Game Compo: ludumdare 48h

> On 27/4/06 at 15:00, Christoffer Enedahl
<christofferenedahl.com> wrote:
>
> > Ludum Dare is a game programming competition in
which entrants have 48
> > hours (one weekend) to create a game from scratch.
The theme of the game
> > will be announced at the beginning of the
competition, and more detailed
> > information can be found at  the rules page
> > <http://ludumdare
.com/rules.html>.
>
> Interesting. Macromedia Director is explicitly
permitted, although game
> engines and game libraries as such are not.
>
> Obviously to most/all of us, using Director would be a
significant head
> start over any of the other technologies mentioned. I
suppose that means
> that Director is still not regarded as a game engine in
the broader game
> dev community. Heh heh. Best kept secret? Maybe Adobe
doesn't know it
> either? :P

'game engines' aren't permitted, but animation and
drawing libraries are,
and that's Director. Director includes no explicit game
functions at all, so
I think it fits the profile perfectly.

Danny

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