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Results for Ludum Dare 58 are now live!

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See you again next year, April 17th, for Ludum Dare 59!! #LDJam

(Fingers crossed @distraction.engineer will be employed then because *oof*, 2025 has really sucked for them and expenses)
Results for Ludum Dare 58 are now live!

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See you again next year, April 17th, for Ludum Dare 59!! #LDJam

(Fingers crossed @distraction.engineer will be employed then because *oof*, 2025 has really sucked for them and expenses)
October 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Please give this game some love!! Due to an unfortunate incident, no ratings were recorded for this Ludum Dare 58 game. The issue has been since resolved, but regrettably this game still got stuck without a final rating. 🤦‍♂️ #LDJam

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October 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Results for Ludum Dare 58 *should* be up earlier than the countdown clock suggests. @distraction.engineer just needs to verify there's nothing fishy.

2-3 hours if all goes smoothly, much longer if not. #LDJam
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October 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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
October 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
70 hours have passed! Two hours left in the Jam. Keep working until the deadline! Submission hour begins then. #LDJam
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Ludum Dare 58 Compo event has ended! It is now submission hour! Package up and submit your games now! Jammers keep jamming. #LDJam
October 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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#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!
October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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
October 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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
October 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Theme for Ludum Dare 58 is ...

Collector

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October 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ludum Dare 58's theme announcement is so very soon! #LDJam
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October 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ludum Dare 58 kicks off in 6 hours! Cast your vote!

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October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
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Ludum Dare 58 Theme Voting rounds 1 and 2 are live. #LDJam

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October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
😵‍💫 ...

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

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September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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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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September 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
12 hours left... #Silksong
September 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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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? 🤷
June 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Check it out! @sarajs.games is playing your @gamemaker.io Ludum Dare games! #LDJam
May 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
One abuse of power later I've done my part. 😋 #EpicMegaOS
May 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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
May 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
PS: Results for Ludum Dare 57 are live (at last). #LDJam

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April 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If there was an #LDJam award for integrity, it goes to Nine Lives Deep. 🏆
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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April 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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.
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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April 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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

ldjam.com/events/ludum...
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April 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM