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TRUTH OF DARE

Edge

July 2022

After 20 years and 50 game jams, Ludum Dare is still shaping the industry

- ALEX SPENCER

When Daniel Mullins took to the stage at March's Independent Games Festival Awards, amid all the usual family members and collaborators thanked during his four acceptance speeches for awards for Inscryption was a more surprising name: Mike Kasprzak. At least, it was a surprise to Kasprzak, who is a fan of Mullins' debut game Pony Island but isn't sure he has ever actually met or spoken to the man.

At the time of his IGF cameo, Kasprzak was busy preparing for the 50th instalment of the Ludum Dare game jam, an event that marked its 20th year. And it's this which secured Kasprzak's place in the acceptance speech. Inscryption started life as a Ludum Dare game, as did Pony Island. On the night, Mullins was fairly clear about its importance: "I actually don't think I would be doing indie games if it wasn't for Ludum Dare".

He's not the only one. Ludum Dare has long been a testing ground for indie-game royalty, the likes of Terry Cavanagh and Edmund McMillen. It features in the origin stories of Hollow Knight, Mini Metro, and Papers, Please among many others, and has played a role in the founding of studios across the world, including Shiro Games in France, Free Lives in South Africa, and Death's Door developer Acid Nerve in the UK.

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