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Annual Ludum Dare Independent Game Competition

Posted by michael on from the sore-fingers dept.

pyman writes "The 4th Ludum Dare game competition is being held over the April 16-18 weekend. A forum discussion can be found here, and you may register your details here. Previous compos have spawned some interesting games, as well as provided a unique insight into the creative process of the programmer mind."

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  1. Why?? Why?? by Apreche · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why is everything cool the same weekend? I'm missing triple points weekend at media play and now this. All because I'm going to Penguicon Oh well.

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  2. the closest i ever got... by trmj · · Score: 5, Funny

    to making a game was writing a RPG in basic on my TI-89 calculator.

    Now that I look back on it, I don't have to wonder why I failed that math class...

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    1. Re:the closest i ever got... by OldSchoolNapster · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wrote a fully functional 2 player Pong game on a TI-89. I failed alot more than my math class in the process but it was totally worth it.

      Computer Science rules!

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  3. Great, just great.. by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had planned on washing my car today. Now, I'm going to spend the rest of the afternoon playing "Sheep Wars."

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  4. New for this conference... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I predict methane will be found, in large quantities.