Voting stage 1 done for the Ludum Dare 59 this weekend, can't wait for it to start! I've kept 230 themes this time. Lots of moon themes this year 😄
#LD59 #ludumdare #gamejam
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I don't know how one can make a better #LudumDare in 3 years because LD is not only a game jam website but a community built over 20 years. We made #d2jam website and it's slowly growing. You can say it's a BETTER website but making a better LD in 3 years is an interesting challenge! #gamejam
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I’m not sure many people have noticed, but for many years I’ve been referring to myself as the co-founder and caretaker of Ludum Dare. Not a CEO, not a deity, not even the “lead developer”, but its caretaker. At this point I’M ITS FREAKING MOM! Despite every ambition of mine to see Ludum Dare become something bigger and better than ever, my job #1 has always been ensuring that Ludum Dare continued. Even right now, fraught in financial ruin, I’m still here ensuring it persists. The thing about Ludum Dare is even I don’t want it to end. In a way it doesn’t have to, but in another I think it does. But not today. 3 MORE YEARS OF LUDUM DARE!! (AKA 6 more events) We’ve already blown past event number 48, and the next nearest number that means something to me is 64. So mark your calendars: Ludum Dare 64 in October 2028 will be the last scheduled Ludum Dare event!
Me too, as much as I’d love to “build a new Ludum Dare” myself, the fairest thing I can do is tell you “YES, IT IS ENDING”, and give you YEARS to do something about it. I want this community to persist, all the friends made along the way to stay friends and stay connected in some way. I also want you to learn from Ludum Dare. What I don’t want to see is someone just “copy” or “recreate” what we have here. I want you to make something better. I’m even giving you 3 years to watch what we do, how we do it, where we fail, where we succeed, everything! Study us, heck turn us into your doctorate thesis, whatever. I will do my best over these next few years to share my knowledge and experience. I want the spirit of this community to continue. I want whatever comes next to outlast us, to beat my record, to be a better and more welcoming event than we ever could make ourselves.
Wow! 🤯 Sad news for #LudumDare as Mike is winding it down with the last scheduled one in 2028. It’s a long post, and @distraction.engineer really put himself out there. I urge you to read it:
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[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
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I’m not sure many people have noticed, but for many years I’ve been referring to myself as the co-founder and caretaker of Ludum Dare. Not a CEO, not a deity, not even the “lead developer”, but its caretaker. At this point I’M ITS FREAKING MOM! Despite every ambition of mine to see Ludum Dare become something bigger and better than ever, my job #1 has always been ensuring that Ludum Dare continued. Even right now, fraught in financial ruin, I’m still here ensuring it persists. The thing about Ludum Dare is even I don’t want it to end. In a way it doesn’t have to, but in another I think it does. But not today. 3 MORE YEARS OF LUDUM DARE!! (AKA 6 more events) We’ve already blown past event number 48, and the next nearest number that means something to me is 64. So mark your calendars: Ludum Dare 64 in October 2028 will be the last scheduled Ludum Dare event!
Me too, as much as I’d love to “build a new Ludum Dare” myself, the fairest thing I can do is tell you “YES, IT IS ENDING”, and give you YEARS to do something about it. I want this community to persist, all the friends made along the way to stay friends and stay connected in some way. I also want you to learn from Ludum Dare. What I don’t want to see is someone just “copy” or “recreate” what we have here. I want you to make something better. I’m even giving you 3 years to watch what we do, how we do it, where we fail, where we succeed, everything! Study us, heck turn us into your doctorate thesis, whatever. I will do my best over these next few years to share my knowledge and experience. I want the spirit of this community to continue. I want whatever comes next to outlast us, to beat my record, to be a better and more welcoming event than we ever could make ourselves.
Wow! 🤯 Sad news for #LudumDare as Mike is winding it down with the last scheduled one in 2028. It’s a long post, and @distraction.engineer really put himself out there. I urge you to read it:
► ldjam.com/events/ludum...
Here are some excerpts from it, if you’re in a hurry.
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I've been trying to practice as much as possible before ludum dare 59 starts and I'm honestly starting to understand godot, I think having the mindset of "this is the beginning, its fine if it isn't very good"
#godot #ludumdare
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YouTube thumbnail of the video in question with me looking a bis dismayed (and sporting a nice COVID mullet). The title says "Descentris - A Ludum Dare 48 Post Mortem" and there's a yellow border and striped gradient.
NEW POST MORTEM video dropping! Here’s the link to the YouTube premiere. It’s this Saturday (tomorrow! 😱)
► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPN1SzJE8KU 🥳
#postmortem #youtube #video #ldjam #documentary #gamedev #ludumdare
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Photo of my office showing my three screens with the editing tineline of my Ludum Dare video open and parked on thr title still. On the desk are my headphones, coffee, Resolve mini panel (not mine), StreamDeck and mouse and keyboard. On the wall hebind it three guitar peek into the frame.
Let's finish this! New Ludum Dare game jam post mortem video drops this weekend! 💪🎉🦄✨️
#LudumDare #gamejam #ldjam #documentary #video
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Photo of my office showing my three screens with the editing tineline of my Ludum Dare video open and parked on thr title still. On the desk are my headphones, coffee, Resolve mini panel (not mine), StreamDeck and mouse and keyboard. On the wall hebind it three guitar peek into the frame.
