Monday, November 16, 2009

Ludum Dare 16

by SonnyBone
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So I'm going to be entering Ludum Dare 16 this year. What is Ludum Dare? It's a video game design competition where you have 48 hours to design a game from scratch by yourself. Leading up to the competition, themes and categories are nominated. The day before the event, everyone votes on their favorite theme. Then, 5 minutes before the contest begins, they announce the winning theme and everyone races to complete their game.

The theme for Ludum Dare 15 was CAVERNS. Every game had to involve caverns in some way. Past themes include Minimalism, Advancing Wall of Doom, Roads, and Infection.

So... since I can't start thinking about the game I want to make... all I can come up with are theme suggestions. The one that keeps popping up in my head is:

TURN BASED EATING

Think about it.

How fucking stupid does that sound?

But really...

Think about it.

HOW FUCKING AWESOME DOES THAT SOUND?

I will one day design a game that will allow you to jam a wire into your tongue and then you just eat whatever the fuck you want to earn points. Shitty food makes you die and great food makes you GOD. We could battle online to see who can eat better food. Me VS Wackydeli in a beer / southern cooking fite.

BUT I DIGRESS.

I need theme ideas for Ludum Dare 16. Wacky shit. Crazy shit. Something that would NEVER be voted upon.

POST EM UP SUCKAZ

4 comments:

JoeyFNK said...

If you go with Turn Based eating I want to be a playable character.

SonnyBone said...

Sadly, I don't get to choose.
It's up to the voters.

Here's a current list of the proposed themes:

Adaptation
Apocalypse
Baked Goods as Weapons
Beards, Moustaches and crazy facial hair
Birds
Claymation
Cold or Frozen
Construction
Cyber warfare
Cute fluffy animals
Death
Dynamic Changing Characters
Dwarves
Electricity
Evolution
Flags
Flying Pigs
Ghosts
Hyperspace
The Fleet
Illusions
If Centrifugal Force Actually Existed
Late partygoers
Limbs like these are hard to use
Mirrors
All Natural (No trace of technology in your game.)
No Gravity, no Friction
Opposites
Paints and Brushes
Portals
Planets
Shakespeare
Shapeshifting
Swine Flu
The Speed of Light
Turn-Based Eating
Two player coop only.
Unwanted Upgrades / Powers
Water
Worms
Wormholes
Zombies

wackydeli said...

OH MY GOD, I hope Turn Based Eating is chosen along with cute fluffy animals. Can I submit Cute Fluffy Animals Taking Turns Eating?

SonnyBone said...

CUTE FLUFFY ANIMALS TAKING TURNS EATING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

GAME OVER

I WIN

GIVE ME THE PRIZE

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