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« on: November 19, 2017, 02:07:57 AM » |
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Less than two weeks to go and we got to start weeding out themes today, so here goes!
Semicopypasted explanation of LD from last thread:LD is a game jam. You optionally vote for a theme in the days running up to the event, and then based on that theme or keyword you get 48 or 72 hours (plus a submission hour) to make a game! You need to go on the website, log in, and click 'join event' before it starts!
48 hours is referred to as "compo" and 72 as "jam" and they have different rules—jam is more relaxed and you're allowed to work in a team—so make sure you read the rules on the website first.
When the time is up, a couple of weeks of playing games and rating/commenting them (only people who submitted their own games can do this) commences, and if you want to get ratings/comments yourself you need to do this.
You don't win anything beyond good ratings/comments at best, but it's fun and you always grow a little bit as a developer, as does your portfolio!
Remember that you need to host your game yourself—the LD website does not provide this. The website has a guide for this. Also you need to make it work at least on web or Windows (I think?) to be allowed to submit your game.
Twitter hashtag: #LDJAM (even if you're doing the compo) Great blog post from an earlier LD here on considering keyboard differences between countries and so on, and more to bear in mind! |
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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2017, 02:09:51 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2017, 03:42:31 AM » |
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I'm really digging the new theme-laughter progress bar.  So far I've managed to get through >10% of the themes, so I might try to get through them all in the remaining 12 days. |
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Zorg
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2017, 08:08:27 AM » |
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Thanks for the reminder!  |
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2017, 11:16:34 AM » |
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Getting through all 3000~ish entries went faster than I imagined. I ended up keeping 2/3 of the themes.
The theme finals (4+1) should start tomorrow, shouldn't they?
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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2017, 12:45:30 AM » |
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I wish they would schedule things like the beginning of the theme voting in the news or the calender of the official ludum dare site, but apparently it's more accurate to follow ludum dare / mike on twitter: Ludum Dare @ludumdare (14 h ago): "Last day to Slaughter Themes for Ludum Dare 40. Actually, last half-day! Voting rounds will kick-off tomorrow! [...] #LDJAM" https://twitter.com/ludumdare/status/934489582263066636 |
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2017, 04:52:10 AM » |
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2017, 12:55:39 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2017, 11:32:28 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2017, 01:41:47 AM » |
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I was asking myself if votes for themes in round 1 are directly compared to votes in round 3. It would not be fair, because you can vote for themes in round 1 for a longer period of time (+ 2 days).
The final round (tomorrow?) will be 16 themes again, i guess. How are those picked?
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2017, 01:16:41 AM » |
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16 most highly voted out of the first three rounds IIRC. Which does not bode well, because I couldn't bring myself to a single +1 this time.  |
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2017, 02:22:52 AM » |
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So the best 5 (1st round) + 5 (2nd round) + 6 (3rd round) = 16 will be the final round? I don't think the themes are that bad. But i have the impression that unusual topics are more likely to be dismissed by the theme slaughter process and rarely appear in the four final voting rounds. Curating might help, maybe.  In the end, it's up to you what you make out of the theme. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2017, 03:04:48 AM » |
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I think they're all just in the same pile, so if all of the most popular themes happen to be the round 1 themes, however unlikely, the final round would look just like the first round. Bad or not, what I find boring is that it's always the same final round themes that never win anyway. LD needs some new blood before we start recycling themes every 10 jams. But yes, I always expect to initially dislike the winning theme and to do my best with it anyway because it usually ends up well. Don't get me wrong! I'm HYPED.    Should a theme that I've already done roll back around, tho, I'm not sure what I'd do. That would be very disappointing. |
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2017, 07:50:45 AM » |
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Same pile would be unfair, because you can vote for Round 1 themes for more days. That's why i'm asking.  |
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« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2017, 10:30:49 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2017, 02:02:29 AM » |
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« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2017, 07:04:58 AM » |
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I cannot believe it, these themes are not the traditional trash of past ludum-dares. I may enter  |
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2017, 07:44:16 AM » |
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2017, 10:55:11 PM » |
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Mornin'. We have our idea. Will be back.
Theme has been announced:
THE MORE YOU HAVE, THE WORSE IT IS |
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« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2017, 01:54:33 PM » |
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How's everyone doing? Nearing the end of day one, I have a few basic mechanics and a whole cast of characters (without collision currently)!   |
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