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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 2d

And the Ludum Dare 58 Jam has ended. It's now submission hour! Package up and submit your game now! Then, start playing and rating your peers games!

NOTE: If you're account is new, it may take a few minutes @distraction.engineer to approve you. Don't fret! They is on it! #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 2d

70 hours have passed! Two hours left in the Jam. Keep working until the deadline! Submission hour begins then. #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 3d

The Ludum Dare 58 Compo event has ended! It is now submission hour! Package up and submit your games now! Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam

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Snowdrama @snowdrama.bsky.social · 3d

#LDJam people! If you're using Unity: Make sure to do WebGL! If you hadn't seen Unity just disclosed that there is vulnerabilities in older versions that affect Desktop Windows/Linux/Max!

WebGL is better AND safer for everyone! It makes it so people don't need to download/setup anything to play!

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 3d

46 hours have passed.

The compo ends in 2 hours! Keep working until the deadline, as "Submission Hour" kicks off then. Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 3d

43 hours have passed.

The compo ends in 5 hours. Keep working until the deadline, as "Submission Hour" kicks off then. Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 5d

The Theme for Ludum Dare 58 is ...

Collector

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 5d

Ludum Dare 58's theme announcement is so very soon! #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 5d

Ludum Dare 58 kicks off in 6 hours! Cast your vote!

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 7d

Theme Voting Rounds 1 and 2 end in about 5'ish hours. Go cast your vote if you haven't yet!

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PS: if you need an invite code, see the latest news post. #LDJam

Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 8d

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Ludum Dare 58 Theme Voting rounds 1 and 2 are live. #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 8d

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Ludum Dare 58 Theme Voting rounds 1 and 2 are live. #LDJam

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Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · 18d

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I found that if I prop it up just right, with a certain charger, I'm able to charge my laptop.

Anyway, I made an #LDJam post. Letting it juice up some more before I edit other things for the event. Theme Suggestions open.

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Thinkpad with USB C cable wedged in port, laying against couch. One of the few ways I'm able to successfully charge it.

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Sep 4

Success level: Team Cherry. 🤯

Not many devs can say they took down Steam AND the Nintendo eShop.

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Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · Sep 4

Hahahahaha #Silksong

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Sep 4

We're proud of our small role in @teamcherry.bsky.social's lore, but more than anything we're just so extremely excited to play the sequel!!1 #HollowKnight #Silksong #LDJam

Screenshot of the game hungry knight, the jam game precursor to hollow knight, featuring the first appearance of the protagonist

The idea that prompted the creation of Hollow Knight originated in a game jam, Ludum Dare 2013, in which two of the game's developers, Ari Gibson and William Pellen, developed a game called Hungry Knight, whose main character's design eventually became the protagonist in Hollow Knight, kills bugs to stave off starvation.

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Sep 4

12 hours left... #Silksong

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Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · Jun 30

So uh, is anyone looking to hire a developer with an uncomfortable amount of knowledge about #atproto and #activitypub, experience building from scratch and running a social network (@ludumdare.com), hacking on GPU drivers/network protocols/the Linux kernel, plus a couple decades as a pro gamedev? 🤷

Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · Jun 30

Shit... no job. Ah well, you can't say I didn't try. 🤷

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · May 4

Check it out! @sarajs.games is playing your @gamemaker.io Ludum Dare games! #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · May 2

Ahem, I'd avoid calling him a coward though. #EpicMegaOS

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Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · May 2

Make a Linux distro you cowards. #EpicGames

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · May 2

The Epic Games Store will now take a 0% cut on the first $1M revenue earned.

(Epic Games Store blog)

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · May 2

If you still have one (🤢), go give this Tweet a like, and drop a comment @ Tim Sweeny daring or challenging him to make (fund) an "Epic" open source gaming Linux distro next. Everyone wins. 🐧 #EpicMegaOS

Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · May 2

One abuse of power later I've done my part. 😋 #EpicMegaOS

at ludum dare on twitter daring Tim Sweeny of epic games to make a gaming linux distro next

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GameMaker @gamemaker.io · May 1

All your games are in and @sarajs.games is downloading them so that they’re ready for the stream on Twitch Sun, May 4th, 2025 (16:00 BST).
Get a first look at a bunch of Ludum Dare games, and see what advice an expert developer gives them.
🔗 twitch.tv/sarajayess

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Apr 27

PS: Results for Ludum Dare 57 are live (at last). #LDJam

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Apr 27

If there was an #LDJam award for integrity, it goes to Nine Lives Deep. 🏆

Make Kasprzak 🦖🍁 @distraction.engineer · Apr 27

I have the CRAZIEST #LDJam story.

Simon, a creator of Nine Lives Deep reached out after noticing something was wrong with his ratings. He was afraid someone mass down-voted his game.

On the contrary, they mass upvoted dozens of games.

Guess what place Simon & co got? 🤦

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Apr 27

Apologies for the delay. @distraction.engineer is getting over their shock from what was discovered. Will share more another day. Results should be live within the hour.

Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Apr 26

Sincere apologies, but we wont be doing Live Results for Ludum Dare 57. We discovered some suspicious rating data we will be purging, but @distraction.engineer needs a bit more time to dump it for later analysis. 🚓

Stay tuned. All results should drop as scheduled, but TBD

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Apr 26

Correct. Plan is to simply release all results once the bad data is purged, and the top games are verified.

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · Apr 26

Sincere apologies, but we wont be doing Live Results for Ludum Dare 57. We discovered some suspicious rating data we will be purging, but @distraction.engineer needs a bit more time to dump it for later analysis. 🚓

Stay tuned. All results should drop as scheduled, but TBD

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