Ludum Dare

Cloudflare Account Review: Hi Michael, I'm on the account team here. I noticed Ludum Dare is currently...

Ludum Dare's data is on Akamai/Linode, but some of my things are on CloudFlare.

Welp, I've been "chosen" by CloudFlare Accounting for a "Account Review"—something I don't have time for as I continue struggling to find work 😢—so my sincerest apologies for any personal and #LDJam service outages. 😖

Happy 10th Advent of Code!

Two good changes: *ONLY* 12 days of puzzles (meaning we all have a better 100% chance), and though they've axed the global leaderboards (gee thanks for ruining them AI 😖), they kept the private ones. 👍

So yes, I will be sharing a private leaderboard for #LDJam & friends.

Results for Ludum Dare 58 are now live!

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See you again next year, April 17th, for Ludum Dare 59!! #LDJam

(Fingers crossed @distraction.engineer will be employed then because *oof*, 2025 has really sucked for them and expenses)

Please give this game some love!! Due to an unfortunate incident, no ratings were recorded for this Ludum Dare 58 game. The issue has been since resolved, but regrettably this game still got stuck without a final rating. 🤦‍♂️ #LDJam

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Results for Ludum Dare 58 *should* be up earlier than the countdown clock suggests. @distraction.engineer just needs to verify there's nothing fishy.

2-3 hours if all goes smoothly, much longer if not. #LDJam

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And the Ludum Dare 58 Jam has ended. It's now submission hour! Package up and submit your game now! Then, start playing and rating your peers games!

NOTE: If you're account is new, it may take a few minutes @distraction.engineer to approve you. Don't fret! They is on it! #LDJam

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70 hours have passed! Two hours left in the Jam. Keep working until the deadline! Submission hour begins then. #LDJam

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The Ludum Dare 58 Compo event has ended! It is now submission hour! Package up and submit your games now! Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam

#LDJam people! If you're using Unity: Make sure to do WebGL! If you hadn't seen Unity just disclosed that there is vulnerabilities in older versions that affect Desktop Windows/Linux/Max!

WebGL is better AND safer for everyone! It makes it so people don't need to download/setup anything to play!

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46 hours have passed.

The compo ends in 2 hours! Keep working until the deadline, as "Submission Hour" kicks off then. Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam

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43 hours have passed.

The compo ends in 5 hours. Keep working until the deadline, as "Submission Hour" kicks off then. Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam

The Theme for Ludum Dare 58 is ...

Collector

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Ludum Dare 58's theme announcement is so very soon! #LDJam

Final Round Theme Voting

Ludum Dare 58 kicks off in 6 hours! Cast your vote!

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Theme Voting Rounds 1 and 2 end in about 5'ish hours. Go cast your vote if you haven't yet!

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PS: if you need an invite code, see the latest news post. #LDJam

Theme Voting!

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Ludum Dare 58 Theme Voting rounds 1 and 2 are live. #LDJam

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Thinkpad with USB C cable wedged in port, laying against couch. One of the few ways I'm able to successfully charge it.

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I found that if I prop it up just right, with a certain charger, I'm able to charge my laptop.

Anyway, I made an #LDJam post. Letting it juice up some more before I edit other things for the event. Theme Suggestions open.

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Success level: Team Cherry. 🤯

Not many devs can say they took down Steam AND the Nintendo eShop.

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Screenshot of the game hungry knight, the jam game precursor to hollow knight, featuring the first appearance of the protagonist

The idea that prompted the creation of Hollow Knight originated in a game jam, Ludum Dare 2013, in which two of the game's developers, Ari Gibson and William Pellen, developed a game called Hungry Knight, whose main character's design eventually became the protagonist in Hollow Knight, kills bugs to stave off starvation.

We're proud of our small role in @teamcherry.bsky.social's lore, but more than anything we're just so extremely excited to play the sequel!!1 #HollowKnight #Silksong #LDJam

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12 hours left... #Silksong

So uh, is anyone looking to hire a developer with an uncomfortable amount of knowledge about #atproto and #activitypub, experience building from scratch and running a social network (@ludumdare.com), hacking on GPU drivers/network protocols/the Linux kernel, plus a couple decades as a pro gamedev? 🤷

Check it out! @sarajs.games is playing your @gamemaker.io Ludum Dare games! #LDJam

Ahem, I'd avoid calling him a coward though. #EpicMegaOS

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If you still have one (🤢), go give this Tweet a like, and drop a comment @ Tim Sweeny daring or challenging him to make (fund) an "Epic" open source gaming Linux distro next. Everyone wins. 🐧 #EpicMegaOS

All your games are in and @sarajs.games is downloading them so that they’re ready for the stream on Twitch Sun, May 4th, 2025 (16:00 BST).
Get a first look at a bunch of Ludum Dare games, and see what advice an expert developer gives them.
🔗 twitch.tv/sarajayess

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PS: Results for Ludum Dare 57 are live (at last). #LDJam

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If there was an #LDJam award for integrity, it goes to Nine Lives Deep. 🏆

Apologies for the delay. @distraction.engineer is getting over their shock from what was discovered. Will share more another day. Results should be live within the hour.

Correct. Plan is to simply release all results once the bad data is purged, and the top games are verified.

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Sincere apologies, but we wont be doing Live Results for Ludum Dare 57. We discovered some suspicious rating data we will be purging, but @distraction.engineer needs a bit more time to dump it for later analysis. 🚓

Stay tuned. All results should drop as scheduled, but TBD

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