I’m probably gonna be in. depends what I feel like on friday.

In school we’re learning C# so I’m gonna be using monogame, because what better way is there to reinforce knowledge on a language than making a game? well, there’s probably a few, but games are cool.

I’ll be using:

Gimp – art

Monogame – code

FLStudio + bfxr – music & sfx

I’d also like to say I really enjoy the look of this new site!

Progress is slower than I’d like , but this is my first time using C++ in a project.

Yesterday I got movement + shooting done, as well as a main menu and some art assets.

this morning I’ve been working on some art for later.

It’s basically an arcade style shooter.

I think I’m going to participate, I don’t have much else going on and could use a few days break from my current project.

I’m going to use c++ with sfml with Gimp for sprites/art, bxfr for sound effects and flstudio for music. This is my first time properly using c++ and sfml  for a project(I normally use Javascript and Unity3D) so hopefully it’ll go well and I figure the best way of getting better with it would be by just jumping right in.

so far in my game I have 2 basic enemies, basic controls and 2 powerups.

My game basically leads you through getting 4 powerups, then at the end you get to choose one to fight the final boss.

all my art is palceholder untill I can think of something better, only the enemies are what I want for the final product.

Tomorrow I will work on the last 2 power ups, the music art and final boss. it’ll be a long day. I’m gonna work a couple more hours tonight to take the load off tomorow, where I can spend most of it on arts and polishing. hope it goes well.

have some screenshots.

Enemy #1

basic attack

Obtaining a powerup

my first go with particle effects

This is my second time in ludum dare, first time round I made my game with unity, this time round I’m hoping to go slightly more advanced and use C++ with SFML2.1 I know some basics with it but have only been using it for a week. I may however change my mind and use the new Unity3d 2D tools as I am yet to try that out. It really just depends on the theme and what Ideas I get for it.

for sprites and any other images I’ll use Gimp2.8 for music I’ll use FLStudio.

Hope it goes well.  best of luck to everybody