Ludum Dare 27

We're just 1 week away from Ludum Dare 27. If you're not sure what Ludum Dare is, it's an accelerated game development event held every 4 months, with 2 concurrent competitions taking place over 1 weekend. Full rules can be viewed here, but here's a quick breakdown of the competitions:

Compo

• 48 hours long
• You must work alone
• You must use the competition theme
• Publicly available libraries and middleware (i.e.Construct 2) are allowed
• Source Code must be included when submitting

Jam

• 72 hours long
• Work along or in teams
• All creation tools are allowed

Personally, I've found these competitions to be a great experience. It tests your abilities, and finishing a game in 48/72 hours is a great feeling. Last event's keynote does a nice job of explaining why you should participate. If you have the time, I'd highly recommend giving it a shot. I hope to see and play entries from many of you.

To give you an idea of what types of games are possible in these competitions, check out the below links to winners, and the entries I found using Construct 2:

<center><font size="4">Ludum Dare 23</font>

Theme: Tiny World

Top Compo Entries

Top Jam Entries

Jam and Compo entries using Construct 2 (in no particular order):</center>

Biodome - By 7Soul

gammabeam - By Bioclash

Lost Oxide - By SidetrackGames

microchip - By DiscoFIsh

Mrnewt - By Nan-o

Out for Arrest - By Kyatric

This game is pretty NEET! - By Sonictail

TinyParts - By basspenguin

Don't Mess with the Gnomes! - By ziomorti

Freezen Break - By lekochen

Galaxy Music Quest - By Folaks

Nan-o - By Mrnewt

PixDodge - By whitebird

Slime Buster Micro - By brenthamel

Tiny the Adventurer - By onehandclap

This game is pretty NEET! - By Sonictail

Bioclash - By gammabeam

<center><font size="4">Ludum Dare 24</font>

Theme: Evolution

Top Compo Entries

Top Jam Entries

Jam and Compo entries using Construct 2 (in no particular order):</center>

An Amoeba's Awesome Adventure - By zakchaos

Deal with It - By midgard

Diverge - By patrickgh3

Evo Face - By DiscoFish

Bit-Craft Evolution - By eyehawk

Game-Age - By Lacutis

Germa - By kbdmaster (aka Whiteclaws)

