum dare.
I’ve tried to install visual studio 2010 and 2008 but they both keep failing (due to some odd setup memory leak) and also I’ve tried to install eclipse++ but I had a problem with the libraries.
So can someone please give me a good c++ IDE that he is familiar with, or maybe someone familiar with my problems and can help.
Many thanks for help.

As I can see my game is not leading any where. It’s even not in the theme D:
So here is what I got so far.

See you next ludum dare!
And good luck too everyone who is still making their games, some of them just awesome!

Right now, there is not much stuff I’ve done, but here is what I have so far: http://www.planetnana.co.il/vladp/ld20.html(Push the Start button). The game is still kinda missing the point of the theme, but we’ll see. PLEASE if you have anything to tell about the game, leave a comment, even if you hate it write it plz, thanks.

It’s time for an other ludum dare! I really enjoyed the other two ludum dare I participated in, and now I’m looking forward for the next one and hope it’s will be even better. Due to many school dead lines I’ve decided to make a shorter entry of about 9 hours only, it’s will be another challenge for me.

So my tools are:

• Java – eclipse, I will use a simple java 2d graphics
• sfxr – for sound
• Paint and GIMP

Good luck to everyone!!

you can find the game here

…or maybe…

Took little more then 3 hours to do the game module but..nvm, so tomorrow I’ll do the sound, graphics and publish. Now sleep!

I’m totally messed up the code , so I’m gonna start over right now, and at the end I’m going to submit all the versions of the game.

Finally it’s weekend and i can sit down and write a game! I’m gonna make a game I called “Tetris is now a fishing game”. I’ve changed the rules that I chosen before so here is my new rules:

Theme: Tetris is now a fishing game
3 Limitations: Game must end in 60 seconds +
All audio must be your own voice + Framerate cap at 5fps
2 Rules: All variable, class, function etc names must be palindromes +
Game must be code complete in the first 3 hours, if not, must start over. NO CODING AFTER THAT.

Hope to finish it in 3 hours.

It’s already almost 4 days since miniLD #24 started, and I didn’t started yet but I’ve already got an idea and gonna start soon.

So here is my rules and limitation:
Theme: Fishing
4 Limitations: 2 colours + Game must end in 60 seconds +
All audio must be your own voice + Framerate cap at 5fps
3 Rules: All variable, class, function etc names must be palindromes +
Use a tool/language you have never used before + Game must be code complete in the first 3 hours, if not, must start over. NO CODING AFTER THAT.

I think I’m gonna make a simple short game, about fishing and mixing stuff. I still haven’t choose the tool/language I’m gonna use, probably Flash or Unity.

After the ludum dare 19 competition I made a nice game I called “Galaxy Conquest”, so if you interested try it here. Leave comments if you like it, or not, thanks.

Finally I have completed the map generator and added a challenge so the game wont be to bored, try it here.
And here is my entry and some awesome screenshot from the game:

So I’m glad I participated in my second ld48, it was fun and good for some skills improving, hope to see you in next ld48.
Good luck to all the people that still working on their game.