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cjl
Member
I was wondering if anyone else thought about competing in the upcoming Ludum Dare? Basically, it is a 48 hour solo game development competition. See:
I thought about doing it, mostly just for fun, and to force myself to try and finish a project for a change. I'm not quite sure how we could actually submit a game, with all the ridiculous iPhone restrictions.
Anyway, maybe we could hold a Cocos2d 48 hours competition? Anyone up for it?
It would be really tough to submit a game to the comp on iPhone, but it would still force you to work on something quickly and I'm sure people would like to see any information you share about the process. A big part of those comps isn't really the game itself, it's the excitement of seeing what other people are doing in the time allotted. I always follow them but usually only download or play a few of the games submitted.
You could always offer ad hoc versions of your game for anyone that wanted one, I doubt it would exceed 100.
I was thinking about participating in ludum dare 15, but I'll probably be using flash and Flixel.
It's not that serious of a contest, there are no real prizes and most of the participants are regulars. I think people generally take the old 'your only cheating yourself' attitude.
cjl
Member
Yeah, the contest is pretty much with yourself, to see if you can actually finish something in 48 hours.
Also, each contest has a theme that isn't announced until the contest. So even if you 'cheated', you would have to adapt it to theme of the contest.
Anyway, if my wife will give me some free time that weekend, I might give it a shot.
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