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Ludum Dare 41 – Combine 2 Incompatible Genres (Part 2)

Published April 25, 2018 by Darren Kearney

Here I write about my second day of the gamejam weekend. Part 1 is here. Happy Accidents On the second day of the gamejam, I had a scheduling mishap. I had convinced myself that I had band practice and took some notes for the game in the morning. After I went into town and learned of my mistake I decided to use it as an opportunity for learning. Knowing practically nothing about how a café or tea room actually works I reckoned it would be a good first step to organize a short meeting with some people who run such a business. My research hat on, I set out for a place that serves tea and has a relaxing atmosphere…

Ludum Dare 41 – Combine 2 Incompatible Genres (Part 1)

Published April 21, 2018 by Darren Kearney

This theme is fantastic – it drives creativity. Simply by getting you to juxtapose genres in a particular way to see what doesn’t fit! Then think of idea’s that are achievable in the given time. Repeat until you land on something you think might be fun and wow, it’s already going to be fun simply on the merit of it’s wacky genre combination. I’ve started to work on a Turn-Based Strategy Game that is actually a Text Adventure made using Twine. We’ll see where it gets to by the end of the jam. I started working on it after dinner. Here’s some screenshots as I log off for the day: