Once again, I took part on Ludum Dare more than 2 weeks ago now.
The game I made is called CurseMan, and you can play it right here.
It involves a man whose only means of defense consist of expelling gianormous inults and curses in the form of comic-style speech bubbles.
Curses that can kill and destroy enemies!
This LD32 was a bit weird for me, but as always, it was really motivating and fullfilling. Let’s recap in detail how it went, shall we? 🙂
Last week Sergio and I signed for the “it’s a race” Mini Ludum Dare and he did a pretty good work with his Boost Power, but the same can’t be said about me. This one has been my first game jam where I tried my best, but at the end I didn’t make it. It’s a shame, but I still think that still worth it.
My try is about a little mole fleeing from a sure death under the horrific mower of doom. You can help the little mole by smashing your keyboard and evading some obstacles jumping over them. My hours playing Track & Field some years ago have to take some blame for my smashing button addiction.
Click the following image to access the “game”
My failed game for the mini LD. Click to play
Hi everybody!
You probably have noticed by now, but lately we talk a lot about jams. Yeah, we do. Specially me.
But what’s not to like about Jams?, they rock!. They allow you to grow as a developer and they feel like that much needed kick in your ass that just makes you stop making excuses and start making awesome things. They do exactly that and they are great just because of this reason alone (among a lot more!).
Last month I took part on the famous Ludum Dare 30. I already talked about that so let’s not repeat that stuff again here. The important thing is that even though LD30 has already come and go that doesn’t mean there are not any more jams in sight. As a matter of fact, today starts one of the mid season events: Mini Ludum Dare 54!
The rules are a lot less strict but it’s the goal what matters, and for that reason I wanted to take part on it as soon as I heard about it.
But the thing is, that game jams - as many other things in life - are even better when shared with people. For this I decided to tell Antonio about it. He liked the idea so from right now until september 29th we both are going to take part on Mini LD54, and we are both going to try and do our best making some awesome games.
During this whole process we will be giving out updates, info and almost anything you can think of about our submissions all along their development.
Are you excited? I sure am!
Oh, I almost forgot!, the proposed theme for Mini LD54 is: “It’s a race!”, so I expect lots of racing games, but hopefully we will see a lot of original ideas and some lateral thinking around it 🙂
Well, with that said, stay tuned this weekend and the next week for updates on both games, it’s going to be good!
Ladies and gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES!
Well, well, Ludum Dare 30 has just taken place a week ago and by now you probably heard about it, but I took part in it.
I made a small little game about planets. And missiles. And love.
And most importantly, it is called Universal Love.
You can play it now right here. Go on, try it, I’ll wait here until you are done.
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Done?, good!, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it.
What is it?, you wan’t to know how on earth did I came up with such an idea and how it came to exist?
Oh!, you flatter me!, I’ll do just that with pleasure, keep reading! 😀
Howdy!
It’s amazing, cause it feels like it happened almost yesterday, but Ludum Dare is back again for more crazy game development action with Ludum Dare 30 taking place just this weekend.
Here at StrandedSoft we are big fans of this event, where people from all over the globe set up on a proposed theme and try to make a game around it over the course of 48 hours. Graphics, code, art, gameplay, everything has to be done in just one weekend from start to finish.
It’s awesome.
But it is also difficult to build up the courage and commitment to take part in it and manage to finish your game on time. This is going to be my third Ludum Dare, and I’m absolutely no pro or expert on the matter, but sure as hell I have a few tips for the newcomer that I’ve learnt along the way.