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Ludum Dare 18 :: August 20th-23rd, 2010 :: Theme: Enemies as Weapons

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    Windows | Timelapse

    Some sort of shmuppy defense game (prototype) or something.

    This is super rough, and probably not very playable in it's current state. T ...
    - Overall
    - Fun
    #6 - Graphics
    #8 - Innovation
    2.

    Windows | Source/Crossplatform

    Phew, making an RTS in 48 hours is hard.

    Tiny Armada is a quick RTS game that is played entirely with boats, trading between colonies on ...
    - Overall
    #4 - Fun
    #7 - Theme
    3.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source | Timelapse

    An adventure, where you fish, and use the fish to do different stuffs.

    and by 'fish', I mean use a grappling hook :D

    controls are:
    - ...
    - Overall
    #6 - Community
    #8 - Fun
    #9 - Innovation
    4.

    Web | BugFixed Version | Source

    Really quite huge top-down puzzle/exploration game.

    Arrow keys (or wasd) to move around. Click bottom right corner to view map. Bottom ...
    - Coolness
    #4 - Overall
    #5 - Community
    #6 - Fun
    5.

    Windows | Source

    Paradise Fort is a mysterious hybrid of tower defense and survival platforming. You guide a small fella, exploit the rescources found from t ...
    - Coolness
    #5 - Overall
    #10 - Community
    6.

    Windows

    Features:

    1. 16 unique islands.
    2. Amazing AI.
    3. The sport of champions.

    * 2 player, 1 keyboard supported!

    * If it's too unplaya ...
    - Humor
    - Coolness
    #5 - Innovation
    #6 - Overall
    #7 - Fun
    7.

    Windows - Post Compo (Mod DB page) | Windows -ORIGINAL | Source

    The updated version includes double jumping now for a bit more reasonable difficulty (you can of course still download the original that was ...
    - Coolness
    #7 - Fun
    #7 - Overall
    8.

    Windows | Web | Source

    Jump between islands until you get to space! Up arrow-key jumps.

    My first Ludum Dare! (With 5 whole minutes to spare!)

    NB: Added a w ...
    - Graphics
    #7 - Audio
    #8 - Overall
    9.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Video | Time Lapse | Source

    You are a lone risk-taking stick-figure going for the thrill ride of a lifetime, jumping from tiny island to tiny island near Iceland in a v ...
    #9 - Overall
    9.
    TIE

    Windows/Linux | (Bugfix)

    You are the pilot of a bomber plane carrying out a nuclear test. Navigate to the island marked on the radar. The monotonous scenery and lack ...
    #9 - Overall
    10.

    Web | Source

    So here it is, my first Ludum Dare game!
    It's a puzzle game, and I sure hope playing it will be as tricky for you as designing some of the ...
    #7 - Coolness
    #10 - Overall
    11.
    TIE

    Windows | Browser Offline | Web | Source

    Tools:
    - code: FlashDevelop (Flash ActionScript 3)
    - sound: sfxr + musagi
    - graphics: Inkscape + Gimp

    Libraries:
    - Flixel v1.25 ...
    - Community
    #6 - Innovation
    11.
    TIE

    Windows installer | Windows .zip | Mac OS X 10.6 | Source

    The planet is dying.

    Monsters raise themselves out of the ocean monthly. The skies themselves blacken.

    You, and your civilization, hav ...
    - Theme
    12.

    Windows | Source

    This is my TD game.

    If you DL'd it in the torrent then you should redownload this one, as the torrent one most likely has an unfixed bug! ...
    - Fun
    13.

    Version 1.1 (Windows) | Version 1.0 (Windows) | Source (1.1)

    VERSION 1.1 RELEASED: FIXES BACKGROUND DRAWING GLITCH!

    Hopefully I'm not late! This is Island Escape by Nate Wiesel of The Layabouts. (we ...
    14.

    Web | Source #1 | Source #2 | Ante-mortem

    Puzzle/adventure, 2D-platformer.

    Engine: Flixel (FlashDevelop)
    Music: Musagi
    SFX: sfxr
    Pixels: Graphics Gale and Inkscape
    Map: Mappy ...
    - Coolness
    15.
    TIE

    GNU/Linux + source | Windows + source

    Arks of Mercy
    =============

    A Ludum Dare #17 entry by Noe Falzon (Tenoch)
    <firstname.lastname@aliceadsl.fr>

    Be the savior of an enda ...
    - Coolness
    #4 - Innovation
    #4 - Community
    #4 - Theme
    15.
    TIE

    Windows | Web | Source

    Use the mouse to play.

