Ludum Dare 47 Devlogs

Time logs and post-mortems written by the authors of Ludum Dare 47 games

All Post-mortems Devlogs

Post-mortemsLD4727 Jan 20212 min read

Lessons learned from 10 Game Jams

For Gorilla Taxi·by rongo-matane

Post-mortemsLD4731 Oct 20203 min read

Debug Or Die Results/Postmortem

For Debug Or Die·by balance686

DevlogsLD4729 Oct 202012 min read

The Making of Splines 'n Shapes (Big ol' post)

Second Ludum Dare in the books! I'm absolutely overwhelmed by the response. Thank you so much to everyone who played Splines 'n Shapes! For me, finishing a game in 48…

For Splines 'n Shapes·by sharkwithlasers

Post-mortemsLD4728 Oct 20201 min read

My TL;DR Post Mortem for the jam

Results are in!! WOO

For Loop City·by fupi

Post-mortemsLD4727 Oct 20202 min read

A bit of a retrospective on my progress as a developer.

My goodness! This has been an incredible experience taking part in a game jam after so long.

For Co-Routine·by matchaflavor

Post-mortemsLD4725 Oct 20203 min read

POKKO Post-Mortem

In this post, I'll talk about the development of POKKO and how it's received.

For POKKO·by gord10ahmet

Post-mortemsLD4722 Oct 20205 min read

Time Hog Day : Post-Mortem

You may want to play the game before reading this, if you’re reading this:

For Time-Hog Day·by the-enigma

Post-mortemsLD4721 Oct 20203 min read

Super Jump Guy - Post-Mortem

This was quite an unusual jam for me. On Saturday morning, when I'd usually be hard at work getting started, I was in a car hearing to the Cotswolds for a caravan…

For Super Jump Guy·by f1krazy

Post-mortemsLD4721 Oct 20206 min read

[while'd]: a Post Mortem

Ludum Dare 47 is on its final week so we wanted to write down a couple of things in order to say goodbye to the Jam (and everyone of you!) and also as a conclusion to…

For [while'd]·by celuloide

Post-mortemsLD4721 Oct 20205 min read

The Pongs: Post-Mortem

My 11th Ludum Dare was once again filled with ups and downs, but I did manage to put out a game. This is the story my LD47 Jam entry, The Pongs. This blog contains an…

For The Pongs·by schizoid2k

Post-mortemsLD4720 Oct 202014 min read

Chicxulub - Post Mortem

For Chicxulub·by natpat_archived

Post-mortemsLD4717 Oct 20207 min read

Minotorus Postmortem

Well, Play/Rate is starting to wind down and I, like a genius, haven't started rating other people and advertising my game. So, to try and get a bit more interest…

For minotorus·by acearcher

Post-mortemsLD4715 Oct 20204 min read

Postmortem - The making of "I Reboot" : lessons learned and tips

Our submission, "I Reboot", was fun to make and we learned a few things in the making. So here some thoughts about if.

For I Reboot·by wegpast

DevlogsLD4714 Oct 20202 min read

Dev Log #3: Games are like Onions?

For Boomie·by nikolai-shkurkin

Post-mortemsLD4713 Oct 20203 min read

Postmortem like.

Only 7 days passed after LD47 finished but seems it was a couple of weeks, not 72 hours. Looking back wanna write about the Cycloops development.

For Cycloop·by ramonvicious

Post-mortemsLD4712 Oct 20201 min read

Post mortem additions to Hoop Hopper

(Check out the second link to Newgrounds also please someone tell me how to decrease the screenshot sizes)

For Hoop Hopper·by maychant

Post-mortemsLD4711 Oct 20201 min read

Ace of Rope Postmortem

For Ace of Rope·by cagibi

DevlogsLD4711 Oct 20201 min read

A sneak peak behind the scenes of one of the tools we used for Sushi Ink

Sushi Ink uses a conveyor belt in every single level. *level 5 even has two.... if you can reach that far ;).

For SUSHI INK.·by mog13

Post-mortemsLD4711 Oct 20205 min read

Confined: a text-based Post Mortem | Part 2

  ## 🎮 PLAY CONFINED (WEB) Check out Part 1 here.

For Confined·by flaterectomy

Post-mortemsLD4710 Oct 20205 min read

Confined: a text-based Post Mortem | Part 1

  ## 🎮 PLAY CONFINED (WEB) Many words, I decided to split this in two parts. A recap now, and a proper post mortem tomorrow.

For Confined·by flaterectomy

Post-mortemsLD4710 Oct 20204 min read

What went right, what went wrong, and what didn't go at all.

First off, here's Follow Who You Follow running on a real live Game Boy.

