#ludumdare

Approaching #LudumDare with a classic plan: what genre do I feel like working on? A shmup? A puzzle/turn based game? A colony sim? A choplifter clone? All in Pico8's size, that is.

Not working. Nothing sparks joy... Yet. Theme usually helps, we'll see next week!

Woooo! #LudumDare theme slaughter is live! Hyyyype! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/theme

#gamedev #gamejam #ldjam

I found out today that there will be a Ludum Dare this next April 4th!! Hell yeah! :D

#ludumdare #gamejam

I've been trying to resurrect a dozen Ludum Dare game jam games I wrote over a decade ago. Why? #gamedev #programming #gamedesign #ludumdare

@ramin_hal9001 Until I became overwhelmed with Trans Rescue, I used to organize a team SWI- #Prolog for #LudumDare - We did some cool games, including a drawing game where you drew houses for a pig faster than the wolf blew them up.

Oof, this is such a loss. Ludum dare is truly the grandparent of all modern game jams. Hopefully it'll be back in 2026, but, more so, hopefully things turn around for Mike Kasprzak

#games #gameDev #ludumDare

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/online-game-jam-ludum-dare-scraps-2025-event-schedule

Ludum dare 2025 cancelled

https://ludumdare.com/news/taking-a-break/

#ludumdare #ldjam

So sad to see Ludum Dare's 2025 events are cancelled. A result of the layoffs and uncertainties in the game dev industry.

LD is an event grew so important that there have been wedding dates arranged according to next LD.

I think Ludum Dare must continue without being dependent on a single person.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/$398871/taking-a-break-2025-events-cancelled

#gamedev #ludumdare

Hey #gamedev community! Mike Kasprzak, founder and runner of the legendary #LudumDare game jam, is struggling financially and has canceled all jams in 2025 ! (source: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/$398871/taking-a-break-2025-events-cancelled )

Mike seems too humble to say it, so let me: If you can, consider joining Mike's Patreon to help him out

https://www.patreon.com/c/mikekasprzak/posts

Fun fact: this whole thing inspired one of my first jam games that I made for #LudumDare in 2015. In "Radio Edit" you fight to defend your artistic integrity from evil label representatives with your facemelting guitar licks /EOT

Ratrogue Jam Game History, Part XIX: A small puzzle game called SNAKOBAN, made with Haxe and Sos' Allegro port to JavaScript. Surprisingly, it's a mix of Snake and Sokoban. I was glad that the concept kind of works.

Made for MiniLudumDare 63, back when MiniLudumDares were still a thing and one of the best parts of the community. Oh, I miss these times in the #ludumdare IRC.

https://ratrogue.itch.io/snakoban

#gamejam #gamedev #haxe

Ratrogue Game Jam History, Part XVII. Maybe the last one, for now.

Back in 2014 I hosted a Mini #LudumDare with the theme Demakes. My own entry Thf was a mix of Thief and Hotline Miami, basically a frantic quick-stealth action game with the usual goal of collecting as much loot as possible without being seen. I liked the concept and can imagine it as a full game, but I'd change the player movement nowadays.

https://ratrogue.itch.io/thf

#stealth #game #gamedev #gamejam #ldjam #unity

Historical Rat King Jam Games VI: Kernel Exception - this action strategy game is a mix of System Shock and Dungeon Keeper. A bit under-baked overall, but a fun idea IMHO. Could really use some polish. As a space station AI gone rogue you (try to) take over all the robots and inhabitants. We worked together with a friend on this, over three days in our tiny living room, so it definitely was intense.

https://ratking.itch.io/kernel-exception

#unity #gamedev #gamejam #ludumdare #ldjam

Another re-upload of an old jam game: Soliloquy. Overall a bit awkward to play, but it holds a special place in my heart, and it's part of a couple of games that I call my "camera experiments", where I try out things with how the camera in a game works. In this case, you see two screens at the same time, but it only becomes apparent in the later levels. Such a 'puzzle platformer with a twist' was pretty en vogue back in 2011.

https://ratrogue.itch.io/soliloquy

#gamedev #ludumdare #unity #gamejam

I noticed that a lot of my older game projects are not accessible any more because they either use Flash or the old Unity WebPlayer. Ah, good old unsafe times. Anyway, I uploaded Wunderworld on itch.io just so I can link to a download. I made that one in 2012 for Ludum Dare 23, and it was actually more of a game-design tool than a game.

https://ratrogue.itch.io/wunderworld

#gamedev #ludumdare

#LudumDare TOP 10

We are top 10 out of 1479 games! This was my first time working with the amazing artists Turbogros and NIPA (+ best game composer ever @Zakku ), my first LD with Godot, and the result is my first LD top 10!

This feels gooood

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@Doot/113271029213002454

Ludum Dare results are out! I did expect my score in innovation, being a puyo puyo clone. But I'm surprised by the rest of scores! Thank you!

If you are curious you can play here

https://playmedusa.itch.io/tinybuns

#ld56 #ludumdare

And I’m LIVE playing some more #LudumDare game jam games on https://twitch.tv/pixelprophecy

#gamejam #ldjam #ld56

Don't mind me, I'm simply microwaving an instant frog in Creature Packets - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dont-mind-me-im-simply-microwaving-an-instant-frog-in-creature-packets #LudumDare #Indie

It's been a hard working week and I'm not at home this weekend, so I couldn't play many #ludumdare #ld56 games... But maybe you can try Tinybuns!

At LudumDare https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tinybuns
In #itchio https://playmedusa.itch.io/tinybuns