Devlogs

Ludum Dare 48: The Before Times

Deep Space Journey - Dev Log #1

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Exiled: Dev log

I missed the last 3 editions of Ludum Dare, so it was good to be back for the LD48 compo! The game I ended up submitting diverged a lot from my initial idea, but…

Mandragorae Somnus Dev Diary!

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…

Dev Log #3: Games are like Onions?

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 ;).

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

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

Compo debrief & the making of GLITCHLOOP

A mini post-mortem of GLITCH LOOP!

Seeker - Witness/StanleyParable crossover - Mini Dev Log

What a jam! We definitely bit off a bit more than we could chew for this one although I am still happy with the result and learned a lot. The final result is a…

48 ish hour progress report

Even if I haven't done a ton today, I still have a bunch of progress from last night!

Making of "The Labyrinth" using Wool

The Labyrinth was made with the Wool platform in about an hour. Wool includes a language and toolkit for creating interactive fiction and dialogue-based games. A game is…

Danger in the City: making of

Psst: I still need a few ratings over here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/danger-in-the-city

behind the scenes II - post jam animation (repost)

Little sea slug didn't make it in Perish Alive :confounded: (see this post to learn why).

Behind The Scenes

I thought I'd provide a little "documentary" of the development of I I R O.

Behind the scenes of my procedural world generation

Garden Royale Making Off (Part 2)

This is the second part of a series or posts based on our project GARDEN ROYALE, which got a bunch of positive reviews (many thanks!). You can read the previous article…

Bro Loving Devlog: Day 1 - Straight Brainstorm Madness

Hi there! Today we are starting a series about the three days of the jam and how we went about creating our game!

little making of the cultists

In this article i would like to show in summary how it is possible to create high-quality 3D graphics in a very short time.

Behind the scenes of enemy trash talk system in my custom game engine!

Garden Royale Making Off (Part 1)

This was the first time that my team was participating, and our GARDEN ROYALE got really positive reviews (thank all of you for that!), so I'll write a couple of…

Behind the scenes of my own game engine made in 72 hours!

Since my previous post I am getting really positive feedback about my custom game engine that was developed in under 72 hours. Well, I guess custom engines are well…

The making of LAST HUMAN?

Well, LD 46 has come and gone, and I must say that I'm extremely pleased with how our game LAST HUMAN turned out! This is the 3rd jam that both @cethin and I…

The making of LAST HUMAN?

_ICYMI..._

Pizza With A Pulse - Behind The Scenes

Welcome, we are proud to present you Pizza With A Pulse this year!

The curse and the blessing of this LD's theme (Making of our game - kinda).

The making of... a making of.

Hmmm, inception?

Making of "Meds of Honor" (Part II)

Hi people! I’m Pedro Fuentes game designer, and with Sergio Martinez (programmer) we made the game Meds of Honor.

"Soul Builder" behind the scenes

Because the game is about waiting for workers to generate resources so you can build structures, it resembles an idle game, but I wanted to keep the experience snappy…

Making of Tunnel Bug

You can go play Tunnel Bug and give it a rating when you get the chance. I love Ludum Dare, but honestly, I wasn’t fully aware it was happening until the week before…

The making of cut scenes

Cut scenes for Zoltan took me an entire day of the jam. I wanted to include them to give more context and because I love stories.

Arm & a Leg - Behind the Scenes

So going into this, I had no idea what I was going to do with this theme. I jotted down some ideas on a white board and picked the one I hated the least. I like to paper…

The making of Bankin' Bacon: A dev experience we can take to the piggy bank.

Initially, when we heard about the theme "Your life is currency" we were a bit bummed since we were set on doing a roguelike shoot em' up game and were not so sure how…

Making of NoooooMan (Part III)

Hi people! I’m Pedro Fuentes, Game designer, and with Sergio Martinez (programmer) and Daniel Gomez (artist) we made the game “NoooooMan”. In the last post I explained…

Making of NoooooMan (Part II)

Hi people! I’m Pedro Fuentes, Game designer, and with Sergio Martinez (programmer) and Daniel Gomez (artist) we made the game “NoooooMan”. In the last post I explained…

Making of "NoooooMan" (Part I)

Hi people! I’m Pedro Fuentes game designer, and with Sergio Martinez (programmer) and Daniel Gomez (artist) we made the game “NoooooMan”.

Making of: Tank Gauntlet

Before Ludum Dare commenced, I wrote what my rules are for doing game jams. I figured I'd go back through them to show how I went into making my game, Tank Gauntlet.

Eldritchual - First LD RecapDevlog (I really need a longer title for reasons...)

I first heard about Ludum Dare after watching a lot of Brackeys' videos that the YouTube algorithm had selected for me last year. Although I wasn't writing or producing…

The making of Pianobots

Hi everyone, I'm one of the makers of Pianobots!

Running Out of Inventory Space! Dev Log 4

Thank you for the feedback and I am happy to see people saw past the flaws in the design and execution. I had a much more positive LD experience this time around and…

Crate Job Simulator making-of(ish)

I thought I’d write a little sort of behind the scenes article about our game to attract some attention and because these game jams are always, in my mind, interesting…

Dev log 3/3 : Music in Take Care of Her

Dev log 2/3 : Writing and narrative design in Take Care of Her

So I won’t go spoiler-heavy, but will merely tell you how we designed the narrative sequence of the game, and how we tried to work on certain aspects of the game to make…

About Graphic Design! Dev Log 1

I’ll stay spoiler-free so you can still read this, it may change the way you’ll see the graphics in a good way.

Ludum Dare Journal

For this Ludum Dare I really wanted to adhere closely to the theme. When I think of “running out of space”, claustrophobia is the first thing that comes to mind. I…

Overflow - Devlog #1

Hello there ! I hope you had a great time making your game :smile:

"Pick up space toys!", the Making Of.

My game, Pick up space toys, is a sort of "I spy" where you have to make room by picking up the space toys (we're running out of space, see?).

Out of Inventory Space! Devlog

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Escape - Behind the Scenes

Go back a few days from the beginning of Ludum 41.