Comments for Ludum Dare http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum A bi-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on sfxr - sound effects for all! by Sven Son http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2007/12/13/sfxr-sound-effects-for-all/#comment-2258 Sven Son Fri, 16 May 2008 06:54:47 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2007/12/13/sfxr-sound-effects-for-all/#comment-2258 Something small .. but nonetheless very useful. One might say the degree of usability is in inverse proportion to its size :D Great work! Something small .. but nonetheless very useful. One might say the degree of usability is in inverse proportion to its size :D

Great work!

]]> Comment on The Hairy Chestival by Cheap Lawnmower Parts http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2007/11/26/the-hairy-chestival/#comment-2248 Cheap Lawnmower Parts Thu, 15 May 2008 17:54:24 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2007/11/26/the-hairy-chestival/#comment-2248 <strong>Cheap Lawnmower Parts...</strong> I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.... Cheap Lawnmower Parts…

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….

]]> Comment on Sound by saluk http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/10/sound/#comment-2145 saluk Mon, 12 May 2008 19:04:25 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/10/sound/#comment-2145 Yes, this is quite an informative article, and very easy to read. Great job! Yes, this is quite an informative article, and very easy to read. Great job!

]]> Comment on Sound by PoV http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/10/sound/#comment-2109 PoV Sun, 11 May 2008 20:02:09 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/10/sound/#comment-2109 Very cool. Very cool.

]]> Comment on Minim Madness V1.0 by rale http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/03/minim-madness-v10/#comment-1911 rale Tue, 06 May 2008 18:11:25 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/03/minim-madness-v10/#comment-1911 Oh no. The instructions are like 10 pages long and even after reading it i didn't get this game. Managed to once interact with the dropping thingy. My line+circle thingy just disappeared after hitting the dropping piece of pixels. It is always good to show the game to your friend and see if they can play it or something. I'd love to give this a try but I can't read the instructions for second time. :) Oh no. The instructions are like 10 pages long and even after reading it i didn’t get this game. Managed to once interact with the dropping thingy. My line+circle thingy just disappeared after hitting the dropping piece of pixels. It is always good to show the game to your friend and see if they can play it or something. I’d love to give this a try but I can’t read the instructions for second time. :)

]]> Comment on LD11 - Minimaze by shizzy0 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/ld11-minimaze/#comment-1903 shizzy0 Tue, 06 May 2008 10:15:30 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/ld11-minimaze/#comment-1903 pansapiens, thanks for the kind words of encouragement. If I can make a level editor, I just may do that. These levels I transferred over from graph paper. pansapiens, thanks for the kind words of encouragement. If I can make a level editor, I just may do that. These levels I transferred over from graph paper.

]]> Comment on LD11 - Minimaze by shizzy0 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/ld11-minimaze/#comment-1902 shizzy0 Tue, 06 May 2008 10:14:14 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/ld11-minimaze/#comment-1902 Balooga, yeah, I was honestly tempted to. It was a lot of fun to develop last time in lisp _after_ I got the development system working, but this time I wanted it to just work in the browser rather than being a download. I really wish I could just write in my favorite language, and then compile my source code to whatever platform I'm targeting, e.g. write it in lisp then compile it to flash or javascript or whatever. Balooga, yeah, I was honestly tempted to. It was a lot of fun to develop last time in lisp _after_ I got the development system working, but this time I wanted it to just work in the browser rather than being a download. I really wish I could just write in my favorite language, and then compile my source code to whatever platform I’m targeting, e.g. write it in lisp then compile it to flash or javascript or whatever.