Plop - By Yann

- EvoluTion - - By Hvedrung

Cosmic Canvas - By 7Soul

Darbot Saves Science - By science4cake

Darwin's Journey - By TinyHat

Game-Age - By Lacutis

Griff Dangers in Mettle vs. Metal - By lambomang

Jump! Stun! Teleport! - By Sandcrawler

Life is Pietzsche - By Rave Radbury

Evolution Redux - By sarpedonoiy@gmail.com

LimiT - By Sakuyan

DARWIN MUST DIE! - By mutuware

Evo Space - By edibletoaster

Human Evolution - By ArkadyDracul

It Will Grow - By madameberry

OS: Evolution - By zatyka

RED PLANET - By BuffaloPhil

The Highbred Pixel - By monomanio

<center><font size="4">Ludum Dare 25</font>

Theme: You are the villian

Top Compo Entries

Top Jam Entries

Jam and Compo entries using Construct 2 (in no particular order):</center>

Dungeon Mastermind - By 7Soul

Woodcut Ted - By rujo

Dastardly Fiend - By PixelMonkey

Kill The Angels! - By iamorim

The Unforgiven Wanderers - By AlexFili

Trina of The Depths - By Christina Antoinette Neofotistou

Universe's Next Top Villain - By Floko

Elfie - By Pixelboy_85

The Best of Me - By zatyka

Chainsaw Happines - By arandaschimpf

A Villain's Demise - By monomanio

<center><font size="4">Ludum Dare 26</font>

Theme: Minimalism

Top Compo Entries

Top Jam Entries

Jam and Compo entries using Construct 2 (in no particular order):</center>

A Simple Circle - By zatyka

Arena - By rogueNoodle

Battery - By onzephyr

Blue and Yellow - By evoker

Combattant - By Kyatric

Dieter Rams Memory - By aquilicoco

Equalizer - By whiteravens

Ludum lupus - By Yozz

M-Cubed - By SecondDimension

Micro Pigment - By PixolPalette

Mime Over Matter - By AlexFili

Mini Malice - By Yann

Minimalist Art Club - By basspenguin

Potato Dungeon - By _Rilem

Rhythm Serenade - By Whiteclaws

Save the Potato, Save the world. - By JohnnySix

Schizophrenic Astral Return - By saggiosoft

Ten Levels - By rujo

Way Home - By unclejunkie

2 Player Breakout - By LeafMeAlone

Bob the Minimalist - By braneof

Don't Fart - By Galvesmash

Ego Tripper - By bramvq

Erase - By Sylvain.p

Floating Point - By 7Soul

Laser Drift - By MrOtton

Minimal Game - By m4cgregor

Minimal Jump - By hamrath

one life - By thatwhichis

ppet -- a random tamagotchi permadeath sim - By ede

Psyniter - By Frosnite

Sky Tea - By OysterKLAN

Steel Guy! - By lukedirago

Through the Woods - By CosmicCatStudio

Tinge - By Tater_hater

TOO MANY DISTRACTIONS - By kbm0

Unfalling Star - By diegolh

War in a Bottle - By JumbocactuarX27

^2 - By MaxguN

Ninja Instinct - By Taldius

Pixel Burst - By Ninjaxio

Schizophrenic Astral Return - By saggiosoft

Square Swarm - By santovirus

Sunset Death - By DrGeraud

They Explode - By Andre Kent

Ego Tripper - By bramvq

Ellipse Madness - By shaircast

MinimalFive - By Roan Contreras

OZE - By BigBlackBeard

Psyniter - By Frosnite

Sightless - By donan

Simple Shape Adventures - By Stryphe

Zombie Blocks Attack - By hgouveia

Ellipse Madness - By shaircast

War in a Bottle - By JumbocactuarX27

Best of luck to everyone who participates!

Think I'll participate in this one if I got the time :)

Meh , I won't participate if I have no team to do so

BTW , kbdmaster = Whiteclaws

Theme vote week is on: vote now.

Final round of voting is live.

I can't believe there was such a high percentage of themes from the first 4 rounds were in the negative. I'm guessing people are being really picky since there was so much hate for last LD's theme.

I'll be participating again, lots of fun the last couple of times.

It seems quite likely that 10 seconds will be the final theme, considering it dwarfed all the other themes in the first rounds. Maybe people will do something different for the last round, though.

zatyka: well to be honest, I haven't been convinced by most of the themes in voting so far. I see themes that have been proposed during the last LD coming back, and overall wasn't greatly excited by the themes proposed.

I must admit most of my votes have been 0s. A fistful of +1 and some -1 for themes I really don't want to see.

I don't know yet if I'll actively participate (I already have some others activities scheduled for this week-end) but who knows, if inspiration strikes me and if I feel I can make a game in either the limits of the compo or the jam, I'll try my best at it.

Also, as for each LD, there is an "alternative" theme challenge. For this LD it is "Tower defense vs Tower Offence" ^^ (there is even a "movement" for "Tower Potatoe", go figure ^^)

(hashtag: #LDTD and #LDTO)

Ludum Dare post on the subject

PixelMonkey I wouldn't be surprised if "10 Seconds" doesn't even come close to winning. The nature of the voting methods makes predicting a winner very difficult.

Kyatric

I haven't been a big fan of many of these themes either, and was also kind of bummed that there were so many repeats from previous voting rounds, but that sure won't stop me from having fun.

zatyka: True, what matters most during any game jam is to make a finished/playable game in the end. It makes valuable experience.

The theme is a guideline at best. Respecting it might be a self-imposed challenge to work ones skills.

I think the final themes offer multiple ways to interpret them, which is what makes them good in my opinion. Not many in the final round I'd consider bad.

The previous edition (LD26) was a lot of fun, so it was an easy choice to participate again. There are some awesome themes in the final round, so hopefully something good will come out of that!

Good luck to all of you!

LD27: 10 seconds.

Hey, we're in again. Using Construct 2 for the second LD.

Here's our blog: ludumdare.com/compo/author/seconddimension

Good luck everyone

Late to the party, my PC is limping along a little and throwing up blue screens. Gonna try do something useful if I can.

The last one was really fun. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Okay, first day almost over and the gameplay is almost ready. Just one or two more things to do and the game can be played functionally.