    This game was made with FlashPunk. I started about an hour late and took about 15 minutes extra at the end! Hopefu ...
    #6 - Audio
    #10 - Innovation
    15.
    TIE

    Windows + Source

    Controlls:
    -A: Move Left
    -D: Move Right
    -W: Jump
    -Mouse: Aim and shoot

    The premise for this game is, simply, to defend your island fr ...
    - Audio
    #9 - Fun
    15.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source

    A take on the Weird Worlds/Adventures in Infinite Space formula, set in the Hebrides. Find your way to the enchanted isles ('the lost Hebri ...
    - Theme
    - Coolness
    - Community
    #4 - Graphics
    #8 - Audio
    16.

    Windows + Source

    UPDATE: Shortly after the compo ended, I updated the archive with a bugfix that solved some really annoying input problems and other small i ...
    - Coolness
    17.

    Windows | Source

    All done!

    Guide the Hermit through shark infested waters and monkey infested islands and help him escape from paradise! ...
    #4 - Audio
    18.
    TIE

    Windows


    bluescrn's attempt at a little 48hr FPS. Not really 100% finished, but fairly playable

    An island with black smokey monsters... surely n ...
    - Graphics
    #5 - Fun
    18.
    TIE

    Win (Installer version) | Win (Non installer version + source) | Win v2 (Installer version) | Win v2 (Non installer version + source)

    NOTE
    ====

    Both the original version and the updated version now come in two flavours:

    * A version that comes with an installer
    * A ...
    - Theme
    - Innovation
    19.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    Made at the Cambridge meet up! My game from day one didn't work out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHihVVheM8), so I started from scratch ...
    - Audio
    20.
    TIE

    Windows | Source(.gmk)

    Finally finished this! unfortunately there will be no audio due to unexpected complications. So feel free to just N/a on that one :P anyways ...
    #5 - Coolness
    20.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    This is a flash game, made with Flixel, so enjoy in your browser of choice! Instructions are inside when you click on the big "HELP" on the ...
    #10 - Theme
    21.
    TIE

    Download Original (Windows+Source) | Download Fixed (Windows+Source)

    Coded in BlitzMax. Press F1 for help. Hover the pointer in the lower right corner of the screen to show the button for changing the difficul ...
    21.
    TIE

    Windows

    A game where you dive for stars. Get them all to win. ...
    21.
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    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web

    A self-biographical adventure of nonsense.

    You control a helicopter and must eliminate every last island.
    There are 4 levels in differen ...
    - Humor
    #5 - Theme
    22.

    Windows | Timelapse Vid

    ^ Source included in that download.
    Compilation instructions:
    1. Get Lazarus .9.28.3 beta / SVN / daily with FPC 2.4.0.
    2. Download Andor ...
    - Coolness
    23.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Another platformer for the heap ^^

    Control Archie Pegalo as he escapes from his desert island. Did this from scratch with SDL + OpenGL. ...
    23.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    Name: Jealous Gods
    Development Environment: FlashDevelop
    Language/Toolkits: Actionscript 3/Flixel
    Art tools: Photoshop, sfxr (sound creat ...
    #6 - Theme
    23.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    - Gather as much Booty as possible over 3 voyages!
    - Raid ships and hunt for hidden treasure!

    (Full instructions on the web site.)

    -- ...
    #9 - Theme
    #10 - Coolness
    24.

    Windows | Web | Source

    A simple game where you ferry cats to safety! Press Space to restart, press Escape to exit. ...
    - Graphics
    #10 - Theme
    25.
    TIE

    Windows & Source

    First LD entry! After two false starts, i have ended up with this. Simple graphics and sound effects (SFXR), and an overall product i'm prou ...
    25.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    You are the Sea Hoss, and it is your duty to deliver tasty deliciousness to the stranded castaways of Sumbitchin' Islands.

    Read below to ...
    - Coolness
    - Humor
    #10 - Graphics
    25.
    TIE

    Web

    Arcade-style platformer(?) - jump between the stone islands that sink in the lava.

    For great awesome.

    Additional notes and tips:
    * T ...
    26.
    TIE

    Web

    ...
    #8 - Fun
    26.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Jump Pirate is a silhouette platformer about exploration and precision jumping. You play a small pirate in an oversized hat who is alone on ...
    - Fun
    26.
    TIE

    Windows

    I guess I'm done. Pretty happy with it. I could probably keep going a little longer but I stop when I stop enjoying working, which is now, d ...
    26.
    TIE

    Windows + Source

    You are a super floating island super explorer! Adventure through SIX (count 'em!) levels in search of a palm tree to call your own! Warp fr ...
    #7 - Community
    #8 - Fun
    27.

    Windows | Source

    Artillery Isles is a realtime strategy game of sorts, in which the player must use the bases on his own islands to destroy the enemy's.

    C ...
    - Coolness
    28.

    Windows

    An Atomic bomb has exploded and your only salvation is a boat. You have to row with all your strength to survive.

    If you row hard enough ...
    #8 - Humor
    #8 - Coolness
    29.

    Web | Source

    In the year 20XX the universe is in conflict. You are the sole jammer, defender of the world. Race atop metallic sky islands and win points ...
    - Coolness
    #10 - Audio
    #10 - Fun
    30.

    Windows | Web

    The goal of Dare Islands is to goal the red boats into the red goal zone and the green boats into the green goal zone. The boats cannot be c ...
    - Innovation
    31.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Written in C++ with MSVC.

    Graphics done in Photoshop, Audio recorded & edited with Audacity.

    Uses SFML libraries.

    Oh and video! htt ...
    #5 - Graphics
    31.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    A very liberal interpretation of the theme. Warning: Has creepy crawlies!

    Move with the arrow keys, and throw a torch with the spacebar. ...
    32.

    Unity (Web) | Unity (Web) OLD | Source

    I made a game about messages in bottles (on islands). Any re-upload will be mentioned on this page.

    Made in Unity. You need the Unity W ...
    - Coolness
    33.
    TIE

    Web | Windows

    You work for God. You're the guy in charge of drifting continents.

    Z = Suck
    X = Blow

    Coded in AS3 with Flixel. 48 hours ago, I was a ...
    - Innovation
    33.
    TIE

    Play (Flash) | Source

    A puzzle game. Escape & defeat the island pirates. ...
    34.

    Windows | OS/X | Web (Unity) | Source (Unity)

    My first Ludum Dare entry ever. This probably got about 26-28 hours of actual hands-on work. Unity is the best thing. :D

    In this game you ...
    #9 - Theme
    35.

    Windows | Source

    Made with ruby and gosu.

    It's a fast paced game (should run at 60 fps) with 2 different phases : Land and water. Your fish gets out of ai ...
    #8 - Community
    36.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    *** IMPORTANT NOTE: THE VERSION LINKED TO CURRENTLY IS NOT THE LD VERSION. I ACCIDENTALLY OVERWROTE THE LD VERSION AND DON'T HAVE A BACKUP. ...
    36.
    TIE

    Windows | Linux | Source

    UPDATE: Thanks for the feedback on the crashes guys - seems it was a buggy opengl32.dll that a botched install of VStudio stuck on my machin ...
    37.
    TIE

    Windows

    What can be more tragic than the failure of a personal quest for damnation? That's a question Simulacrum, and the whispering memories of a b ...
    37.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Not quite how I wanted it to turn out, but it's sort of playable...

    You start by controlling one tank, on one island. Each turn, you can ...
    38.

    Windows + Source

    Paint by Numbers meets Tron in this puzzle game where you place bridges between islands to make one winding path through each island cluster ...
    39.

    Windows | OS/X | Source | Timelapse | Youtube

    Here you go! That's my entry!
    Didn't had any good idea right from the start and spent a lot of time on drawing. Therefore...well, you'll se ...
    40.

    Windows | Source | More

    Fly around an archipelago of floating islands barbecuing al those delicious looking sheep.

    The game play is very last minute because I ra ...
    - Coolness
    41.

    Windows | Web | Source

    Eviction

    You are being evicted from your home on an island in the sky. Deconstructor bots are coming and you must push them back with you ...
    42.

    Windows | Source

    Shoot forks down at the islands to destroy them--that is your only goal. (Try to conserve forks if you want, plastic is an oil derivative yo ...
    - Coolness
    #8 - Theme
    #10 - Humor
    43.

    Windows 32Bit | Windows 64Bit | Source

    If you have DirectX problems, before reporting, please ensure you have this installed:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fami ...
    44.

    Web | Source

    Catalog the animals and learn to evolve.

    FEATURING

    *Total historical accuracy: Mystery protagonist!
    *Catalog seven LEGENDARY animals ...
    #8 - Humor
    45.
    TIE

    Download (Windows) | Source (Game Maker)

    An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness.

    Hopefully the theme tie-in should be clear.


    HINT: At the beginning of the ...
    45.
    TIE

    Web | PHP Source (spoilers)

    UPDATE: The php source code - which is very little actual code - is available at the source link below. I recommend against reading it, as t ...
    46.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    It's here! The stuff of dreams, an entry for the epic Ludum Dare has been made!

    The game is a one button game where you hop from island ...
    46.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Educational platformer. You will fail, and learn at the same time! XD

    Arrows: move
    Shift: jump

    Note: This was created in a couple of ...
    47.
    TIE

    Windows

    You are Mr. Blue. Island domination is a race against your arch enemy Mr. Red. Claim land as fast as you can. You may need to cross water, b ...
    - Coolness
    47.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Here is my entry! It's a puzzle game based on manipulating the islands so that the people can survive! ...
    47.
    TIE

    Applet and Source | Timelapse

    Defend the island from the invaders in longboats!

    Select a structure, and hit the B key to spawn a unit.

    Each unit costs a specific am ...
    48.

    Windows | Source

    This is my submission to LD48.
    You play a Dodo on the Island of Mauritius, trying to survive - WILL YOU MAKE IT? (Hint: probably no...).
    ...
    #9 - Audio
    49.
    TIE

    Windows | Source (.gmk)

    You're a BOAT!!! and you rescue people from islands.

    (screenshot is slightly outdated)

    EDIT: Source added. Yeah, D&D, since I'm pretty ...
    49.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    TO RUN ON WINDOWS: Extract all files to a new folder, then run the exe in the Release folder.

    TO RUN ELSEWHERE: Source code should build ...
    49.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    The goal of the game is to create your own island and keep the ecosystem in balance.

    Unfortunately we didn't get the chance to finish. T ...
    50.

    java universal | web (old) | windows/mac (old)

    The java universal works on both windows and mac.

    (NOTE: The web version will randomly crash my browser every once in a while. If you don ...
    51.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Short exploration maze type of game.

    Find the boat to win!
    If your heart vanishes, you get warped back to the last house you visited.
    T ...
    #8 - Graphics
    51.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    I took sort of a weird approach to the theme, and based it more on the unconscious significance of islands then on islands themselves. There ...
    #9 - Coolness
    52.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    Use the arrow keys to explore the maze-covered islands.

    You find yourself on a beach, unsure of how you arrived there, or why you're on t ...
    53.
    TIE

    Web | Source | Timelapse

    Baby Leviathan likes to hunt the fishies hanging out by these islands. Use the right and left arrow keys to swim around and catch them.
    ...
    53.
    TIE

    Web | Source | Timelapse

    Made using FlashPunk.

    I procrastinated all day Saturday, so this is the product of about 12 hours work.

    There was going to be a 108 se ...
    54.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    An intriguing mix of card game and tower defense game.

    Made in C# with XNA 3.1 ( so you'll need that version to play. Link in readme).
    ...
    54.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Cam Timelapse | Desktop Timelapse | Source

    Dev OS - OS X
    Engine - Torque Game Builder
    Art - GIMP + Harmony
    Sound - Audacity + Resonance ...
    #9 - Graphics
    54.
    TIE

    Windows | OS X | Linux | Source

    You are stranded on an island planet far far away. Move your robot around with WSAD or arrow keys and collect battery power and fuel to stay ...
    - Coolness
    54.
    TIE

    Windows (zip) 1.28MB | Windows (rar) 1.08MB

    Created with: Game Maker 8
    Genre: Platformer

    Controls
    · Mouse: Go through menus
    · Arrows: Movement
    · P-key: Pause

    Notes
    · The ...
    54.
    TIE

    Applet | Webstart | Timelapse | Source

    Instructions are simple, use the mouse as direction to jump, press and hold the left click to charge jump power, release it to jump. You hav ...
    54.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    Is lands?

    Made in Flash without any libraries or nuthin'. Didn't save enough time to make levels, oops. :)

    My first ludum dare. Hosted ...
    #4 - Coolness
    #5 - Audio
    54.
    TIE

    Windows

    Keytrader is an experimental trading game that makes you play Twister on your keyboard. Only tutorial levels are complete.

    Only had 8 ho ...
    #7 - Innovation
    54.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Instructions: Help your crustacean to clean the island. Find all cans in the island and Avoid mice. Move your hero using the mouse pointer. ...
    - Audio
    55.

    Windows | Source

    You play as a young creature trying to escape from a giant floating island in the sky.
    Arrows+Z
    R to respawn from last checkpoint
    Feedbac ...
    56.

    Windows

    Unfinished but playable... it was a good time! Src included in zip, or visit ld48jovoc on google code. ...
    #8 - Graphics
    57.

    Web | Source

    Done in considerably less than 48 hours, as I wasn't able to clear my weekend. Alternate title: "Oh, Shit! Sharks!" ...
    58.

    Windows(LD17 version) | Windows(1.2)

    Lonesome Flotsam
    Ludum Dare 17 version by Caleb Jewett

    Get ready to fight for survival! It's your job to control a lifeform so overgrown ...
    59.

    Windows | *.love package

    HUGE idea, ran franticly short on time

    windows double click *.exe

    everyone else gets a *.love package, so you would need love installe ...
    60.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Video | Source

    I can't believe I managed to finished something I had basically no gameplay until 7 hours before the end. I lost a lot of time not knowing w ...
    #7 - Graphics
    #9 - Community
    61.
    TIE

    Windows, Linux + other Love2d platforms

    You are Scott and you are stranded on an island. But you misfortune doesn't end there - you ran out of your hair gel as well.

    Since prett ...
    #4 - Humor
    61.
    TIE

    Windows

    Protect your islands from incoming missiles! Compete with your friends for a high score. ...
    61.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Island Towers is a very typical tower defense game. The goal in the game is to prevent fish from reaching the open sea.

    The fish spawn fr ...
    61.
    TIE

    Web | Timelapse | Source

    Made with Pulpcore. Music with Ableton Live.

    Ominous lack of other sound effects thanks to Real Life.

    I couldn't get the "islands of ...
    62.

    Windows | Source

    An experimental romp through a deserted isle. As the player plays their skills, like running, jumping, and swimming, all grow stronger. I wo ...
    63.
    TIE

    Linux | Windows | Source

    Three monkeys compete (local multiplayer) to fill a basket with their favorite coconuts.

    Linux and Windows: unzip the distributable and r ...
    63.
    TIE

    Applet | Webstart | Sources | Video

    Hi, this is my first time participating in ludum dare.

    The game is similar to galcon (one of the winners of a previous LD competition), m ...
    64.
    TIE

    Windows

    Greetings. This is a game which I'd abandoned after several hours of work, and then suddenly decided to un-abandon after an even longer dura ...
    64.
    TIE

    Windows | High Scores | Source

    This is a ONE or TWO player game.

    Choose the Arrow or WASD keys to play.

    Hit the arrows in sequence to keep the Hula Girl dancing! Ea ...
    #6 - Humor
    65.

    Windows | Source (.gmk)

    A CTF, platform, shooter game. Battle against the AI in an Island with guns each player. Made in one day for Ludum Dare 17 and for Experimen ...
    66.

    Windows/Source | Early Version Timelapse

    VAMPIRE ISLANDS!

    You wake up in the middle of a desert beach, with no memories of anything whatsoever, the only thing you know is that th ...
    - Humor
    67.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    A game where you control a large head that blows on volcanic ash clouds to bring down planes.

    Edit: Sorry about the controls being awful. ...
    #9 - Humor
    67.
    TIE

    Webstart (with sound 35mb) | Webstart (no sound 200kb)

    IF YOU CAN'T RUN THIS, PLEASE EMAIL ME: demonpants [at] gmail.com . Java naturally is not write once port anywhere like it claims. I'd like ...
    #9 - Coolness
    68.

    Windows

    my entry to ld17!!! :) explore the dumdumisland ...
    69.
    TIE

    Windows

    You control a boat in my tub ;)
    Find the treasure by way of maps.
    Get it before the other ships do!

    Nearly all of the game's graphics a ...
    69.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Ahhhhhh! Just want to submit on time!

    Well: I tryed to use te concept "Islands" like islands itsleves, but also like... mmm isolation. Is ...
    - Coolness
    70.

    Windows | Source | Alt. Download

    This is my first entry. I learned a lot and I can't wait to do another one, although I'll have to wait the next one out. Good luck everyone! ...
    - Coolness
    71.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Windows (new version) | OS/X (new version) | Source

    Move through a series of dream islands on a journey through memories of a past relationship.

    EDIT: Added an improved version I've been wo ...
    71.
    TIE

    Windows | Linux

    ...
    #4 - Coolness
    71.
    TIE

    Windows

    The king has commanded you, a daring pirate, to gather gold for him.
    He has given you 3 days to complete this mighty task.
    You must slay ...
    72.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    I am really sorry, I loved the game idea, but after 10 hours in I realized I couldn't complete it, so the code looks like a mess.

    The gam ...
    72.
    TIE

    Multiplatform (Python 2.6) Update 1 | Windows Update 1 | Multiplatform (Python 2.6) Original | Windows Original

    It's a text adventure where you are in an island belonging to an ancient culture.
    The game is command driven, meaning that all you can do i ...
    72.
    TIE

    Web | Spoilers

    I have verified that all the physics work correctly in Firefox 3.5.8, and the game is completable. There are several jumps that are only ba ...
    72.
    TIE

    Windows & Source | Linux & Source

    YOU ARE ISLAND.
    GO ISLAND GO!