]]> Comment on GBGames presents Minimalist - the final version by &nbsp LD#11 Results Are In » GBGames - Thoughts on Indie Game Development http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/gbgames-presents-minimalist-the-final-version/#comment-1882 &nbsp LD#11 Results Are In » GBGames - Thoughts on Indie Game Development Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:41 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/gbgames-presents-minimalist-the-final-version/#comment-1882 [...] out my Ludum Dare submission at GBGames presents Minimalist- the final version. There are GNU/Linux and Windows versions available. Congratulations to all who competed and [...] […] out my Ludum Dare submission at GBGames presents Minimalist- the final version. There are GNU/Linux and Windows versions available. Congratulations to all who competed and […]

]]> Comment on Sorry people.. by jlnr http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/27/sorry-people/#comment-1878 jlnr Mon, 05 May 2008 14:19:03 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/27/sorry-people/#comment-1878 Seems Mac people are still a tiny minority here :( Seems Mac people are still a tiny minority here :(

]]> Comment on “Of Robots & Groglots”, Post-Mortem by HybridMind http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/05/%e2%80%9cof-robots-groglots%e2%80%9d-post-mortem/#comment-1876 HybridMind Mon, 05 May 2008 13:27:42 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/05/%e2%80%9cof-robots-groglots%e2%80%9d-post-mortem/#comment-1876 Since you asked, yes- I used a game pad on your game. :) Since you asked, yes- I used a game pad on your game. :)

]]> Comment on Mondrian : an update by pansapiens http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/04/mondrian-an-update/#comment-1868 pansapiens Mon, 05 May 2008 10:02:20 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/04/mondrian-an-update/#comment-1868 Whoops, forgot to use the alias ! Now my secret identity is revealed !! Please excuse me while I prepare to run from the paparazzi ! Whoops, forgot to use the alias ! Now my secret identity is revealed !! Please excuse me while I prepare to run from the paparazzi !

]]> Comment on Mondrian : an update by Andrew Perry http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/04/mondrian-an-update/#comment-1867 Andrew Perry Mon, 05 May 2008 10:00:44 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/04/mondrian-an-update/#comment-1867 Thanks for the suggestion. I may experiment with the visual tweaks a little more ... it's true that a simple fade may actually look better, and less distracting. I might save the scale+fade for one of the effects in the planned 'psychedelic' mode :) You can actually thank my girlfriend for the difficulty slope ... I forgot to credit her in the readme, but she played and rated the difficulty of each level, and I re-ordered them based on that :) Thanks for the suggestion. I may experiment with the visual tweaks a little more … it’s true that a simple fade may actually look better, and less distracting. I might save the scale+fade for one of the effects in the planned ‘psychedelic’ mode :)

You can actually thank my girlfriend for the difficulty slope … I forgot to credit her in the readme, but she played and rated the difficulty of each level, and I re-ordered them based on that :)

]]> Comment on Mondrian : an update by mikeware http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/04/mondrian-an-update/#comment-1865 mikeware Mon, 05 May 2008 09:14:43 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/04/mondrian-an-update/#comment-1865 Like the gentler difficulty slope. :) However, I think it would look better if you just had them fade out and stay the same size, rather than shrink to the corner. Something about the change, just seems a little odd. Like the gentler difficulty slope. :) However, I think it would look better if you just had them fade out and stay the same size, rather than shrink to the corner. Something about the change, just seems a little odd.

]]> Comment on Some hints - because great minds don’t always think alike by HybridMind http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/25/some-hints-because-great-minds-dont-always-think-alike/#comment-1794 HybridMind Sun, 04 May 2008 01:59:55 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/25/some-hints-because-great-minds-dont-always-think-alike/#comment-1794 Ok- that makes more sense now that you've explained how the mechanics work under the hood. Thanks! Ok- that makes more sense now that you’ve explained how the mechanics work under the hood. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Kaaaaahhhhn!… puter! by keeyai http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/02/kaaaaahhhhn-puter/#comment-1777 keeyai Sat, 03 May 2008 12:38:16 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/05/02/kaaaaahhhhn-puter/#comment-1777 Sorry the technology ended up clobbering your work :(. My computer has a less severe case of the disease, making me think my minimalist game was only getting about 20 FPS instead of 60 for a while. Good luck getting it fixed and I hope you manage to get your completed game out. Sorry the technology ended up clobbering your work :(. My computer has a less severe case of the disease, making me think my minimalist game was only getting about 20 FPS instead of 60 for a while. Good luck getting it fixed and I hope you manage to get your completed game out.

