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Post-mortemsLD203 May 20112 min read

Post-mortem/autopsy? on first LD / Let Me Save You!

So, my first Ludum Dare went pretty well. I obeyed all the rules, I got my game (Let Me Save You! Your Faithful Companion, Windows, Mac and now Linux available) done on…

For Let Me Save You! Your Faithful Companion·by nyaa

Post-mortemsLD203 May 20113 min read

Take One of These – Postmortem

So, this was my first Ludum Dare ! And also, the first “real” game I made. You can play it here first before reading this. First things first : the title sucks. I didn’t…

For Take One of These·by yrael

Post-mortemsLD203 May 20111 min read

Why puns are Dangerous; a post mortem

For SHARE-IFF·by farfin

Post-mortemsLD203 May 20111 min read

Diagnosis: Postmortem + Timelapse

Ludum Dare Link

For Diagnosis·by thatsnail

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20113 min read

Deadweight: post mortem

My first LD, and well, that was a lot of fun!

For Deadweight·by ctz

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20112 min read

Get the flock out! – post mortem

Get the flock out!

For Get the flock out of here!·by phaed

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20115 min read

Thank You Hobo Postmortem

For Thank You Hobo·by chrisz

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20113 min read

Mine Escape – Post Mortem

Link to entry: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-20/?action=rate&uid=3407

For Mine Escape·by char

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20113 min read

Post Mortem

Okay, in retrospect I’m not that unpleased with my entry. :-)

For Penguins vs Aliens·by zandagames

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20113 min read

Ludum Dare 20 BUBBA Post Mortem

Ludum Dare 20 was my first. You never forget your first I’m told.

For Its Dangerous to go Alone! Take BUBBA!·by jojo_2nd

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20118 min read

Forever Alone – Post Mortem

Forever Alone

For Forever Alone·by mixmax2

Post-mortemsLD202 May 20111 min read

Isolation – Post Mortem

Firstly: I’ve uploaded all of my notes that I wrote during the competition to here, and added a link to them on my submission page.

For Isolation·by mitch

Post-mortemsLD202 May 201112 min read

Cuboc – A Lengthy Post Mortem

TL;DR: I like making games and hence created Cuboc for LD20. <3

For CUBOC·by badlogic

Post-mortemsLD1922 Dec 20101 min read

“Caves of Darkness” – (mini) Postmortem

Hi everybody,

For Caves of Darkness·by danielzoran

Post-mortemsLD1922 Dec 20102 min read

Mothership post comp rev, or, Why Mothership Failed.

First of all, I want to quickly note that I’ve made another minor revision to the post comp version of Mothership, details can be had at my website blacktriangles.com.

For Mothership·by hsmith

Post-mortemsLD1922 Dec 20105 min read

10 Minute Galaxy Post-Mortem

My first ludum dare, my first post mortem. What an amazing experience this was! I had an absolute blast and can’t wait to do this again, though it might be a while…

For 10 Minute Galaxy·by machinas

Time logsLD1921 Dec 20101 min read

Spacebrick timelapse & thoughts

I decided to put a timelapse together this time! And even better, you can play your favourite music alongside it, by which I mean I didn’t edit it. I’ll figure out how…

For Spacebrick and the Window to the Stars·by toeofdoom

Post-mortemsLD1921 Dec 20101 min read

Discover The Name – postmortem or something

Well, Ludum dare 19 is over and the game is over. The final name is Discover the name (never changed it to discover the way).

For Discover The Name·by arielsan

Post-mortemsLD1920 Dec 20101 min read

terra coda: Post-mortem and timelapse

I’ve always wanted to make a game using the “groundhog’s day” concept, similar to Majora’s Mask, Level Up!, and Pikmin to some extent. I have a love-hate relationship…

For terra coda·by zillix

Time logsLD1920 Dec 20102 min read

Timelapse and Post-mortmem

Finally got the timelapse of me creating my entry uploaded to Youtube. You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLYye9zr32s

For Quest for the Four Altars!·by staggy

Post-mortemsLD1920 Dec 20103 min read

Mothership – post mortem

I just woke up, man was I tired!!

For Mothership·by hsmith

Post-mortemsLD1920 Dec 20101 min read

Abarrane – Post Mortem

For Abarrane·by refrag

Post-mortemsLD1920 Dec 20104 min read

first timer to a 48hr compo, post-mortem of COMPLICATED VIEW

That was fun. And stressing.

For COMPLICATED VIEW·by xra

Post-mortemsLD1919 Dec 20101 min read

Trip – Post Mortem

Made in Flashpunk.

