Mike Kasprzak, the organizer of Ludum Dare, announced recently that all Ludum Dare events planned for 2025 are now cancelled.
That doesn’t mean Ludum Dare is dead, but I wont be running any events this year, nor will I be able to assist with things related to it (not for several months).
He then explains about his struggles to find a full-time job that would cover his life expenses and also allow him to run Ludum Dare at the same time. I was personally struggling with similar thoughts about js13kGames last year, but luckily was able to team up with the fine folks at OP Games to lead OP Guild, which fixes most of the issues.
It seems Ludum Dare community quickly responded with kindness and donations, as only a few days later Mike published another post to stay tuned as maybe not everything is lost. I’m hoping he’ll figure out the best way out of the current situation, no matter if it means continuing or stopping Ludum Dare events in the future.
HTML5 Game Developer, Enclave Games indie studio founder, js13kGames competition creator and Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter publisher. Mozilla Tech Speaker, Gamedev.js community firestarter. Organizes meetups / workshops / hackathons in Poland, passionate about new, Open Web technologies, excited about WebXR and PWAs. Likes eating sushi and playing Neuroshima Hex.
