Waves of Chess Post-Mortem
Wow, what a great jam! I've seen and played so many phenomenal entries, it's inspiring to see all the jammers who come together for this :smile:
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Apprentice Binder Retrospective
Since my participation in the Ludum Dare 54 Extra in October, @dindotdout and I had been talking about participating in a game jam together. I finished my year-long…
Me Want Donut! - Post-Mortem
This was my 12th Ludum Dare, and the first one after taking about 3 years off… it’s great to be back. This time I used Godot instead of Unity. I’ve been using Godot…
Postmortem Reflection: A Weekend of Runic Summoner
This LudumDare marks my 6th time participating and my third consecutive Jam entry. As usual, the weekends have been a rollercoaster of emotions, but in the end, I…
Exorcist Pianist - Postmortem
Exorcist pianist is a typing game with a musical twist, about beating your inner demons by playing the piano.
Summoney Art Postmortem
I did a basic couple art assets for this jam, figured I would show em off :) Here's the two summons I managed to scrounge together in the short time I had
Post-Mortem for Fiend-Zone
You’ll find out fiends aren’t your friend, like every warlock does.
NecroBit - A first jam post-mortem
As three Brazilian data scientists and engineers, we love games. We have dreamed of making games for the longest time, and over the past several months, we have put this…
South City Worker Exam: Post-Mortem
After restarting multiple times, I have successfully finished my game for Ludum Dare Jam! I am going to share the development process, and explain my choices for the final game.
Me Want Donut! - A Post-Mortem
My LD55 Game: Me Want Donut!
Summoning of Qasimar, a Short Retrospective
First off, play it here, if you haven't already!
Personal feelings Post-Mortem
Hi there,
The Rock - a TL;DR post mortem
This time I decided to completely ignore the theme and make a visual novel about the destruction of culture - originally meant for the Folklore theme. Used my prep time…
Ludum Dare 54 retrospective: Time it right! (and implementation details)
My original plan was to make a game for the Compo format. I have participated in a some game jams a few years ago and I had always used Unity. Now I have my own game…
A Shrimpwrecked! Post Mortem
After 9 years of Ludum Dare, this was my first game jam not done from the exact same location. In the last few months, I started college, and have moved into a dorm with…
Hope Falters --- Postmortem
So first of all... wow.
Ludum Dare #54 - Postmortem
Other Games
Spectra - Postmortem and Thank You!
Before I start, I want to say: THANK YOU!
My 23rd Ludum Dare's Postmortem: "Ribbon 2"
To begin with, I've never made a sequel to any of my Ludum Dare games before. I mentioned to some friends at the start of the 48 hours that I'd be making a sequel to…
Lessons learnt from somehow making Compress(space) in the final 48 hours.
For LD54, I solo developed Compress(space), a puzzle game where you literally compress space to cheat your way through puzzles. The gif below shows how it works.
Six Seats Left - Post-Mortem
First of all, I'd just like to reiterate how awed I am by the amount of praise that Six Seats Left has gotten so far. It's currently my highest-rated game ever on…
Crampy Kitchen Retrospective and what is next?
What a weekend it was, my first time participating in Ludum Dare, and I ended up with a game I am personally very proud of. Meet Crampy Kitchen. The goal is simple,…
Getting the Brushes Out For a First Jam - A Post-Mortem about Art and Calves
What's that ? A video game ? That's nonsense, the only game I know is tying pans to a cow's tail and seeing it wreak havoc at the village's fair.
Post-Jam Reflection: Pixel Piles!
Try the game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/pixel-piles
Post Mortem of our game: Flob the Bloing
So, it been couple of days since we released our game Flob the Bloing (https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/flob-the-bloing) and i wanted to share my thoughts This…
From Unity to Godot - Post-mortem from a brand new Godoneers
Hi Everyone, I'm Furano. I make game jam with my friend @Aune once or twice a year since 2017.
A little post mortem of my first compo ✨🗒️✍️
Hey everyone! This was once again an incredible Ludum Dare, I'm playing a lot of great games and discovering cool indie devs, I love it.
Hoverspace - Post mortem
"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs" ― Henry Ford I came up with idea instantaneously. "Brotato" but room is shrinking. So I wrote a list of…
Rim Runner post-mortem
I only downvoted 4 topics in the theme slaughter this time around. Of course, "Limited Space" was one of them. At least it wasn't as bad as "Every 10 seconds".
Packing Heat: A Post Mortem
Wow. Our fifth dare and our best result by far. It all came together this time. A good theme, a good idea and good programming experience. However it wasn't all smooth…
Double Post-Mortem Bonanza --- Holding Out and Fallowtide
Congratulations everyone on another successful Ludum Dare! Now that results are out, I'll reflect a bit on my game (Holding Out). I also realized I never formally wrote…
LD 53 postmortem
DDRKirby's postmortem writeup for Goodnight, Meowmie was one of my main motivators for participating in the Ludum Dare 53 game jam, so my experience wouldn't be complete…
First-post-newbie-game-dev-shortest-post-mortem haha
Hello guys, here's the story (along with my appreciation) for this event! First off, thank you all and to @Mike for all the positivity which is felt throughout this jam!…
ily 2 - a TL;DR postmortem
Number 1 in audio is actually extremely flattering :sob: I worked so hard on this song and making a game around it and I'm glad people enjoyed it so much, words escape me honestly.
My 22nd Ludum Dare's Postmortem: "Inbox Fool"
BEGIN TRANSMISSION!
Stopped rate and trades to work on post mortem video
I think every Ludum Dare I made a post saying I'd be making a YT video about my experience but I ended up never doing it. Mostly cus I had no direction. This time though…
Deliver Us From Evil - Post-Mortem
With the jam winding down, it's time for my traditional post-mortem, looking at what went well with my LD53 entry, what went badly, and what I can improve upon for next…
Post mortem of Fangs&Fury
This is not my first LD, but, for personal reasons, it was a long time since my last entry. Maybe because of this, I make a primary mistake: I tried to develop a game…