From the Court: Ludum Dare to Today and the Ant Army!

[h3]Greetings, loyal subjects![/h3][h3][/h3][p]Welcome back to the court, we always love having you here every week![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Have you seen what the game looked like back in Ludum Dare?[/h3][p][/p][p]Ludum Dare is an online event where developers are challenge to create a game from scratch in a weekend! They've been around since 2002 and run every April and October with a specific theme. The Royal Writ was created as a part of Ludum Dare 55, how cool is that? And now here we are with a game that is being fully fledged right before our eyes. Here's some before and after screenshots of what the game looked like back then compared to where it is now - [/p][p][/p][p]The City Before[/p][p][/p][p]The City Now[/p][p][/p][p]You can really see how much has changed from the early days, this was back in early 2024![/p][p][/p][p]Shady Bargain Before[/p][p][/p][p]Shady Bargain Now[/p][p][/p][p]I don't think I can fangirl over the art style enough, it's so darn cute I need like 5 tattoos.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]One of our producers has achieved peak Ant.[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]These darn ants... pretty signific-ant if you ask me. There are definitely ants in Simon's pants about this. You can't be ignor-ant about the ant army... okay okay I'll stop.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Nottingham Video Games Expo - Thanks for coming by![/h3][p][/p][p]It was so much fun to meet you guys and watch your strategies, even some of you beating the demos! (So I've been told, I wasn't there. Sounded fun though, I'm not jealous or anything.) [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thank you for playing the game and for all your kind words! We're less than a week away from launch and really hope you're just as excited as we are![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This is me after this long week. And probably for the forseeable future as I have given my life away to The Royal Writ. It has consumed me. It's too addictive.[/p][p][/p]