Ludum Dare 33 (Theme: You are the Monster)

Results are in.

Congrats to everyone who participated. Ludum Dare 34 is scheduled for 12/11 - 12/14.

(If my crawler missed your game, just let me know and I'll add it.)

C2 Compo Games:

• Attack of the Lobizarudo - by cleitoneldorn
• Dave Needs Milk - by Arg410
• Don't Leave Me - by Hamsternator
• Earth Was a Bad Choice - by zatyka
• Eat or Die! - by colludium
• Forlorn - by MrFreakys
• Frankenbunny - by Zoglu
• i Have a Choise - by DiscoFish
• Kerberos - by lcarpentier
• Monster in the city - by Kyatric
• Om Nom Blitz - by edibletoaster
• Panda Monium - by AlexFili
• Rain of Terror - by John Drury
• Treasure Keeper - by jelch
• Waffleman - by Mano

C2 Jam Games:

• (You are the) monster gaiden - by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
• Be My Friend ! - by Infokub Arcade
• Billy Goat Grub - by ChrisFagan
• BlobZilla - by baldman
• Brood - by SecondDimension
• Curse Of The Poncho - by EncryptedCow
• Giggles, the friendly clown - by Sanju
• Huntingman Championship - by Forlorn79
• I, Villain. - by VitorAguiar
• It's just imagination - by fragileannihilator
• Love Monster - by Lissar
• Minko - by broknecho
• Oozin' in Space! - by bclikesyou
• Random Alien's Guide to Defending blah blah blah - by Michcioperz
• Scaring Kids - by CortezBR
• Tale of the Descendant - by glerikud
• Tourette's Cop - by lukepilgrim

"What is Ludum Dare" you ask?

Ludum Dare is an accelerated game development event held every 4 months. Thousands of developers create games for two concurrent competitions taking place over 1 weekend. Full competition rules can be viewed on Ludum Dare's webstite, but here's a summary:

Compo
• 48 hours long
• You must work alone
• You must use the competition theme
• All game content must be created within the 48 hours, with a few exceptions (see full rules)
• Publicly available libraries and middleware (e.g. Construct 2) are allowed
• Source Code must be included when submitting

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

At the end of the weekend, entrants rate eachother's games for 3 weeks. Winners are announced at the end of the rating period.

Why should you participate?

Many reasons:

• It's fun.
• You'll join a great community of developers.
• C2 is, in my opinion, perfectly suited for Ludum Dare.
• Making it to the end, and submitting a game provides a great sense of accomplishment.
• It will make you a better developer. Testing your game creation abilities under tight conditions, with a strict deadline, is like a game development adrenaline shot. It's a serious learning experience that will test your existing skills, and force you to rapidly develop new ones.

Let's get the excuses out of the way

"But I can't afford to participate." It's free. "But I don't know how to make a game." Download C2, go through some tutorials, and play around with the software. You'll quickly realize that creating a game much more possible than you think. "But 2 or 3 day is too short a time to create a good game." Long, in-depth, gaming masterpiece aren't possible, but you can absolutely create an awesome game. I dare you to play some of the winning Ludum Dare games (see below), and tell me they aren't awesome. "But I already have plans that weekend." Challenge yourself to create the best game possible in whatever time you have available. My LD29 entry was created in 2 hours. It's not particularly sexy, but I'm quite proud of what I created in 2 hours. "But there aren't any prizes." Monetary prizes... no. The prize is the experience and the game you produce. It's not uncommon for participants to further develop their entries into commercial products. Speaking from personal experience, professional opportunities have come my way both directly and indirectly from participating in Ludum Dare.

Here are a few links you may find useful/interesting:

• Ludum Dare Survival Guide - Great tips, especially if this is your first Ludum Dare.
• Tools - A nice collection of popular tools used by many Ludum Dare participants.

Not hyped yet?

Go play some games from the previous Ludum Dare:

• Theme: An Unconventional Weapon
• Overall Compo Winners
• Overall top 5 highest scoring Compo games created in C2
  • Adventure Lamp - by ryguydavis
  • L.O.V.E - by sputnik
  • Do as I say - by Ludipe
  • Space Bug - by vicious_br
  • Ring Retorter - by zatyka
• Overall Jam Winners
• Overall top 5 highest scoring Jam games created in C2
  • Miyu - by SecondDimension
  • Safer in the Dark - by broknecho
  • Mechanically Enhanced Nano Unit - by Frosniteb]
  • Ice Story ( koori monogatari ??? ) - by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
  • Scream(But not too much) - by Embalaje

I hope I've convinced a few of you to participate. Best of luck to everyone.

My "I'm In" video.

In case you couldn't tell, I get pretty hyped about Ludum Dare.

I might just try you convinced me. A few years ago I failed miserably.

I'll be doing it! Already set aside the weekend and everything. Since it's my first, I'll be trying the Jam.

I'll also be doing it with my friends. How many C2 users will do this jam?

Very possibly in. It's so hot though... I might die in the process.

hello everybody, I am a new member wishes to receive the help of people like to sincerely thank.

I might be in, but I might not because I might be at work. Blast it! I might be in - at work. No - my boss wouldn't like that. We'll see...!!

Late to the party, but I'm in again. Good luck everyone!

I'm not sure about this - but here you go! May I present my humble efforts that started Sat lunchtime (I have a family, dammit!).

Eat or Die - LD33

Lol

funny

Cause as much damages as possible.

Use the arrow keys to make attacks that destroy the city.

When the flame bar is full and flashing, press the Space key to launch the devastating Fire attack.

Game made for the Ludum Dare 33 - Theme: "You are the monster"

No time for sounds unfortunately.

Made with Construct 2, GIMP and Inkscape.

Play the game

Congratulations to all submitted entries, previous and future.

Also special kudos to zatyka for maintaining the LD topics and the great "I'm in" videos that are always containing some kind of fun, as well as his entries which are always a good time for me.

This is my first LDJam and first completed game. Play it here.

How to play: Left and right arrows to move. Up to hide in a closet. Down to exit closet. Shift to ooze an astronaut when you're close enough (blob in the upper left will turn green).

I'll be writing a post-mortem later and will be sure to link to that.

So very tired, but here's our entry 'Brood'

Brood by SecondDimension - Ludum Dare 33

Here's my entry:

Earth Was a Bad Choice

I'm looking forward to playing through everyone's games.