So first up, what is Ludum Dare? Well it’s a little competition to design, develop and build a game within 48hrs! The idea is (in my mind at least) is not to have a polished piece of work, but to try and think about a simple and effective game, which, may I say, is bloody hard!
I’ve had a game idea bouncing around my head for a few years now and it’s a pretty challenging game; both to code, execute and play and guess what? I thought I would try and develop it for this challenge!
Although highly optimistic; this time, unlike other’s I didn’t get bogged down with making everything perfect, this time I moved on when I got stuck.
I got stuck a-lot, which ment I actually cut the game down to it’s bear basic, which is great because now I have two things. I have my submission for the challenge but I also have the foundations for my other project that’ll I’ll be working on!
Anyway, here is my submission it’s called “k3y”
The theme for this game and the only direction was the keyword “alone”
The game itself is very simple, take your key from the top of the map to the bottom and placing it into the portal by digging your way downwards, avoid the blocks that can’t be dug (red and orange). Oh and the theme; Alone, well you are alone in the game with only yourself to beat!
Instructions:
Use the WASD to move your character.
Use the mouse to remove blocks, but you are limited to a range around your character I.E. You can’t dig miles away from your man, so keep him close 
