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Ludum Dare 32: April 17th-20th, 2015
TaoPhoenix:
First one I'll really want to watch!
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/04/17/not-your-grandmas-chess/
It doesn't seem like Grandma's chess went anywhere.
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TaoPhoenix:
This is the first time I have been wandering around looking at stuff in the very early stages.
This post has one of the first big lists that might be useful for people brainstorming stuff, even past LudumDare.
http://ludumdare.com/compo/2015/04/17/weapon-ideas-ldjam/
(Slightly edited by me)
Infectious Agent: a restaurant owner is trying to poison the right spy without killing customers.
Kite a Giant: lure a large monster toward a city/castle/friend’s cooler treehouse/etc
Sunlight Focused: kill a neighbor’s flowers with beams of concentrated sunlight
Food Fight: a cafeteria featuring students with ridiculous weapons, such as mashed potato guns and banana missiles.
Toys: inspired by the Robin Williams movie, in which wind-up toys fight (I recall this is a multi-decade old game already).
Information Warfare: choose which important papers to shred in order to leak secrets.
Books: check out books from a library before your coworker does to prevent him/her from getting that promotion.
Numbers vs Letters: it’s a battle between the higher level and abstract thoughts!
Shapes: an RTS inspired by the different shapes in Flatland.
Monopoly: use market pressures to defeat your competitors.
Avalanche/Cave-in: cause a disaster to trap other people.
Cactus vs Balloon: inspired by some art in my room.
Nanotechnology: tiny invaders that destroy your enemies from the inside out.
Mind Control: make your opponents do self-destructive things.
Fear: scare people towards disaster (for them, obviously).
Vampire Hunter: use blood disease to kill vampires.
Eggs: birds hatch and peck at opponents.
Plunger: you’re a plumber, and you have to save the day.
Hopes, Dreams, Aspirations, and Fears: you work in HR at Large Corporation, Inc.
I also tried to come up with a list of potential weapons:
Gravity Wells
Vacuum cleaner
Air guns
Summon beings, such as demons
Weather
Ever increasing mass
Paper cuts
Candy
Innocence
Music
Laundry (dirty or otherwise)
Humor
Banana peels
TaoPhoenix:
Free Music "Assets" - I never knew there is some nice free music offered as resources for people making games.
Edit: I was going to post a few of those sources here, but maybe not as it stands for a while.
TaoPhoenix:
Okay, so the Compo side is over, by a good chunk of hours as I start this session of gaming! Maybe a couple of writeups will be up too.
I'm rested, I have the food groups! (Coffee, Monster and Pepsi and Orange Crush, Ice Cream, and Ziti!)
So let's go gamiiiiiiing!
The basic Compo page with lots of blogs/writeups/etc.
http://ludumdare.com/compo/
The Ludum Dare "official" selector - but this shifts every day as it re-orders the games! But it's mostly static into itself.
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview
There's an itch.io page that covers one compo's worth of games but it flips over every time a new compo is held every four months and so on.
TaoPhoenix:
Some quick reviews:
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Clarinetto
A fun little very short platformer. It's got mid level graphics, but a really gorgeous soundtrack!
It has no life counters, no time limits, and very generous save-states. So this one is Phoenix-Easy. Windows download.
Game page:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=30672
Screenshot link:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/wp-content/compo2//444368/30672-shot1-1429494925.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg
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Unconventional Earth
I have a soft spot for these "little strategy" games. This has a somewhat similar feel to one from last time in that it has about three strategy elements, and a little bit of "taking control of the initiative" will work. But the AI's on these aren't so bad - if you miss the timing and end up on the wrong side of the flow, you can lose!
Basic tip - start reactive, and then push for the opening to get about four tornadoes going in tandem, which wipes out about everything the opponent can do. Then you can upgrade your base to earn the Tsunami, and put in a couple of those to close out the win. (You can do it with tornadoes and lightning alone, but this is the more "thorough" win.)
This game is Phoenix-Easy.
The web game page:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/nirkingking/unconventional-earth
The Ludum Dare entry page:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=40141
Ludum Dare 32: April 17th-20th, 2015
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