Ludum Dare 46 Game Jam

herteljt 2020-03-30 14:15:02 UTC #1

Hi All,

@achmorrison @mongoose and I are hoping to participate in Ludum Dare April 17-20 https://ldjam.com/

Who else is interested?

akraut 2020-03-31 05:04:03 UTC #2

I'm game. I can't imagine I will be very busy...

herteljt 2020-04-02 18:04:07 UTC #3

Wonderful! @akraut

Here are a few things I remember from the last time @BaseCase and did this which was Ludum Dare 33.

We intentionally picked a game engine with limited features that could make the kind of game we were thinking of. Our choice was Puzzle Script https://www.puzzlescript.net/ and it worked well for the game we were designing. I'm happy to use this engine again, but other ideas are welcome.
We made a github repository to keep track of files.
We had an initial planning meeting the day the theme was released so sort out some ideas and divide up the work.

achmorrison 2020-04-02 19:11:09 UTC #4

I got logged in under new alias, I guess.

Thanks for doing this!

herteljt 2020-04-04 19:07:23 UTC #5

Hi All,
I'd like to make a UHACC team. Each of us needs to create an account on the Ludum Dare website and then friend each other. https://ldjam.com/how-to-make-teams

akraut 2020-04-06 07:01:53 UTC #6

I am https://ldjam.com/users/akraut/

herteljt 2020-04-06 14:10:42 UTC #7

Awesome. I've followed you on the ludum dare website. Once you follow me back, we can make a team https://ldjam.com/users/joshh/

I have created game page here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/$181431

achmorrison 2020-04-12 15:56:13 UTC #8

I created an account and followed both of you. @herteljt that game page is 404 for me.

herteljt 2020-04-13 19:17:47 UTC #9

I followed you @achmorrison and added both you and @akraut to the game. If you login in the website and click on "My Game" in the upper right, do you so it?

herteljt 2020-04-13 19:31:16 UTC #10

I've been looking at some different game engines we might use. Checking out Defold currently: https://defold.com/

A few features I like about it:
- focus on 2D development
- cross platform
- built-in version control
- team management features

herteljt 2020-04-13 19:57:42 UTC #11

I'm now trying GoDot https://godotengine.org/

After playing around with it a bit, this seems like it might be a good option. Seems to work just fine on my machine. Lots of tools.

One con is that it does not have built-in version control, but we could use github.

Thoughts?

I'm also happy to go with a more simplified engine like puzzlescript too!

herteljt 2020-04-14 01:27:14 UTC #12

Hmm, looking around a bit more. Now I'm wondering if something even simpler might be better. The previously mentioned editors can do a lot more than what I think we need for this short jam. I'm checking out some HTML5 engines now. Will report back.

Edit: Looking at https://love2d.org/ It seems promising.

herteljt 2020-04-14 03:18:10 UTC #13

Okay. I've been playing a bit more with https://love2d.org/ and I think it might work well. The engine is free, open-source, cross-platform, and has a lot of features. Here are some tutorials:

I also created a github repository: https://github.com/herteljt/ludumdare46

achmorrison 2020-04-15 22:43:04 UTC #14

Just a heads up that my college has my computer locked down so that I can't install the love2d engine. I'm going to boot up an old linux machine that I have to see if I can make it work there, but no promises. Don't change your plans on my account!! I'm just giving you some warning.

herteljt 2020-04-16 02:12:49 UTC #15

No worries! It works fine on my 12+ year old machine so maybe you'll have some luck.