So who's doing Ludum Dare??

[meta87]

Just realized that Ludum Dare is coming up in a couple of days. I’m in! This will be my first time, I’m very excited

Sounds like assets such as 2d toolkit will be okay to use right? Planning on using that and Ragespline mostly.

Anyone else planning on participating? Good luck if so!

[UnknownProfile]

I’m doing Ludum Dare this year with another member on these forums. It’s a new team, but we’ve collaborated well before. This will be my third Ludmum Dare (see my signature for my past entries). Every asset needs to be made from scratch and you must work alone for the compo, but the simultaneous jam lets you bend these rules, so you would have to enter the jam if using 2D toolkit. The compo also requires you to be able to provide source code. Because I’m in a team, we will be entering the jam, not the compo. I hope the theme is something useful. The best of luck to you.

[meta87]

Good luck to you too! Oh darn so to qualify for the for the compo I’d have to use pure Unity, no assets? Hmmm… I’ll have to think about that…

[Tanel]

I’m doing the Jam with a friend. This is our first time so it’ll probably go horribly wrong :p. Should be fun regardless.

Any tips from LD veterans?

[wccrawford1]

The compo doesn’t require that you don’t use frameworks. It only requires that they be available to others as well, to level the playing field.

Just like you can use Unity Pro, you can use 2D Toolkit. Or any other framework that’s publicly available, free or not.

And yeah, I’m in. Solo again. I actually managed to enter something last time. I’m going to try for something fun this time.

[jamieo01]

I plan to participate as well, it’s also my first time so hopefully I’ll finish something.

[UnknownProfile]

@Tanel

I’m doing the Jam with a friend. This is our first time so it’ll probably go horribly wrong :p. Should be fun regardless.

Any tips from LD veterans?

I have just two tips:

1. There will be bugs.
2. It will go well, even if it is your first time. My first Ludum dare entry came in 25th in overall, 23rd in innovation, 9th in mood, and 7th in theme. there were hundreds of entries.

@wccrawford
good to know. I thought all code and assets needed to be made from scratch.

[meta87]

@wccrawford1

Just like you can use Unity Pro, you can use 2D Toolkit. Or any other framework that’s publicly available, free or not.

That is good to hear! Do you happen to know how using something like 2d toolkit works with their policy that you must include all source code? Would I maybe just delete the 2d toolkit source code before submitting? I don’t want to redistribute something I shouldn’t.

Good luck everyone else that posted

[wccrawford1]

@meta87

That is good to hear! Do you happen to know how using something like 2d toolkit works with their policy that you must include all source code? Would I maybe just delete the 2d toolkit source code before submitting? I don’t want to redistribute something I shouldn’t.

Good luck everyone else that posted

That’s what I plan to do. Just like you wouldn’t send Unity’s source along, you don’t send the toolkit’s either. Of course, you have to note that you used it.

Edit: Just copying the rules here for clarity.

Ludum Dare Competition rules are stricter than the Jam rules. This is to encourage a fairer playing field for participants. The core rules are:

You must work alone (solo).
All game code and content must be created within the 48 hours. **
Games must be based on the theme.
All publicly available libraries and middleware are allowed.
All content creation, and development tools are allowed. (3dsmax, Photoshop, Flash, etc)
Source code must be included.

As you can see, “all game code and content” has to be created during the contest. A toolkit is not ‘game code’, it’s more of a library. And it just has to be publicly available, not ‘free’.

[Heu]

Ill be in it this year. Last year was a complete fail as it was my first one and I failed to create anything fun.

As for the rules. Yeah you won’t be able to use 2Dtoolkit because it isn’t available for everyone. I Think you can use some free 2D kits such as Othello or RagePixel.

[wccrawford1]

@Heu

Ill be in it this year. Last year was a complete fail as it was my first one and I failed to create anything fun.

As for the rules. Yeah you won’t be able to use 2Dtoolkit because it isn’t available for everyone. I Think you can use some free 2D kits such as Othello or RagePixel.

It’s publicly available. It’s just not free. You can use non-free things. You just can’t use private things that nobody else has any access to.

[UnknownProfile]

@wccrawford1

It’s publicly available. It’s just not free. You can use non-free things. You just can’t use private things that nobody else has any access to.

Unless, that is, you make them within the 48 hours of Ludum Dare.

[Aiursrage2k]

Alright I got to get an artist because its no good using block art. Although looking at many of themes it looks like its going to be a weird one.

[L-Tyrosine]

I’m going to my 5th LudumDare (last one was the first that i finished in time with the game MoonRise).

[wccrawford1]

@Aiursrage2k

Alright I got to get an artist because its no good using block art. Although looking at many of themes it looks like its going to be a weird one.

I finally let go of that attitude last time, and it was very refreshing. Blocks aren’t that bad. You just have to embrace them.

[TehWut]

this will be my 5th ludum dare.

I’m going with FlashPunk + FlashDevelop though. Unity physics has bitten me in the ass more than once. Models are incredbly time consuming and 2D is damned in Unity. I love it, but it’s not my personal choice for a 48 hour jam.

[ronan.thibaudau]

@UnknownProfile

I’m doing Ludum Dare this year with another member on these forums. It’s a new team, but we’ve collaborated well before. This will be my third Ludmum Dare (see my signature for my past entries). Every asset needs to be made from scratch and you must work alone for the compo, but the simultaneous jam lets you bend these rules, so you would have to enter the jam if using 2D toolkit. The compo also requires you to be able to provide source code. Because I’m in a team, we will be entering the jam, not the compo. I hope the theme is something useful. The best of luck to you.

From the rules : You must work alone (solo).
Edit: I’m an idiot, didn’t realize the other event was also a competition with different rules.

[JohnnyA]

They said they are entering the Jam not the Compo. The Jam is for teams…

Back on topic I’m considering entering the Compo, although it doesn’t work well in Aus… I have to go to work Monday so I lose about 10 hours assuming I get a few hours sleep before work.

[Aiursrage2k]

Well I cant get an artist, are we allowed to use any of the free art assets from the asset store?

[joshimoo]

@Aiursrage2k

Are we allowed to use any of the art assets from the asset store?

Jam = Yes
Competition = No

I will be participating in the Jam, just picked up 2DToolkit in the latest daily sale so will try that out.
If a 2D-Artist is interested in collaborating on a Top Down Space Game for the Jam.
Get in touch