As you all should know by now, Ludum Dare 22 (<a href="http://www.ludumdare.com">http://www.ludumdare.com</a>) will be this upcoming weekend. I encourage you all to participate if possible, and remember, you don't have to be around all weekend. We will be in our room, Buchard 127, all weekend. Well, most of the weekend, starting at 9:00 pm Friday, December 16th, until 9:00pm Sunday December 18th (unless anyone is doing the 72 hour jam, which goes until Monday night).<div>
<br></div><div>If you do plan on participating, then take this next week to prepare. Set up your libraries, practice working with your tools, and make sure you know how to make a distributable copy of your game. Also, set up an account on the blog (<a href="http://www.ludumdare.com/compo">http://www.ludumdare.com/compo</a>) and make a post saying that you're entering and what you're using. You can look on the LD blog for examples. Most of the posts for the next week until Friday will be this. Also, Voting on themes will start on Monday, and everyday it is a new round of voting.</div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Read the rules!: </font><a href="http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/rules/">http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/rules/</a></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent">Read this if you want to make the most out of the weekend: <a href="http://sol.gfxile.net/ldsurvival.html" style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">http://sol.gfxile.net/ldsurvival.html</a></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent">Use this if you plan on doing Ludum Dare: <a href="http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html">http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html</a></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Read this because its a good article: <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2438/how_to_prototype_a_game_in_under_7_.php">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2438/how_to_prototype_a_game_in_under_7_.php</a></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Make Games,</div><div>Kenny</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PS: Here's all the links from my prototyping talk:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="background-color:transparent">
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://intermediaware.com/blog/why-prototyping-is-so-important-in-game-development" id="internal-source-marker_0.825853718444705"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://intermediaware.com/blog/why-prototyping-is-so-important-in-game-development</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://www.doolwind.com/blog/prototyping-tips/"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.doolwind.com/blog/prototyping-tips/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2438/how_to_prototype_a_game_in_under_7_.php"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2438/how_to_prototype_a_game_in_under_7_.php</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://sol.gfxile.net/ldsurvival.html"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://sol.gfxile.net/ldsurvival.html</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-book-lenses/dp/0123694965/"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-book-lenses/dp/0123694965/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><a href="http://gbgames.com/blog/2010/08/my-game-design-prototype-toolbox/"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://gbgames.com/blog/2010/08/my-game-design-prototype-toolbox/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/38377/Opinion_A_Few_Conceptual_Prototyping_Tips.php"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/38377/Opinion_A_Few_Conceptual_Prototyping_Tips.php</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4314/quick_and_dirty_prototyping_a_.php"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4314/quick_and_dirty_prototyping_a_.php</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<a href="http://www.indievision.biz/?p=1415"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.indievision.biz/?p=1415</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-big-list-of-game-design/">http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-big-list-of-game-design/<br>
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