    Tools:
    Code::Blocks
    MS Paint
    The GIMP
    Allegro Game Library
    The Internet

    Update: Linux build! :D ...
    #7 - Humor
    73.

    Windows

    ...
    74.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    An island is an isolated place.

    In this game, you control a lonely, socially awkward little cyclops creature. Guide him out into the worl ...
    #10 - Innovation
    74.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Cartograph
    You control a ship navigating through a chain of mysterious islands. Your goal is the chart as many of of these islands as you c ...
    74.
    TIE

    Windows | Web | Source

    A game about sailing around and visiting islands.

    Unfortunately this is unfinished... have fun just sailing around and discovering random ...
    75.
    TIE

    Windows | Windows - Patch 1

    You're trapped on an island (or more so...a series of islands) and you must make your way to the other side of the island to escape! Avoid t ...
    - Community
    75.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source

    Its a pirate tycoon game, much like the original Sid Meiers's Pirates. To play- Buy and sell from the market menu, move to different islands ...
    - Coolness
    75.
    TIE

    Web

    The semi-finished daring skateboarding adventures of a boy on an island! Collect gifts (for delivery!) and avoid falling into the water.

    ...
    76.
    TIE

    Windows + Linux + Source

    Read crashes.txt if you have trouble running the game. (Ran out of time on that one)

    It's a very short puzzle game where the aim is to fr ...
    76.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    You are stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean with angry natives who are out to get you. Find the hatchet, chop down big bamboo t ...
    - Coolness
    77.
    TIE

    Web (BugFix) | Web (Original) | Source

    Voyage for the Queen requires Silverlight 3. It may work with Moonlight on Linux but is untested as of yet.

    Important: If you are playing ...
    #8 - Coolness
    77.
    TIE

    Web/PC | Source

    Update Monday Apr 26: I fixed the collision handling. You don't get stuck on islands anymore, but you might bounce violently off them. It's ...
    77.
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    Windows & Source

    Control the shape of the islands to let traffic safely pass! Stop ships grounding on the beaches and cars from crashing into the sea to gain ...
    #8 - Innovation
    78.

    Web (Flash) | Web (Alternate Link) | Source

    This is a game about an invasive species entering an island ecosystem.

    There are two types of animals in this group of islands. Glompers, ...
    - Coolness
    79.
    TIE

    OS Independent - Requires Love

    FIXED WORKING DONE

    Read the Readme for more info.
    I'll do a postmortem tomorrow I suppose.

    All versions are the same for each OS, and ...
    #6 - Coolness
    79.
    TIE

    Windows

    Your ship has crashed on an island. You and your crew have been deserted and isolated from society. You must collect food to keep everyone a ...
    80.

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    A simple rts game set in the skies of Floatarnia, connect your island and gather it's resources to build dragons and upgrades. Then use them ...
    81.

    Web | Source

    Made in Flash|ActionScript using FlashDevelop and Paint.net. No sound.

    Frameworks: Box2D, some code from my previous LD games.

    Click o ...
    82.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Make your islands avoiding the magma! ...
    82.
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    Web | OS X | Windows | Source | Gameplay Video

    This game was made as a Glorious Trainwreck in the last two hours of LD17 using Unity 3D. Sound effects made with Sfxr, music with Musagi, t ...
    - Coolness
    82.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    Well... It was made in less than 8 hours, so please enjoy my epic tale of self discovery and enlightenment. Now with source code! ...
    #4 - Humor
    83.

    Web | Windows | OSX | Linux | Source

    Wily pirates locked in a skirmish to the death! A two-player game, written in Processing. Requires Java, and be sure to give the applet plen ...
    84.

    Windows | Source

    The Monster of Canvey Island has returned after fifty five years!

    Try to cause as much havok before she sadly suffocates due to lack of ...
    #5 - Humor
    85.

    Windows | Source

    First-time entry. Spent too much time on graphics, sound. Most will suspect I spent too little on both...

    UPDATED: I uploaded a new stub ...
    86.

    Windows1280 | Windows800 | Source | XNA Redist

    Story: You were a robot on a ship, you crash landed with your friends! (only one actually). You have to rescue them. Once you find a GPS ( ...
    87.

    Windows | Source

    SkyLands is about islands in the sky. You play as Vapor the Airboarder who is trying to collect all the lightning bolts to get the Wind Mach ...
    - Coolness
    88.
    TIE

    Windows/x64 Linux | Uncompressed Win32 ( take 2 ) | Engine Source SVN

    == UPDATE 2 ==
    Wow, what a jackass... the previous uncompressed version contained the data for the engine test I sent out ( proof - http:// ...
    88.
    TIE

    Source

    IslandsMUD is a multiplayer text game set on an island.

