Catmoo
14-12-09, 08:01
Hi everyone :)
Thought I'd give you all a little insight into the kind of hobbies I have, although they're maybe a little sparse.
Has anyone here ever taken part in a 48 hour game jam? earlier this year there was the Global Game Jam, back in January, and over the weekend that just passed there was Ludum Dare which is a similar contest.
Now originally I planned to spend a little time drawing a picture for the advent calendar, sadly I never had the time to, so I'll try to on my lunch at some point instead now :)
So Ludum Dare which just passed was much harder than the GGJ as you had to do everything yourself in 48 hours, so design it, make it, do the art, sound etc.
It's a really exciting thing to take part in though, as you can then realise a lot of work can be done in 48 hours.
I made Rex's Junk Hunt
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k283/Catmoo/screenie_one.png
I made it in Game Maker. It was so bloody hard, I'd used Game Maker a little previously, and thought I'd try something different.
So I decided to make a seek n' solve game, as the theme to go by was exploration. Now when I say seek and solve it's like the usbourne books I had when I was little/Where's Wally/Interpol (360)/Mystery Case Files (DS) anything like that really. And bloody hell is it hard to figure out the code for it. I'm not a coder myself, and don't really understand much programming.
So overall I'm happy with the game, you can check it out here:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-16/?action=preview&uid=1396
Now it is simple gameplay wise and graphically, but I only had 48 hours (About 10 hours were taken up by sleeping) so I'm pleased.
There's another Global Game Jam in January, which I shall also be taking part in, it's easier too as it is group based.
Does anyone else on the forums participate in similar game making contests? Or did anyone take part in the last GGJ or even Ludum Dare?
Thought I'd give you all a little insight into the kind of hobbies I have, although they're maybe a little sparse.
Has anyone here ever taken part in a 48 hour game jam? earlier this year there was the Global Game Jam, back in January, and over the weekend that just passed there was Ludum Dare which is a similar contest.
Now originally I planned to spend a little time drawing a picture for the advent calendar, sadly I never had the time to, so I'll try to on my lunch at some point instead now :)
So Ludum Dare which just passed was much harder than the GGJ as you had to do everything yourself in 48 hours, so design it, make it, do the art, sound etc.
It's a really exciting thing to take part in though, as you can then realise a lot of work can be done in 48 hours.
I made Rex's Junk Hunt
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k283/Catmoo/screenie_one.png
I made it in Game Maker. It was so bloody hard, I'd used Game Maker a little previously, and thought I'd try something different.
So I decided to make a seek n' solve game, as the theme to go by was exploration. Now when I say seek and solve it's like the usbourne books I had when I was little/Where's Wally/Interpol (360)/Mystery Case Files (DS) anything like that really. And bloody hell is it hard to figure out the code for it. I'm not a coder myself, and don't really understand much programming.
So overall I'm happy with the game, you can check it out here:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-16/?action=preview&uid=1396
Now it is simple gameplay wise and graphically, but I only had 48 hours (About 10 hours were taken up by sleeping) so I'm pleased.
There's another Global Game Jam in January, which I shall also be taking part in, it's easier too as it is group based.
Does anyone else on the forums participate in similar game making contests? Or did anyone take part in the last GGJ or even Ludum Dare?