I participated in Ludum Dare #23 this past weekend with over 1000 others. It was a fun experience and I was able to chat with some great guys on the HaxePunk forums/IRC. Unfortunately my time was divided between LD and several other events over the weekend but I'm happy with what I ended up with. Check it out!
What went right
- Built on a simple concept
- Used tools I was familiar with (HaxePunk, MilkyTracker, Sublime Text 2)
- Had a working game with objective in the first few hours
- Used a real mouse for drawing instead of a touchpad
What could have been better
- My power was out for 2 hours
- I had several other events to attend over the weekend (besides church)
- The sound effects were last minute
Next time
- Have a laptop with a good battery (mine lasts 20 minutes...)
- Participate more in topic selection and blog posts