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,…
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Sprite stacks - Hovercraft devlog
Have you ever seen pseudo-3D pixel art games? There are multiple methods to achieve this effect, but I will cover only one of them - sprite stacking.
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
Ludum Dare 54 - Falestress Dev Log on Gacha Fever
Team : Our team consisted of 4 members, with 3 working at Angel Corp, a small video game development studio. Team cohesion was excellent, with a strong mutual…
Hexed Dev log
Firstly, I think the theme this year worked really well. More of the games I've played have felt finished than in previous contests, probably because the theme…
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"
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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…
Behind The Scenes!
Once again we had to find a way to transform a living room/dining room into a green screen studio. To get the lighting right we had to move all kinds of things about in…
Cyndermine Mail Delivery Service: The Postmortem
So, okay, maybe the name could have been a bit more catchy...
Foxcrate – Post-Mortem
Feedback has been positive on our entry, “Foxcrate”. It’s time to do my usual analysis of what went well or what went wrong.
Postmortem Blog?
So, I've only been in 2 game jams, this one and Brackeys 2023.1, and I feel like I've gotten a bit better. The brackeys game jam had 1 week to finish the game, and mine…
Firelore: First Fate – A Post-Mortem
Play it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/firelore-first-fate
whispers in the lab post mortem
thought id do a post mortem of my jam game. its a 3rd person platformer inspired by a mechanic from wario land 4 of having to rush back to the start of the level, and a…
A chat based experimental game with ChatGPT-3.5 NPCs (Post-Mortem
I'm an indie game developer who likes making experimental games (Clown House was one of them). My belief is AI will be an important part of the future, one of my plans…
Derro Delivery Post Mortem
So I've finished another LD, feeling really good and mostly exhausted. This time I was really low energy throughout, I think I'm getting older probably.
Ludum Dare 52 - Post Mortem
# How It Started Once I saw the theme I immediately knew everyone would be doing either a game with a soul reaper or a game with a farm, but still i found it interesting…
Iris's Scrappy Rumble Post Mortem
Well, developing this game was quite fun. On the first day of development, I spent a lot of time planning and writing out ideas. Eventually, I finalized my design…
My 21st Ludum Dare's Postmortem: "The Bountiful"
So anyway, I tried making a psychological horror game and scored first place in humor.
Post-jam reflection: Soul's Path
Mandatory post-jam reflection so i don't make the same mistakes next jam :))))
Warden of the Woods Post Mortem
I know this is hard to believe for many, but for once, I think that the theme didn't suck. While I don't think it was the best option out of the last round of themes, it…
Fruit Fall - Post-Mortem
I still have some rating to do, which I'll try and get done over the next few days. For now, though, it's time for my traditional post-mortem, examining what went well…
Post mortem: Happy but itching for LD53
I spent half an hour on a short 5 minuet live action intro and it ended up being the best part of my game :D
The Crystallographer Post Mortem
This was my second compo entry in a row recently, and my eighth participation in Ludum Dare so far. Most of my old submissions were way back when it was the old website,…
It Was All For The Tuna - Post-Mortem #3 - Audio!
Hi everyone, we’re Cosmic Adventure Squad and we’ve been doing game jams for over 10 years! You may have seen or played some of our previous games such as Deepest Sword…