Ludum Dare 21 winners

Re:Ludum Dare 21 winners by mrspeaker on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @11:29AM (#2991872)

I spent almost the full 48 hours watching Notch - and I thought his game would do better as well.

The thing that I like most about his effort (which of course has no bearing on the "goodness" of the game) is that he did it completely and entirely from scratch. Most of the other entries were "flash game using game library x with physics library y and random libraries i,j, and k".

He started with a blank project and added everything from his brain (not even consulting Google once!) It was absolutely amazing to watch.

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Re:Ludum Dare 21 winners by wccrawford on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @12:08PM (#2992063)

Yeah. I watched 4 hours (the first 4!) and skimmed another 10. Sadly, I missed it live and had to rely on what I found on the net. (Wish some help from people here and other sites.)

Watching him build the raycaster was a 'whoa, I definitely need to up my game' moment.

It also made it clear that he knew every aspect of game design inside and out.

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Re:Ludum Dare 21 winners by starwed on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @12:38PM (#2992192)

Well, sure, that's impressive in and of itself. But this contest is ultimately about the game, not the code.

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Re:Ludum Dare 21 winners by Ideka on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @02:57PM (#2992928)

Well, you know what they say: "To make something from scratch, you first have to create the universe". But I get your point, and I agree.

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