KEYNOTE TIPS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHD1QBP4ww8

I’M IN MOTIVATION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYuOrCnokCQ

PURE WIN AMAZINGNESS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIvk1cSyG8

“A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman’s eyes.”

Clare Luce

“The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.”

Harry Houdini

“The horse may run quickly, but it can’t escape its own tail”

Russian Proverb

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.”

William Blackstone

“This is a place where I can escape to fantasyland.”

Elaine Vogel

“If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.”

Ram Dass

“Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher’s the poet’s equal there.”

Emile M. Cioran

“Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.”

Roger Moore

“Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.”

Ellis Peters

“It is a pity that we cannot escape from life when we are young.”

Mark Twain

“Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.”

Christopher Fry

“Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.”

Ayn Rand

“A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.”

Albert Einstein

“Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.”

Walter Scott

Hi LD’ers yay why am I so hyped at this rate I will be tired before the event begins!

Just a quick line to say that already 385 people have played Energy Island Conquest (the enhanced beta of my LD mini 28 entry) on Kongregate.

I was just thinking of what Music I should line up for my Ludum Dare Weekend?

I recall a scientific article that said classical music is supposed to be good for your brain.  I know I’m a BG (before Google) nerd, my introduction to my first computer was the ZX81 and they did not have a internet search bar, or browser or internet!

So are you a BG (before Google) or an AG (after Google)?

LD Tip: Play Ludum Dare like a fighter pilot!

Fighter pilots train themselves so they instantly forget any mistakes they make, as even a split second worrying about something that went wrong could take you down in flames.

So for Ludum Dare expect failures, mistakes, errors, dead ends but prepare to forget them fast and fix/drop/work around them faster.

Here’s some motivation for ya. It is all about the fact that you can’t expect your first attempts to turn out as great as you dream. Keep at it, don’t give up, make a dozen games and eventually you will be amazing at what you love. I’m still learning this lesson: I remember my first couple games – how they turned out was OK even though I was sure they would be incredible. It was (and still is) a humbling experience. The key is to not get discouraged and don’t aim for perfection, especially at the beginning.

Evolution - You Know What To Do

Isn’t it time for “evolution” to win?

If it wins, we finally get to see what kinds of games people make with the theme.

If it wins, it’ll never again be in the voting lists.

Go evolution, go!

It’s quite some read, but it might be of interest for you, especially when you want to participate a LD48 for the first time. I wrote some lines about how and in what order I created a tiny math game for a mobile device.

This weekend’s miniLD will be officially over at Midnight tonight.  That said, there would be no problem if you post an entry a few hours late.  We will close the submission form on Monday around lunchtime.

Remember: you do NOT have to finish your game – we warmly welcome all submissions including failed projects.  Post whatever you have – just for fun – bugs and all!  Ludum Dare is great for learning new things and the short 48 hours format doesn’t leave time for polish.  A simple prototype, demo or even just a title screen is still an accomplishment.  =)  We don’t mind a few rough edges.

Good luck finishing your games today!  Enjoy the process and don’t stress about the final product.  Whatever you end up with, even if it is a broken piece of junk is worthy of submission.  We promise to be kind with our comments!

It’s unfortunate that I didn’t get to compete this time around. I was really looking forward to LD20, considering it’s a milestone number for the event. Oh well.

I had AP exams to study for, a couple projects to finish and some plans with friends that prevented me from competing. I’m sad I didn’t get to exploit the newfound power of my Ubuntu installation.

Best of luck to those who competed, and may the best game win!

Got up and read the theme, over breakfast this song popped up in my head originally it had more of a ballad character but for sake of simplicity it  kind of went down the electronic vocoder synth road, enjoy!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26937089/LD20-TakeThis.mp3

Ah and usually I dont sing, so this kind of the first song I recorded, well it’ Ludumdare, anything is possible.

“YE GODS! IT’S FULL OF STARS!”

-Massey, “Schlocks Mercenary’s”, (and some other guy)

(forgive me, I had to, now someone make a telescope game.

Here is a photo of my current development workshop.

HO HO HO.  Merry Ludum.

I actually do have a bunch of ideas, I just don’t like any of them enough yet!

Here is some of my brainstorming, in case anyone would like some.

• Age of Discovery – Your excuse to make that exploration game if you missed out on LD16
• Space Shuttle Discovery – I will be so upset if nobody uses this. Don’t make me cry!
• Apparently there’s even a car called Discovery. … Yeah, I’ll pass on making an unpaid advergame, thanks
• Other things called Discovery: A process in courts of law; a robotic vacuum cleaner (hell yes); a VSTi software synthesizer (bonus points if you use it to make sound effects for your game); a champion racehorse; a variety of apple; a variety of elm tree, yes really; and at least nine different sailing ships and ferries.

Plus a bunch of TV programs. Also, apparently just about every music album ever made.

Yes, all my ideas do come from Google Images and Wikipedia, why do you ask :’(

All you tidy, organized developers with your clean desks and perfect work environments!  Now THIS is what a true hardcore game developer’s setup should look like.  Take in the small details and pay homage to a true master at his craft.   (This is not me, but I love the image – I mean, check out the beverages).  Epic!  =D

What a game developer really looks like!

PreScriptum: I am NOTIFYING the site administrator – “WordPress 3.0.1 is available!”

As you can see, I’ve decided to enter MiniLD #22 – revisiting an old idea. What is that old idea? I’ve chosen (you Pikachu!) my previous AND unsuccessful entry, to MiniLD #15 – Old game CLONE. It’s the Code Runner.

Something actually surprised me – my old notes with ideas and concept were easy to find thanks to my superior organization skills (yah, sure). It makes the whole thing easier to do, and I know what did I plan to do with these pictures. I present an excerpt of these notes to you: (after the advertisement break)

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Why hello there! … wait…

So, I decided to take a chance in LD#19. I did one of the previous ones (LD#a-number-to-me-currently-unknown – theme: remake), but kinda failed. I wanted to make a Lode Runner remake, kinda newish tilish and stylish, but for some reason … I got bored by making a remake of it . Anyway – I hope this time the theme will be something very interesting.

It should be a good side project from my every day (and night) project… Because making an mmo is hard (MOAR INFO AT MAH DEV_BLOG)

Yah… What can I write here…

Also – I might be doing some exrepiments here, so ingore them.