For Follow Who You Follow·by jeremyoduber

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20204 min read

break (Postmortem)

The Ludum Dare has become a tradition for me. This was my fifth time entering, and I went into it with high expectations for myself. I was really proud of my previous…

For break·by decadedecaf

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20205 min read

LD47 Post-Mortem

As usual we spent the days leading up to the start brainstorming ideas for the various themes that were up for voting in the last round, only to scrap all of them the…

For Among Stars and Robots·by bentebent

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20205 min read

LD47 Post-mortem

As usual we spent the days leading up to the start brainstorming ideas for the various themes that were up for voting in the last round, only to scrap all of them the…

For Among Stars and Robots·by bentebent

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20201 min read

Age of Amperes - Mini Post-Mortem

This jam went a lot smoother than in April I think. I'm tempted to do a slightly more detailed retrospective on how the April and October LD Jams went for me at some…

For Age of Amperes·by jhax

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20203 min read

Hunger Pains: Post Mortem

Now that I know how to publish stuff to the main feed, I figured I might as well talk about my game jam's post mortem here, since I received a lot of nice feedback and…

For Hunger Pains·by kaabiikaze

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20207 min read

Twist Turn Shoot Burn: A Postmortem

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For Twist Turn Shoot Burn·by gamepopper

Post-mortemsLD479 Oct 20202 min read

Quality Or Quantity - A Brief Post-Mortem

For Ouroboros·by joedev

Post-mortemsLD478 Oct 20206 min read

PostMortem - Hyperloop hell

After a lot of feedback much of which echoed my own feelings about my game i think it is time for a post mortem.

For Hyperloop hell·by aterlamia

DevlogsLD478 Oct 20203 min read

Making of StackInTheLoop racing game

This is post about the game our team created for the 47 jam: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/stackintheloop

For StackInTheLoop·by saurterrs

Post-mortemsLD478 Oct 20205 min read

Lucky Lefty Loves Postmortems

For Lucky Lefty Loves Loops·by thebooksnail

Post-mortemsLD478 Oct 20203 min read

Spinnerets --- A Post-Mortem

For Spinnerets·by jeremy-ryan

Post-mortemsLD478 Oct 20201 min read

iLoop - a Ludum Dare post mortem

iLoop - a hypercasual 2D endless runner game was created after just starting to learn programming 3 weeks ago.

For iLoop - the 2D endless runner game of a robot stuck in a loop :)·by melvinng

DevlogsLD477 Oct 20202 min read

First Jam + Dev Log: Wow that was a lot of fun!

For Boomie·by nikolai-shkurkin

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20202 min read

Periphery -- Post-Mortem

I got over the 20 votes I need for my entry, "Periphery". Now seems like a good time to talk about what worked and what needs improvement

For Periphery·by agentparsec

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20207 min read

Dungeon Break - A post mortem

For Dungeon Break·by radow

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20204 min read

Post Mortem: Press the Buttons

Hey everybody! :smiley:

For Press the Buttons·by fluffygamedev

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20203 min read

COLORSPACE Post-Mortem

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For COLORSPACE·by thought-reactor

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20207 min read

LD47 Postmortem, sorta

When the theme was announced, I knew this was gonna be one of those jams. My initial idea for Stuck in a loop had been to make a simplified No Man's Sky clone with…

For Astronaut Plus Skateboard 2: Galactic Boogaloo·by cliffracerx

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20204 min read

Sir Fishbottom and Also Head's TIME MOB: Post Mortem

For Sir Fishbottom and Also Head's TIME MOB·by tyruspeace

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20202 min read

you are dead post-mortem

(No pun intended.)

For you are dead·by noahw

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20208 min read

Perpetual Motion Machines, an Over Unity Postmortem

Over Unity - A Puzzle Game is a 3D puzzle game built around creating perpetual motion machines powering "wheels", using portals, velocity addition arrows, gravity…

For Over Unity - A puzzle game·by nardandas

Post-mortemsLD477 Oct 20201 min read

Lessons Learned, Teachable Moments, and my Competition Entry

Hello! So, I'm back. Haven't entered a Ludum Dare in quite some time, but I now have a job that gives me weekends off again and... I realise now this isn't a personal…

For Are We There Yet?·by judgezedd

Post-mortemsLD476 Oct 20203 min read

Loophole Kingdom: Making the deadliest Visual Novel - A Post Mortem by Mateus

So I had this idea in my head for a game for a while now, a sort of adventure game that was extremelly whimsical and chaotic but at the same time allowed the player to…

For Loophole Kingdom·by mateusboga

Post-mortemsLD476 Oct 20203 min read

PolyFury - A PostMortem

First things first - congratulations to everyone that finished! Making and releasing a game over a weekend is an awesome accomplishment and you should all be proud of…

For PolyFury·by dom-harris

DevlogsLD476 Oct 20203 min read

Compo debrief & the making of GLITCHLOOP

A mini post-mortem of GLITCH LOOP!

For GLITCH LOOP·by zakamana

Post-mortemsLD476 Oct 20205 min read

My Bloody Baron post-mortem (also about Among Us, Danganronpa, and party games)

Lately, I've been playing a lot of mystery and detective games. My gateway drug was the Danganronpa series, which I already fell in love with at my first Class Trial.…

For Bloody Baron·by jegus9

Post-mortemsLD476 Oct 20202 min read