    To play you must connect using telnet protocol to:

    jplur.no-ip.org 5057

    in ...
    #7 - Coolness
    89.

    Windows

    Controls: ASDW and RF or Cursor keys and Page up/down plus Mouse. I managed to make it somehow playable. Too tired to think of any name :P ...
    90.

    Web

    Guide Banana Joe the Pirate trought 10 levels of fun :)

    Collect all the bananas and stay alive!

    Watch out for giant crabs and bats !
    ...
    91.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    You stranded on a lonly island! You took your last match and started a huge fire. Suddenly people come from around and want to kill your fir ...
    #10 - Coolness
    91.
    TIE

    Web

    Ganjisland was supposed to be a tower-defense-ish drug-war game. You press the islands and issue boats with drugs (to make money), you build ...
    92.

    OS X | Windows | Source

    Running the game:
    OS X: Just double-click Capsize!.app
    Windows: Double-click Capsize!.bat

    Linux/Source: You'll need to get the dependen ...
    - Humor
    - Coolness
    93.

    Web

    Premise: Protect your island lair from those pesky government agents.

    My first successfully completed (for some low value of success) Lud ...
    94.
    TIE

    Windows

    This game is for the people who like a challange but don't like to be frustrated with one. ...
    94.
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    Windows

    A sim card game, where you could build your own island using card that are showed ramdomically, the master rule is, choose a card and put it ...
    95.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    A Unity based platformer, based on the buoyant effect of dead bodies!

    Didn't get half as much done as I wanted to, but alas time was clos ...
    - Coolness
    96.

    Windows

    In Pedestrian Voter, you must lead a young man across perilous roads by using the traffic Islands so that he may get to the Polling Station ...
    97.
    TIE

    Windows

    *IT IS NOW KNOWN: THERE ARE 147 MINI EGGS AND 11 BIG EGGS*

    Arrow Keys move, f4 switches between fullscreen and windowed, f5 saves game, f ...
    97.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Source

    QUICK INSTRUCTIONS:
    Click on an island (big gray circle) to go there. Once you arrive, select a team/color. In the big arena you're a ship ...
    98.

    Windows | Linux | Source

    My first Ludum Dare and I end up with a pokemon game ... Well this is suppose to turn out just great.

    You know the feeling that you've ju ...
    - Humor
    99.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Knocked up in 2h for Ludum Dare 17.
    Hasn't got any sound. (yeah I know)
    It's short and sweet and is set on an island.

    :D

    arrows+spac ...
    99.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    Hi all,

    This is my Ludum Dare entry. It is an interactive fiction game entitled Islands Far Away.

    It is a game about a game programmer ...
    100.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    Gave up on my original idea early and just thought I'd push out *something* since it was my first LD. After I gave up my original idea I wan ...
    - Coolness
    101.
    TIE

    Windows (primary) | Windows (secondary) | Gameplay (youtube) | Source (gamemaker)

    Story:
    Oh noes! Your dad was kidnapped by pirates, find them and save him. Be sure to collect enough money so that he wants to be saved.
    ...
    101.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    The idea:
    Rescue people from procedurally generated islands while sea levels are steadily rising.

    What it turned out to be:
    UNFINISHED. ...
    102.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Source

    This is a quite simple game about Pirates, a treasure, Robinson Crusoe
    and an island.

    Timelapse here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM ...
    102.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    up,left,right Rescue people, get them to the safe zone (white X)

    space bar ejects your passengers, its fun to watch em bounce off the lav ...
    102.
    TIE

    Timelapse | Web | Source

    This game is not finished, but you can walk around with the arrow keys and jump with Space. ...
    103.

    Windows

    Battle against the devilish Red Tribe amongst the islands that surround your home! Lead the Yellow Tribe to victory, each time on a (almost) ...
    104.

    Windows | OS/X | Web | Source

    Tango is (almost) a game. Press <space> to command your squad of fighters towards the currently marked target.

    You win the game when eve ...
    105.

    Windows

    Your a sailor on a steam powered lifeboat the HMS Awesome, it's dark and there are people who need saving.

    The left and right keys rotate ...
    106.

    Windows

    A little RTS-like game, made in about 17 hours in C++. ...
    #7 - Coolness
    107.
    TIE

    Windows

    My First Ludum Dare Game : Coconut Island

    Mr Turtle's island has been hit by a tornado blowing away all his coconuts.
    Help Mr Turtle rec ...
    107.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Use WASD to move, space to pick up a banana.

    Don't die of hunger, please. ...
    108.

    Windows

    Elementary My Dear Watson

    I am writting this 10 minutes before the deadline of Ludum Dare #17. This is my entry. The theme was islands, a ...
    109.

    Windows | Web

    http://people.ucsc.edu/~bblackfo/Tailspin/

    About 10 hours of work, no sound. Made with flixel/flash, flashdevelop. ...
    110.
    TIE

    Windows

    CONTROL (WASD) and "ENTER"
    (sometimes holding jump button helps)
    good luck.
    if the jump looks impossible try holding jump button and thi ...
    110.
    TIE

    Web | Source

    This is a 7 hour project for class exercise.

    It's made in Flash.
    Tools Used: FlashDevelop and Photoshop.
    Libraries used: Flixel. ...
    111.
    TIE

    Windows

    it's horrible :D ...
    111.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    You are a robot. There is a giant ship and little speeding robots after you. Survival is your only option.

    Score points by jumping on lit ...
    112.

    Windows | Windows(Alt mirror) | Source

    You missed the ferry back home from your vacation on a tropic island!
    You only have yourself and your surfboard to catch it! Use it to the ...
    #8 - Coolness
    113.

    Windows | OS/X

    A little alien named wix has crash landed on a far away island. get him to his boat so he can sail away. ...
    114.

    Web | Source

    ...
    - Coolness
    115.

    Windows

    UPDATE: The issue on Windows XP machines was fixed. Its probably too late now though, but the issue was caused when I compiled the game us ...
    116.

    Windows | Source

    EDIT: finally found how to edit my entry :) So let me replace the original link with the patch described in :
    http://www.ludumdare.com/comp ...
    117.

    Windows | Linux

    Here it is! My first commit to the grand ludum dare!

    It's a light platformer, made with python and pygame primarely.
    Physics are done w ...
    118.

    Windows

    Well, it's done! Not only that, but I did it without a single other blog post or going in the IRC (I smell a 5/5 on community). This game is ...
    119.

    Windows

    Hello! My name is desertdweller and I make pretty awful games.... but give this a try, it's about the figurative island of civilization that ...
    #9 - Humor
    120.
    TIE

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web

    Shoot torpedoes to any ship in sight while avoiding the islands

    Controls:

    Arrows/WASD submarine movement:

    * W/UP: accelerate
    ...
    120.
    TIE

    Windows Download | Source Code Download

    Angry Stan And The Island Of Doom is a short

    Bitmask based Platformer, quickly grab all of the coins before the tide comes in and drowns ...
    121.

    Windows

    Barely playable time trial racing game. Use up to accelerate, left and right to turn, crash three times and you're out (but you can buy extr ...
    - Coolness
    122.

    Windows | Web

    Description:
    =====
    This is a fairly slap-dash hurried effort so I could actually submit an entry (for once). Unfortunately my initial idea ...
    123.

    Windows

    you are challenged to cross all bridges

    but is it... a bridge too far ...
    124.

    ...
    125.

    Windows | OS/X

    A very short game written entirely from scratch in Standard ML using SDL.

    Now available for Windows! Also, the Mac version is now static ...
    126.

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    Unfinished entry that I plan on continuing.
    Arrow keys to move, X to fire arrows. ...
    127.

    Windows

    I didn't get anywhere near finished. Don't play this, it's horrible. :P

    Problems: Enemies don't hurt. Falling in water is lame. There's s ...
    128.

    Windows

    It's not finished, but it's pretty cool. Essentially, you collect fuel cells to fly around, destroy enemies, and escape the islands. Contr ...
    129.

    Windows | Source

    It's just a game sorry ...
    130.

    Windows | OS/X | Linux | Web | Source

    This game is not finished. It's more of a technology demo than a full game. You can click around to move about the procedurally generated wo ...
    131.

    Windows

    MISSION : OVERMAN READ
    ME
    WWELCOME TO THE

    MISSION OVERMAN

    README YOU WILL READ HERE

    FIND OUT HOW THE GAME WORKS



    YOU ARE ...
    132.
    TIE

    Linux | OS/X

    EDIT: I seem to have misread the rules and disqualified myself. The part about sound libraries being allowed if you remix their content some ...
    132.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    My first Ludum Dare entry

    You play as voodoo witch doctor going from island to island to capture evil spirits. Guide him around the islan ...
    132.
    TIE

    Windows | Source

    Try #4 - So, I've added just about every file I can imagine being a dependency. Hopefully, people can play it now.

    Try #3 - So the setup ...
    #5 - Community
    132.
    TIE

    Source

    Sorry I can't distribute windows binary, you must have python and pygame for play. Execute main.py for launch.

    This game is like a tycoon ...

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