[wplug] [hackpgh-discuss] Re: Ludum Dare (from Latin "to give a game") This weekend!

John Lewis oflameo2 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 22:28:49 EDT 2015


First of all I am going to fork a conversation about this on the WPLUG
mailing list because I am sure help from them will be needed to win.

Second of all, I am not willing to invest my time to develop any
proprietary software, or on a Tivoized platform like a Game console.

Third of all, I am a proud member of the PC Master Race. With how this
gaming generation is going, If it doesn't run on a PC, I literally don't
care.

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Now for my idea proposals.

Card Battle Game: Computer Based Trading Card Game
To implement it, it would mostly be a Database Engine (likely SQLite3)
with some business rules programmed in via the implementation language.
Extraneous benefits - I will get content faster for the Database Talk I
proposed to do for the next WPLUG meeting. It will fill a Genre hole on
the PC platform

Multi User Dungeon: Text Based MMORPG
To implement it, there are already existing mature libraries to leverage.
Extraneous benefits - I already have hosting for it, on my VPS. Lots of
libraries to choose from.

SuperTux mod that has actual bosses in it: Already existing performer
similar to Super Mario, but doesn't have bosses in it.
Game already done, just need to mod it.
Extraneous benefits - It would make an already existing game better.
Starting with something that already works.

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I read the Wikipedia page a bit more, and I don't have to care what any
of you guys think because it is a one on one competition.  What I really
need to know is what "All game code and content must be created during
the competition and by a single person, and source code
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code> is encouraged to be
included." means and when the competition is so it doesn't conflict with
a weekend where I have to to something else instead.

I went and look at the actual site http://ludumdare.com/compo/rules/,
and it is happening this weekend. We can use any tools libraries or base
code we have so I can torture a database engine until it acts like a
game all I want.

Teams can participate in the Jam, but not in the Compo. I don't know if
I have the energy to develop a game in 48 hours this weekend. I will
know by Thursday.



On 08/17/2015 03:06 PM, Simon Heath wrote:
> Done a couple LD's.  The main thing to think about is that in 48
> hours, the real goal is to come up with the most interesting ideas you
> can that are actually possible, and implement them as efficiently as
> possible.  It's not really the place to experiment with new tools that
> might devour arbitrary amounts of time in learning and debugging.
>
> I'd like to do this one, but don't know if I'll have the mental zorch
> to participate.
>
> Simon
>
> On 08/17/2015 02:40 PM, Steven Owens wrote:
>> Hm... we should talk about this some time.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Chad Elish <chad at hackpittsburgh.org
>> <mailto:chad at hackpittsburgh.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     A wii home-brew game may be an option. I have a wii that has
>>     already been jailbroke.
>>
>>     -chad
>>
>>>     On Aug 17, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Steven Owens
>>>     <stevenjowens at gmail.com <mailto:stevenjowens at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Sounds cool, and in fact somebody was telling me about Ludum Dare
>>>     last week, but I've got too many real projects going on already.
>>>
>>>     I keep thinking  though, I know enough artists and 3D modelers
>>>     and the like that putting together a real video game is
>>> conceivable.
>>>
>>>     What I'd really like to do is make a wii video game, but I hear
>>>     the wii dev license is horrendously expensive.
>>>
>>>     Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:52 AM, John Lewis <oflameo2 at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:oflameo2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Yes I do.
>>>
>>>         On 08/17/2015 01:11 AM, Chad Elish wrote:
>>>>         Is anyone interested in precipitating in creating a game? A
>>>>         few people from LVL1 are coming to PGH this weekend and they
>>>>         wanted to know if anyone would like to do this. The link
>>>>         below has more info.
>>>>
>>>>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludum_Dare
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         -chad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     --     Steven J. Owens
>>>     stevenjowens at gmail.com <mailto:stevenjowens at gmail.com>
>>>     puff at darksleep.com <mailto:puff at darksleep.com>
>>>     412-401-8060 <tel:412-401-8060>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Steven J. Owens
>> stevenjowens at gmail.com <mailto:stevenjowens at gmail.com>
>> puff at darksleep.com <mailto:puff at darksleep.com>
>> 412-401-8060
>
>



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