Let's finish this! New Ludum Dare game jam post mortem video drops this weekend! 💪🎉🦄✨️
#LudumDare #gamejam #ldjam #documentary #video
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Rendering the first releade candidate! 🤞🥹
#ludumdare #ldjam #postmortem #youtuber
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Screenshot of DaVinci resolve showing the timeline wit two source monitor windows on top. in the left one I am burying my face in my hands in front of my computer, the other displays the Ludum Dare logo.
The sound design and audio mix are final! Last big thing missing is color grading. I think you'll enjoy this one! 😊
#ludumdare #ldjam #postproduction
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Screenshot of DaVinci resolve showing the timeline wit two source monitor windows on top. in the left one I am burying my face in my hands in front of my computer, the other displays the Ludum Dare logo.
The sound design and audio mix are final! Last big thing missing is color grading. I think you'll enjoy this one! 😊
#ludumdare #ldjam #postproduction
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Happy Mario Day! I made a Mario thingy last year for #LudumDare and I'm still very proud of it.
andrewjk.itch.io/that-undergr...
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This is Ocean Diver, playable in your browser. I made it for my 1st Ludum Dare (72hr game jam) about 5 years ago. Even though I'm busy with Cosmic Cat and a new project, I'm planning to join the next #ludumdare
Game Page: thesoulgrinder.itch.io/ocean-diver
#gamedev #gamejam #solodev #ocean
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Making A Cave Horror Game In 3 Days!
#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #ludumdare
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Game spotlight: check out our game “DeckHex”, a free short gamejam project that we made for #Ludumdare. We got 4th place in Graphics, and 6th place in Audio, both out of ~2900 submissions! ldjam.com/events/ludum...
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In frogs' boon you wake up frogs to give them your money.
It's a shame I didn't get a score for this in LD 58 because I forgot to rate other people's games..
#ludumdare #gamedev #indiedev
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My last #LudumDare #gamejam entry, Gemwright, turned out pretty good, and ranked in the top 10 for both Overall and Fun! Heavily inspired by some crafting mechanics from #FFXIV. www.dashingstrike.com/LudumDare/LD...
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🌟 Spotlight: @winteralexander.bsky.social
We just finished our Ludum Dare submission! Control rovers remotely by giving them the right commands to mine minerals.
ldjam.com/events/ludum...
#gamedev #ludumdare #ld58 #indiedev #gamejam
#IndieSpotlight #SmallCommunities
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I always try to finish up old projects in December for some reason. This one has been on my plate for a long time. Just a remake of one of my first games. I did come in 3rd place at Ludum Dare 29 for my artwork in this one.
#LudumDare #indiedev #solodev #videogames #indiegames #videogames
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Check out our game “The Night Owl Murder”, a free short gamejam project that we made for #Ludumdare. It's totally free and with a full score and voice acting. We got 10th place out of ~2400 submissions in “Mood”! ldjam.com/events/ludum...
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youtu.be/hB1TqZxzYak
A very cute game about a dad hedgehog using his prickles to gather up his kids.
#indiegame #gamereview #Godot #puzzle #cute #ludumdare
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Store page image of the Lududm Dare game entry Pigment of your imagination, promising a post mortem devlog
My first Ludum Dare jam game! I mostly hit my goals and wrote about the ups and downs in a little post-mortem: ranarh.itch.io/pigment-of-y...
#indegames #indiedev #devlog #ludumdare #ld58 #singleplayer
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Alright, here are the #LudumDare results of my game "Out of Chalk"! As I've said before, I had no particular expectations, but having the 38th place for Mood is kinda cool - I'm in 5% of the most moody games! :)
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Ludum Dare Results came out! Here's a post mortem on our jam game "Greg collects ghosts because thats what he loves the most" :D bluepinstudio.com/blog/2025-10... #indiegame #indiedev #ludumdare #gamedev
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The results for Xenolith, a Ludum Dare 58 Compo entry. Of particular note is the Innovation ranking: Xenolith came second out of 272 entries.
The results are in, and the people have spoken: Xenolith is a pretty neat idea.
And what's more, it's an idea with plenty of potential still untapped... so we're going to get tapping. Feel free to follow if you'd like to hear about that when it happens!
#LudumDare #gamedev #GodotEngine
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Given how much we overscoped on complexity of our tax collection game, these are surprisingly decent #LudumDare58 results.
#ldjam #ldjam58 #ludumdare #gamejam #gamedev #indiedev
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Ludum dare jam results. Overall 599 out of ~1000 jam games. Right around 3 stars for all categories
Results were not as high as I expected based on the generally positive feedback 😞 I’ve been overlooking the sour parts of the game loop that aren’t charming. #LudumDare is a tough jam. I will persevere!
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Working on playing #LDJam games today finally... you know with 1 day left... XD
Anyone who has a #LD58 Web game they want me to give a shot let me know and I'll check it out!
#LudumDare
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Last one of my old games to post, it's Temple of Hands! Play a few rounds of poly-rhythmic patty-cake with a biblically-accurate angel and see if you can escape with all your fingers intact!
Check it out on Newgrounds or Itch! (link in thread)
#indiegame #weirdcore #rhythmgame #ludumdare
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