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I remember Lemmings! I remember getting into programming by trying to make games because of games like Lemmings! So where is the outlet? (I just did a search

• dmurray 3y ago
  Pretty sure Ludum Dare is still around; a friend competed in a recent one. The website looks a bit behind, with a YouTube video and calls for signups for a 2022 event. But the competition still seems to be running and got "an avalanche of submissions" for the most recent event in September 2023 [0]. Maybe you can find more about it on Reddit [1], and there's also mention of a Discord server. [0] https://flashlight13.medium.com/ludum-dare-54-hidden-gems-by-anton-potapov-c971a5746ee7 https://flashlight13.medium.com/ludum-dare-54-hidden-gems-by... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ludumdare/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ludumdare/
  • willvarfar 3y ago
    And the answer is: the organiser went and built a new website at https://ldjam.com https://ldjam.com and does a _really_ bad job of redirecting users to the new one. So all you see on the old main website is stale content and inactivity. :unimpressed_shrug:
• unwind 3y ago
  Dead? The schedule page [1] has recent and upcoming instances scheduled, at least: Ludum Dare 54 — September 29th - October 2nd, 2023 Ludum Dare 55 — April 12th - 14th, 2024 Ludum Dare 56 — October 4th - 7th, 2024 I never tried it, I don't have a quickly accessible game programming framework. Nor the time, heh. [1]: https://ludumdare.com/#schedule https://ludumdare.com/#schedule