Heya all, this’ll be my first attempt at LD.  I’ve done the 7DRL a few times, but this is a little more brutal   I’ll be using:

IDE : Code::Blocks
Language : C++
Framework: OpenGL, GLFW
Libraries : irrKlang, possibly box2D or bullet

Can’t wait for the theme!

I’ll throw my hat in again…

Last time I didn’t finish anything to the point that I could submit, but this time… this time it’ll be different.

48 hours… one game.  One laptop on a table just large enough to support it.  One brand new apartment that’s really frosty most times of night.  It’s on.

Is GB coming?  I haven’t seen his declaration post yet.  I still owe him a prize for guessing the theme to my last (failed) entry-in-the-making.

My tools: Vis Studio 2005, Torque 2D, perhaps my own ‘fade’ behavior for said engine just because it’s ridiculous to re-write a ‘fade’ behavior… Photoshop 6.0, possibly a microphone and a handful of Korg toys, a Harman vocal effects doodad, wikipedia, and Lieutenant Dan.

I look forward to the theme and checking out all the entries.

-Tim

This is my first Ludum Dare and I look forward to it!

For my tools, I’m keeping it simple:

• Flash/Actionscript using FlashDevelop and the SDK
• For art I’ll be using Photoshop
• Audio will be done with sfxr and Audacity
• I’m using a few libraries such as Casalib and the AS3DS to aid development unless these are not kosher

I’ll try keeping a live blog going from my own blog and hopefully after the 48 hours I’ll be back here with something cool for everyone.

Hey guys. I see lots of other first-timers here — looks like this is a good year for joining! Well, this will be my first time too, hopefully the first of many.

I heard of LD a few times but I never got round to checking it out. Well, I just randomly thought of it a couple of days ago and it turns out it’s just around the corner. What luck! So I’ve been playing a through some of the previous entries. Favourites so far are the tower defense with the owls, and the one with the robots. Oh, and the one where the aliens spill their purple guts everywhere. (All from the same theme… ‘Tower’ was a winner!)

Probably going to go with Flash for this. I’m usually a C++ or Python guy, but as someone beneath me said, flash is faaaaast.

So the fun is about to start; madness is just around the corner.

Like half of the people here, this is going to be my first Ludum Dare. </Excited, Pants Wetting Squeal>

Unlike half of the people here, I’m going to be a heretic and not use python. This is partly because I want “I didn’t use python” as an excuse if I fail and partly because I don’t know python.

Thus far “Evolution” is looking likely. A few mad ideas are running around in my skull, trying to establish dominance and a supply of crisps. Hopefully one of them will evolve into something useable and full of awe (but not awful).

Good luck everyone, let the source be with you.