Ludum Dare is a regular accelerated solo game development competition. Entrants develop games from scratch in 48 hours, based on a theme suggested by community.
Ludum Dare was founded by Geoff Howland, and held it’s first competition in April of 2002. Since then, the community has run more than 15 regular competitions, creating well over 1000 games in 48 hours and less.
The competition attracts developers from all sides of the industry. Students, hobbyists, industry professionals from many well respected game studios, as well as many independent game developers.
For many people, it can be difficult to find or make the time create a game or prototype for yourself. We’re here to be your excuse.
The Ludum Dare competition and website are currently maintained by Mike Kasprzak (PoV) acting as figurehead, and Phil Hassey (philhassey) handling most of the site administration and programming. In addition, fellow moderators Mike Hommel (Hamumu) and Seth Robinson (mrfun) play a major role in all things related.
But as much as we do, the community is essential to the competition.