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Ludum Dare

Blogs > jrkirby
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jrkirby
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1510 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-23 15:50:21
April 23 2012 15:49 GMT
#1
I had one HELL of a weekend. I slept about 4 hours between 11:00 am on friday and 11:00 pm on sunday. I ate about 5 meals in that same time frame. I spent around 40 hours sitting directly in front of a computer.

"Why?" you ask. Why would I spend so long with so little time sleeping besides the fact that sleep deprivation is better than taking loads of drugs + Show Spoiler +
because it's safer, cheaper, and more fun
+ Show Spoiler +
Even though I wouldn't actually know that cause I don't take drugs
+ Show Spoiler +
But I'm a hypocrite cause I drank about 8 cans of mountain dew this weeked to stay up that long
+ Show Spoiler +
But I usually don't even drink caffeine, thats the only reason it affected me so much
+ Show Spoiler +
But I'm still a hypocrite I guess
+ Show Spoiler +
Spoiler-ception
+ Show Spoiler +
I think I spoiled this joke.


And what has this all to do with the latin in the title?

I'll tell you. Ludum Dare is a 48 hour game competition. In 48 hours I made my first real game. I used blender game engine, and scripted in python. It took me so long t figure out how to use the API, nut I struggled through, and made it anyways.

Tour Manager:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=12794

My game is based off the traveling salesperson problem. The player "moves" from city to city, which costs money, but when the player arrives at a city, he gains money based off the population in the city and the overall excitement in the city by holding a "concert" there. (I say "moves" and "concert" in quotes because there are no animations which make it clear that that's what is happening). The player travels around the cities and ends at his home town where the game ends and your score is your money.

For you, this might be just another blog about some crappy unpolished game, but for me, it was a life experience. I learned that if you want something done, you gotta set aside 48 hours for it and never sleep. Work for that shit. GO GO GO!

*****
UltimateHurl
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland591 Posts
April 23 2012 16:13 GMT
#2
Well done, if I had time I'd love to participate in the competition, must feel like a huge achievement :D
SFX
Profile Joined June 2011
United States89 Posts
April 23 2012 16:58 GMT
#3
40 hours? I only worked on my game for about 20 hours. I feel like such a slacker. I might as well pimp my game: Save Your Planet! You're a large guy on a tiny planet defending it from various enemies using mind bullets.
The innocent shall suffer, big time.
Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
April 23 2012 17:51 GMT
#4
Nice lol. I like the spoilers inside spoilers.. Haven't seen that before LOL
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