For Trip (n.) - an exciting or unusual experience (source: Merriam-Webster)·by thatsnail

DevlogsLD1919 Dec 20103 min read

DevLog

–Day 2 morning update:

For The secret of Atlantis·by robolee

Post-mortemsLD1919 Dec 20102 min read

Wizbane’s Planet 53 + post mortem

LD19 was a blast! I got a decent gameplay prototype complete, and I’m really excited to take it further. I thought I’d share some my some concept sketches and what I…

For Planet 53·by wizbane_archived

Post-mortemsLD1825 Aug 20106 min read

Postmortem: “The Enemy of my Enemy is my Heat-seeking missile”

So its been a couple of days since my game went up, and I thought it was high time I did a post-mortem. To give a bit of background: this is my 2nd flash game ever…

For The enemy of my enemy is my heat-seeking missile·by pdyxs_archived

Post-mortemsLD1825 Aug 20104 min read

Mind Control Monster Madness – The Postmortem

Okay, first off, I’m going to say this shouldn’t really be a postmortem as such. Why? Because I’m going to develop my game from here into something much better! So it’s…

For Mind Control Monster Mash·by alistair-aitcheson

Post-mortemsLD1824 Aug 20103 min read

The LÖVE-PARTY’s post mortem

As you may recall, last night with three hours to spare, we managed to finish and submit our game Fistful of Beef for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. After a good nights…

For Fistful of Beef·by tommybrunn

Post-mortemsLD1823 Aug 20103 min read

Post-mortem

So now that everything has settled, I’d like to take some time to explain the process that went behind making Fromulus.

For Fromulus·by brandoncash

Post-mortemsLD1823 Aug 20101 min read

HOME – Postmortem

Hi,

For HOME·by danielzoran

DevlogsLD1822 Aug 20104 min read

Droqen’s Messy Worklog/Journal

Robocop and brainstorming

For Undermine·by droqen

Post-mortemsLD172 May 20104 min read

Every Man Is An Island Postmortem

Well i’ve been stupidly busy at work at the moment so I haven’t really had any time to evaluate how it went properly, so here it is:

For Every Man Is An Island·by brian

Post-mortemsLD1728 Apr 20103 min read

A brief post-mortem, and a comment response.

So, with the weekend over and some of my voting out of the way, I figured I should write a bit about how thing went. I had really been rooting for Flood, as I had this…

For Capsize! feat Rep. Johnson vs. DJ Admiral·by philomory

Post-mortemsLD1727 Apr 20102 min read

SautEUR post mortem

Okay the title sucks but I invented it as I was drawing it for the main screen. Since it was an image I was too lazy to change it later.

For SautEUR·by ickylevel

Post-mortemsLD1726 Apr 20102 min read

Post-mortem

This Ludum Dare was far more frustrating than the previous one.

For Life-Cycle of the Great Asp Turtle·by ashera

Post-mortemsLD165 Jan 20101 min read

Drifting – Post Mortem/Future

The game I submitted to the contest (http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-16/?action=preview&uid=28) wasn’t a game in the sense that you could like.. do anything.…

For Drifting in the Stellar Winds·by mocker_archived

Post-mortemsLD1620 Dec 20091 min read

bashplore post-mortem

From a comment on bashplore’s page: “dertom says … Hehe,…a game in bash. That is really hardcore :D”. YYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS It is, but it adds a lot more fun!

For Bashplore·by samel

Post-mortemsLD1614 Dec 20091 min read

Oblivious: post-mortem;

After deciding that I was going to enter the Ludum Dare #16, despiste the almost completly lack of time I`d have to work on the weekend, I was able to finish my entry,…

For Oblivious -the darkness within-·by killdream

Post-mortemsLD1614 Dec 20093 min read

Post-mortem: SEEK*TOR

So this was my first Ludum Dare. I did the Global Game Jam back in February, so I had some idea of what to expect, although the GGJ was teams rather than solo. One thing…

For SEEK*TOR·by ashera

Post-mortemsLD153 Sep 20095 min read

Coffee Caverns – Postmortem

Cross posted from my main blog at http://www.caseydunham.net

For Coffee Caverns·by caseyd

Post-mortemsLD1531 Aug 20092 min read

contact lost post mortem

So! I didn’t finish my entry. I submitted it, but it wasn’t finished and I can’t help but feel a little defeated. The levels needed more design and more content, I…

For Contact Lost·by afterthought

Post-mortemsLD1531 Aug 20097 min read

Caverns Post-Mortum

This is a crosspost from the Ludum Dare competition blog. You can download my entry [here.]

For LoneStranger's Caverns·by lonestranger

Post-mortemsLD1530 Aug 20091 min read

FallingTown – Submitted –

Well, it’s done! I’ve submitted. I started feeling time pressure a few hours ago, and I think I caught all the fatal errors anyways. There are certainly still some…

For FallingTown·by tfernando

DevlogsMiniLD 1126 Jul 20091 min read

Ninja Rope physics finally completed

Here’s my current alpha:

For Pendulum Ninja!·by gilvado

DevlogsMiniLD 1126 Jul 20091 min read

progress

have the interface working now anyway

For concord·by increpare

DevlogsMiniLD 1126 Jul 20091 min read

aaaalmost done

just have to fix a few nasty bugs that suddenly appearedgrrrr

For concord·by increpare

DevlogsMiniLD 1125 Jul 20091 min read

I am an island

Spent most of the day today at the Berkeley Kite Festival, which was fun (and a great day for it), but wasn’t conducive to getting the game done. However, it’s…

For The Wanderer·by joel-davis

DevlogsMiniLD 1125 Jul 20091 min read

Robot Kill Spiders

First post for my first ludum dare. Lucky enough to have this one to warm me up for the full thing at the end of the month.

For The Orange Spider Machination·by owendeery

DevlogsMiniLD 1125 Jul 20091 min read

hmm

no pictures to show yet (mainly because i’m doing my stuff on an internetless laptop); but i’m getting something done anyway:)hopefully will be less than three weeks…

For concord·by increpare