If you follow the indie gaming scene, you're most likely aware of the fact that the 22nd Ludum Dare, a 48-hour game development competition, was this weekend. A per usual, a theme was given at the start of the event and participants had 2 days to build a qualifying game from the ground up. This year's theme was "Alone."
Internet darling Markus "Notch" Perrson decided to livestream his efforts and, as always, it's quite impressive to see it all in action. His offering, Minicraft, takes some obvious bits from its voxelated big brother -- crafting, zombies, slimes, mining -- but it does have its own personality.
I wish we could take a look at each of the over 600 entrants, but... damn that's a lot. If you see anything particularly exciting though, let us know below!
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9:00 PM on 12.18.2011 | 
aren't you guys supposed to report things like this?
I'm not sure, I've wanted a decent news platform for indie games for a while.
IndieGames.com
TIGSource
IndieDB
Go nuts.
"Mmmm, this years topic, death? Ooh, minecraft!"
"Mmmm, this years topic, taxes? ooh, minecraft!".
>_>
PS: You're a dickhead.
P.S. You're a bitch :)
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Liam, I'm going to have a look at the contestans of this round, and I'm sure I'm gonna find many developers who could use more publicity than Notch. What would have been nice would have been something like Dtoid's personal top 5 or something. Consider it.
You can also try
Pixelprospector.com
Playthisthing.com
Jayisgames.com
DIYGamer.com
I would certainly love to see a destructoid top X list, Would be really nice if Destructoid did more Ludum Dare coverage in general.
Watching Notch code that game yesterday was almost like the equivalent of the nerd Superbowl. This could seriously be an Event, where as now its still something but only if you know of its existence.
I say bring it to the masses! Make it happen Destructoid!
thanks very much for those ^_^