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Post-mortemsLD210 Nov 20021 min read

Living Sheep's Post-mortem

Well, this was a decent success as far as it goes, but I am largely disappointed in my effort. What I'm writing here is yer classic postmortem speech. I'll first quickly cover...

For Living Sheep·by mikedoty
Time logsLD29 Nov 20021 min read

BallerSchaf's Time log

Nov 8, 17:32: Okay, its friday and i did a small programm for logging. It automatically logs the time, thats very handy. But don't be Confused, I live in Germany, where…

For BallerSchaf·by jomoho
Time logsLD29 Nov 20027 min read

Bleten's Time log

Nov 9, 11:22: not long before the comp starts now. There is a feeling of sheep insanity in the irc channel. Baaaaaaaaaaa!

For Bleten·by illume
DevlogsLD28 Nov 20025 min read

Commando Sheep design doc

This is a complete design doc, however obviously I prob won't have the time to do all that is listed here. I'll start with the bare bones gameplay and see how much I can…

For Sheep Commando·by gaiiden
Post-mortemsLD118 Jul 20022 min read

Creep's Post-mortem

Figured I could write a quick postmortem on my game and some of the thoughts that I had while creating it.

For Creep·by postalrat
Post-mortemsLD116 Jul 20023 min read

Tankies

Tankies is a little open-source 3D two-player split-screen game using DirectX 8.1, developed from scratch in 48 hours from July 13th 3:00 AM to July 15th 3:00 AM (local…

For Tankies·by nebula
Time logsLD116 Jul 20029 min read

Zilla Game's Time log

This file is meant to keep track of my progress during the ludum dare 48 hour game programming contest this weekend. I have found that keeping a log like this helps me…

For Zilla Game·by joel-davis
Post-mortemsLD115 Jul 20021 min read

Gunmen: Postmortem

When the guardian theme game up, the only thing I could think think of was protecting lots of little sprites. I combined that with what I had hoped State of Emergency…

For Gunmen·by mattb
Post-mortemsLD115 Jul 20021 min read

The Postmortem

I actually got the game engine finished to the point I wanted it. The physics are functional and work pretty well, the particle systems look cool, and as far as I know…

For Cthulhu vs. Your Computer·by sinsolent
Time logsLD115 Jul 20026 min read

UltraFlea's Time log

Jul 13, 11:56: I must be an hour out but the theme is protect/gaurdian I have given myslef 4hours to come up with a design based on the theme. So this is what I am doing…

For UltraFlea·by richard-james
Post-mortemsLD115 Jul 20021 min read

Zilla Game's Post-mortem

The graphics probably because i spent way too much time making art. Skatools was a good choice for an exporter. levels Using text files for levels and tilesets and…

For Zilla Game·by joel-davis
Time logsLD114 Jul 20021 min read

Space Debugger's Time log

Jul 13, 05:37: It's 1:30 GMT (more than 8 hours after the competition started) and I still haven't got a clue what to write. My desktop does look nice though.

For Space Debugger·by sadiq
Post-mortemsLD114 Jul 20021 min read

Readme File

This file accompanies my guardian project for the 48 hour game programming competition by LUDUM DARE. Although The project name is guardian I use the name INTRUDER for…

For Intruder·by negator
Time logsLD114 Jul 20023 min read

NotHack's Time log

(Actually, since I didn't read the message asking us to keep logs, about half of this is probably being backfilled. It's 6:30 on Saturday right now)

For NotHack·by denor
Time logsLD114 Jul 20022 min read

Cinders' Time log

Jul 12, 21:16: created guardian directory structure. it's called guardian now, i'll rename when I pick an actual name.

For Cinders·by riney
Post-mortemsLD114 Jul 20024 min read

Picnic Defender post-mortem

I develop games/simulations for a living. I am no stranger to 'speed' coding, as most of the projects I work on have a very short time frame (weeks to months). I've…

For Picnic Defender·by cdoty
Time logsLD114 Jul 20022 min read

EPA Man's Time log

Jul 12, 18:00: Theme announced - Guardian. Danm I was hoping for construction. Time to test out basecode and think of game ideas. Good luck to all the other competitiors.

For EPA Man·by flegmato
Time logsLD113 Jul 20022 min read

Siege's Time log

Jul 12, 18:22: Got the window framework up, i had a whole raft of bugs in the code i sumbmitted before the project.. whoops stripped a little too much.

For Siege·by mali
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