]]> Comment on Leap [Final], at least it’s something… by HybridMind http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/leap-final-at-least-its-something/#comment-1759 HybridMind Fri, 02 May 2008 17:01:07 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/leap-final-at-least-its-something/#comment-1759 Devon, Just realized you had asked me a question in a different comment thread last week. Well, I finally responded <a href="http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/minmo-ld11-final/#comment-1707" rel="nofollow">here</a>. :) Devon,

Just realized you had asked me a question in a different comment thread last week. Well, I finally responded here. :)

]]> Comment on Pure Code by Dathgale http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/14/pure-code/#comment-1758 Dathgale Fri, 02 May 2008 16:34:06 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/14/pure-code/#comment-1758 Ha. Nice. Ha. Nice.

]]> Comment on Timelapse video by sgstair http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/21/timelapse-video/#comment-1708 sgstair Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:53:52 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/21/timelapse-video/#comment-1708 re: Hamumu (if you see this) I don't actually leave my monitors on all the time; they're usually set to go off after 5 minutes - but for the purpose of the timelapse being interesting, I disabled that over the 48h :) re: Hamumu (if you see this)
I don’t actually leave my monitors on all the time; they’re usually set to go off after 5 minutes - but for the purpose of the timelapse being interesting, I disabled that over the 48h :)

]]> Comment on MinMo LD11 Final by HybridMind http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/minmo-ld11-final/#comment-1707 HybridMind Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:13:50 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/minmo-ld11-final/#comment-1707 Devon, I haven't had a chance to try RubyGame yet, but it was one of the toolkits featured in a "Games on Ruby" video I watched somewhere that let me know about Gosu, RubyGame, Ogre, Shattered (?) and others perhaps. I happened to check out Gosu first and have stuck with that for a few months now. I also have not learned python yet so I can't offer any comparisons in that department. I have really loved working with Ruby/Gosu for game dev because of how rapid it lets you work and get your ideas "down". I previously used C/(some C++) for game programming before that. Devon,

I haven’t had a chance to try RubyGame yet, but it was one of the toolkits featured in a “Games on Ruby” video I watched somewhere that let me know about Gosu, RubyGame, Ogre, Shattered (?) and others perhaps. I happened to check out Gosu first and have stuck with that for a few months now.

I also have not learned python yet so I can’t offer any comparisons in that department. I have really loved working with Ruby/Gosu for game dev because of how rapid it lets you work and get your ideas “down”. I previously used C/(some C++) for game programming before that.

]]> Comment on Minimalist Post-mortem by GBGames http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/29/minimalist-post-mortem/#comment-1687 GBGames Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:29:26 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/29/minimalist-post-mortem/#comment-1687 I just need to move things out of the way, and then I can close mine! B-) I just need to move things out of the way, and then I can close mine! B-)

]]> Comment on Tiny Hawk final release by Xenthar http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/tiny-hawk-final-release/#comment-1682 Xenthar Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/20/tiny-hawk-final-release/#comment-1682 Very well made game! Maybe add difficulty levels, like if you play on "pro" level you go faster and jump further but can do harder levels? Very well made game! Maybe add difficulty levels, like if you play on “pro” level you go faster and jump further but can do harder levels?

]]> Comment on Minimalist Post-mortem by keeyai http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/29/minimalist-post-mortem/#comment-1679 keeyai Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:27:43 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/29/minimalist-post-mortem/#comment-1679 I have that problem with one of my cats as well, but luckily I DO have an office door. :) I have that problem with one of my cats as well, but luckily I DO have an office door. :)

]]> Comment on Flowers n Bees by amber http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2007/12/09/flowers-n-bees/#comment-1678 amber Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:53:34 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2007/12/09/flowers-n-bees/#comment-1678 hey...i really would like to play this game...where do you think i can play...it looks fun and sounds fun too! hey…i really would like to play this game…where do you think i can play…it looks fun and sounds fun too!

]]> Comment on Goat Cookies-O-Rama! by Hamumu http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/19/goat-cookies-o-rama/#comment-1677 Hamumu Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:15:37 +0000 http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/2008/04/19/goat-cookies-o-rama/#comment-1677 Wow, the leftover pic could easily be an escher painting... sell prints of it! Wow, the leftover pic could easily be an escher painting… sell prints of it!

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