Devlogs
Time logs and post-mortems written by the authors of the games
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Square Sprint Post Mortem
I had such a great time this Ludum Dare. Things were dark and gloomy for a few portions, but in the end it all worked out. I knew pretty soon after the theme…
Post Mortem: PEDESTRIAN MINING CORPS
It’s been about a week, so here’s a retrospective on my LD32 entry: Pedestrian Mining Corps. It was a nice break from a couple of other projects I’m working on.
Farm Fury, the Post Mortem!
Farm Fury Post Mortem
High Fiverer: Post Mortem or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Theme
Howdy friends, it’s @TheWzzard, and it’s Post-Mortem time. My entry is for the Jam and I did it solo, handling all the code, sound effects, music, and a bit of sprite…
Pied Piper post mortem.
“Pied Paper” – stupid little game about dancing zombies. It’s my first attempt to participate and finish game for Ludum Dare.
What Have We Created?! – Post Mortem
“This time let’s take it easy and make a simpler game” – famous last words of a Ludum Dare 32 participant.
Shoe Gun Girl – Postmortem
Click on the picture to play/rate the game!
TETRATOR POSTMORTEM
IT’S POSTMORTEM TIME !!
Mighty Magnetic Force – Post mortem & timelapse video
Hello everybody, pretty busy week, so I’m getting to do my post mortem only today. This time my entry is Mighty Magnetic Force, an action/puzzle game where the players…
Crump Rush Postmortem – Ludum Dare Lessons
I made a game about speed running and using your weapon for mobility. You can play it here!
Savior Postmortem
I was pretty happy with my entry for LD32, so I figured I’d write up a more formal postmortem this time; partially because it might be interesting, and partially because…
Democracy – Post Mortem
I have have to say that I hate this theme. Really, there were so many good themes there, why this one could win? Damn you!!!! The theme isn’t an excuse to not do a game,…
Chaos Tomb Post-Mortem
Time for a post-mortem of Chaos Tomb.
Latvian Milk Post-Mortem
The Latvian Milk team here with our game’s post-mortem. Hope you enjoy!
Post-Mortem – How I Lost Your Mother
Hendrix College – Post-Mortem Report
[Post-Mortem] LD32 Zeldish
PlayZeldish
[Post-mortem] LD32 Compo: Transmogrify!
1. Spent one hour Friday night brainstorming, came up with a core game mechanic, and stuck with it. Nailed the mechanic, in my opinion. I had two other cool options, but…
Economic Hitman – Postmortem
I want to talk freely for who wants to read some stuff about the last Ludum Dare jam (spoiler: it was amazing).
Post-mortem: I am Gonna Smack You With My Words
There it is, finally! I’ve already had some entries in the Ludum Dare’s Jam, but this was the first time I had the guts to participate in the Compo! Although I usually…
Tanks vs. Bicycle Post-Mortem
Try the game here. You play as an invisible cyclist dodging tanks to deliver important intel back to HQ. Intended to be a twitchy endless runner style game:
Kids these days: post mortem
This edition I’ve had a lot of fun, and I’m proud of the amount of work done, even if the game could use a lot of improvements. My unconventional weapon of choice was…
Spheres post mortem
This edition was a lot of fun! For the first time we participated with a concept artist in the team and it was really helpful. We are really happy with the amount of…
Postmortem for Trojan Horse Simulator: The Art of Subterfuge
Avast, countryfolk! Come here and hear the tale of how Freehold Games and I outsmarted the Trojans with a marvelous wooden horse. Come play Trojan Horse Simulator: The…
Narwhal Assassin: Post-Mortem
We are three computer science students enrolled in a game development course. We are students of goadrich if you would like to check him out.
Underload – Post Mortem
Hi folks,
Seamus’ Gun – Short post-mortem and how to play
Since we lacked the time for adding a proper tutorial in-game, here’s a short video demonstrating the basics of our game :) You can try it for yourself here:…
MagDef – Post-Mortem
Hi everyone,
Post mortem – Stain
This was the fourth time I tried to participate in LD and the only time I managed to find time and really do it. For me, it was a richful experience. Just like the…
Post Mortem – Captain Bearbeard
Hey people, it’s been a few days since this LD has ended, and only today I managed to gather enough energy to do a Post Mortem. I’m gonna try not to make it too TL:DR;
The Great Debate Post-Compo Post-Mortem Post-post
I’m very excited to have successfully completed my second Ludum Dare! I’ve been working all week on implementing a lot of the feedback that I’ve been getting on my game…
Limb by Limb – Post Mortem
All previous Ludum Dares that I’ve tried to participate in have failed miserably. For the first one I had no experience. For the second I had very little time. For the…
EXNIHILO STUDIOS – Spelunk! – Post Mortem
So this is where we share with you a little of the ‘behind-the-scenes’ crazy that happened during our Jam as we developed Spelunk!
Flail Rider [Postmortem]
Okay! It’s time for me to write some kind of a postmortem about Ludum Dare! I am not really used to writing stuff online, but when making Flail Rider I made surprisingly…
Post-Mortem: Clashy Clouds
Hey everybody, so my team and I completed what would be my first ever ludum dare jam.
RELIC – Postmortem (Graphics)
Having done 3D for my last entry as well as it being what I do for a living, I decided I wanted to give a 2D game a try. I’ve dabbled in 2D game sprites in the past…
Ludum Dare 32 – SideArmed Post-Mortem
Ludum Dare 32 is over and I survived lol There’s something demented about voluntarily participating in what’s basically “crunch mode” for no reason other than to make…
Post-Mortem for Music of the Spheres
I teach computer science at a small liberal arts college, and this semester I have been leading 17 students in a course on game development with Unity. Ludum Dare 32 was…
Functor: A post-mortem
I think it’s safe to say my ambitions were a little too high this time around, especially since I was originally planning to do the compo. But after crossing well into…
Garden State Post-Mortem
Last weekend I attended a hackathon at the University of Maryland, suffice to say I didn’t get much sleep. So when I realized that the Ludum Dare was happening the very…
HotMop little postmortem
Well after a few days of playing games and relaxing a little it’s time to write about what we did on our first ludumdare.