lahssoo

I'm assuming you're referring to when I said "I updated the controls to be more clear". I was referring to the controls listed in this topic, my Ludum Dare page, and my website. My game has not been updated.

A0Nasser

The in-game instructions go into holding Z to throw harder. However, I updated the controls to be more clear.

Edit: I updated the list of controls, not the existing controls in the game.

My Ludum Dare 30 Compo Entry:

Warp Paint

Normal Version (800x448)

HD Version (1200x672)

Warp Paint's LD30 Page

Keyboard controls:

• Arrow Keys to move
• Up or Space to jump
• Tapping Z Picks up balls
• Holding Z throws balls
• Holding X does something cool (not enabled at start)
• M toggles sound
• If you run into a bug, press R to reset the level

Works great with an xbox controller in chrome. I hope you enjoy it.

I finally had an evening free, and got to play through all these. I left comments on each of your LD pages. Congrats to everyone for participating, there were some great entries in there.

Here's my compo entry:

Warp Paint

I hope you enjoy it. Comments are certainly appreciated.

First progress shot. I'm hoping this idea works out. Those portals will ultimately connect to other worlds (levels)

My very special "I'm In" video:

Good luck to everyone!

Theme voting has begun.

Ludum Dare 30 (August 22nd - 25th)

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 each other's games for 3 weeks. Winners are announced at the end of the rating period. Here are a few things you may find useful/interesting:

Previous Ludum Dare (LD29) info:

• Theme: Beneath the Surface
• 1492 Compo Entries
• 1004 Jam Entries
• Results
• Overall top 10 highest scoring games created in C2
  • ScubaBear - by _Rilem - Jam Entry
  • Kitsuni - by SecondDimension - Jam Entry
  • Deepeon - by HacksawUnit - Compo Entry
  • Evolve - by Overkill - Jam Entry
  • Get Beneath The Surface - by rujo - Compo Entry
  • Rosa Neurosa - by Wertle - Jam Entry
  • Daisy's dog is dead - by alvarop - Compo Entry
  • PET RUN/STOP - by Ludonaut - Jam Entry
  • Wunderheilung - by kbm - Compo Entry
  • Square Rooted - by adamwfindlay - Compo Entry

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.

Ludum Deals

- Software discounts and offers specifically for Ludum Dare 30.

Rules and Guide Re-written for Maximum Clarity

- The official rules can be ambiguous at times. This post does a great job clarifying things.

On a personal note, I've found these competitions to be a great experience. Testing my game creation abilities, under tight conditions, with a strict deadline, is a wild ride. Making it to the end, and submitting a game provides a great sense of accomplishment. Also, the LD community is one of the friendliest I've seen. I hope to see many of you participate.

There is no dedicated expression, but if you loop through the tokens within the string, comparing each token to the desired value, the loopindex will be the index of the matching token. If you'll be using this same process in multiple areas of your project, it would make sense to create your own function for finding a token's index.

serpent

Ajax can read the project file, and events can populate an array from that format. Events can also read an array, and write a string in that format, but you won't be able to write that string back to the project file. For read/writing external data, you're probably better off using JSON, unless you're exporting with NodeWebkit (which more robust read/write options).

The easiest method is to pick the lowest Y is by using the first iteration of a For Each loop, ordered by the Y coordinate.

The canvas addon is usually the best option for drawing shapes.