Some developers have all the time in the world to finish their creations, but the Ludum Dare challenges creators to piece together a video game in a very strict, rather ridiculous window: 48 hours or less.
This year’s Ludum Dare finished earlier this week, with more than 700 developers submitting projects, all of which are available online.
Several notable developers worked within this year’s “Alone” theme, including Makcus “Notch” Persson, who contributed Minicraft, an overhead 2D game much like Minecraft.
If you’ve played most of this year’s big games already, there’s a whole slew of weirdness waiting for you on the Ludum Dare website.
I haven’t had much time to sort through them yet, but if any catch your eye, please let me know!