{"author_link":"\/users\/hsandt","author_name":"hsandt","author_uid":1078886,"comments":[{"id":390874,"author_name":"TolMera","author_uid":"tolmera","epoch":1570526798,"text":"@hsandt\nI love the idea, and remember starting out monkey island with similarly no insults at my disposal.\nIt's worth keeping your voting open, and even if the game is not playable people can still look at the source for it art or sound (if there is any).  Or even your list of insults and comebacks (humour)\n\nAnyway, seemed like a cool idea! solid entry for the theme.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":399538,"author_name":"hsandt","author_uid":"hsandt","epoch":1570586072,"text":"Thank you! Unfortunately all the insults, etc. are just on paper, I didn't make any audio and the graphics and basically what you see now. But it seems I'm more motivated than last year to continue the game, although my submission started with even less. So you may see some change on itch.io at the end of the month.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld45\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1-windows.zip","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1-osx.zip","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1-linux.zip","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"74358","g_author":"1078886","g_event":"LD45","g_eventkey":"78","g_subevent":"UNFINISH","g_urlkey":"349634","g_title":"Wit Fighter","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"2","g_site2_node_id":"162693","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"162693","n_urlkey":"349634","n_parent":"159347","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/wit-fighter","n_slug":"wit-fighter","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"unfinish","n_author":"78886","n_created":"1569714649","n_modified":"1778342429","n_version":"513202","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD45","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":78886,"body":"![wit_fighter_v0.1_release_001.png](\/\/\/raw\/624\/31\/z\/27aa6.png)\n\nMy Ludum Dare 45 entry on the theme \"Start with nothing\".\n\nIt is an adaptation of Monkey Island's \"Insult swordfighting\", a discipline two opponents would throw insults and comebacks at each other. Despite the use of swords, the result of the fight would ultimately decided by how fitting the comebacks were during the verbal joust.\n\nIn this game there are no swords, just the insults, and it takes place in an office staircase full of hateful employees. You play a hackathon organizer seeking financial support from his sister, the CEO of the company, who works at the highest floor.\n\nThe link with the theme is that initially, the player character knows no insults at all, and must learn them on the go from his opponents.\n\nThis is unfortunately an unfinished game, which I can hopefully finish after the jam. See the [itch.io](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter) page and the [GitHub repo](https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45) for further development.\n\n## Jam entry state\n\nv0.1: The current game has almost no interactions as you can only select an empty dialogue line. It consists mostly of a static screen, but was uploaded as such to have something to show for the Ludum Dare.\n\nBecause of this, I withdrew the game from all voting categories. Otherwise, I would have applied for the Humor one.\n\n## How to play\n\n### Run the game\n\nThis game was made with [PICO-8](https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/pico-8.php), so there are different ways to play:\n- Download the HTML5 version below, or go to the [itch.io page](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter) to play in your browser\n- Download one of the release binaries below, or on [itch.io](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter) to play on Windows, OSX, Linux\n- If you own PICO-8, download the [.p8.png cartridge](https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1_release.p8.png) and run it inside PICO-8\n\nNote that the HTML5 and binary download links below refer directly to v0.1 on GitHub, so they match the exact version uploaded for the jam. For the latest versions (or for a nicer download UI), prefer the [itch.io page](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter), or possibly the [GitHub release page](https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases) (but it won't have nice descriptions).\n\n### Controls\n\nThe game is played with the keyboard.\n\n- Arrows: quote selection\n- Z\/C\/N (O button in PICO-8): confirm selection, continue dialogue\n- X\/V\/M (X button ins PICO-8): nothing, sorry!\n- Enter: pause\n\n## USP\n\nI intended to add the following features to innovate, although none can be seen since the game doesn't do anything:\n- Multiple replies can work against a given attack (in Monkey Island, only the opposite is true, and only when including the boss)\n- Attacks and replies have a level, which decides how much (mental) damage is dealt to the opponent\n- NPCs learn your quotes\n","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2019-10-09T01:54:32Z","created":"2019-09-28T23:50:49Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"grade":{"grade-01":1,"grade-02":1,"grade-03":2,"grade-04":2},"id":162693,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":165.83123951777,"feedback":2,"given":2.75,"grade":1.5,"smart":58.113883008419},"meta":{"author":[78886],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/624\/31\/z\/27959.png","grade-05-out":"1","grade-06-out":"1","grade-07-out":"1","grade-08-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45","link-01-tag":[42332],"link-02":"https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter","link-02-tag":[42336],"link-03":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1-windows.zip","link-03-tag":[42337],"link-04":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1-osx.zip","link-04-tag":[42339],"link-05":"https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1-linux.zip","link-05-tag":[42341]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-09T16:00:29Z","modified":"2026-05-09T16:00:29Z","name":"Wit Fighter","node-timestamp":"2019-10-07T21:16:57Z","parent":159347,"parents":[1,5,9,159347],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/wit-fighter","published":"2019-10-07T21:16:57Z","scope":"public","slug":"wit-fighter","subsubtype":"unfinished","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":513202},"text":"![wit_fighter_v0.1_release_001.png](\/\/\/raw\/624\/31\/z\/27aa6.png)\n\nMy Ludum Dare 45 entry on the theme \"Start with nothing\".\n\nIt is an adaptation of Monkey Island's \"Insult swordfighting\", a discipline two opponents would throw insults and comebacks at each other. Despite the use of swords, the result of the fight would ultimately decided by how fitting the comebacks were during the verbal joust.\n\nIn this game there are no swords, just the insults, and it takes place in an office staircase full of hateful employees. You play a hackathon organizer seeking financial support from his sister, the CEO of the company, who works at the highest floor.\n\nThe link with the theme is that initially, the player character knows no insults at all, and must learn them on the go from his opponents.\n\nThis is unfortunately an unfinished game, which I can hopefully finish after the jam. See the [itch.io](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter) page and the [GitHub repo](https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45) for further development.\n\n## Jam entry state\n\nv0.1: The current game has almost no interactions as you can only select an empty dialogue line. It consists mostly of a static screen, but was uploaded as such to have something to show for the Ludum Dare.\n\nBecause of this, I withdrew the game from all voting categories. Otherwise, I would have applied for the Humor one.\n\n## How to play\n\n### Run the game\n\nThis game was made with [PICO-8](https:\/\/www.lexaloffle.com\/pico-8.php), so there are different ways to play:\n- Download the HTML5 version below, or go to the [itch.io page](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter) to play in your browser\n- Download one of the release binaries below, or on [itch.io](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter) to play on Windows, OSX, Linux\n- If you own PICO-8, download the [.p8.png cartridge](https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases\/download\/v0.1\/wit_fighter_v0.1_release.p8.png) and run it inside PICO-8\n\nNote that the HTML5 and binary download links below refer directly to v0.1 on GitHub, so they match the exact version uploaded for the jam. For the latest versions (or for a nicer download UI), prefer the [itch.io page](https:\/\/hsandt.itch.io\/wit-fighter), or possibly the [GitHub release page](https:\/\/github.com\/hsandt\/LD45\/releases) (but it won't have nice descriptions).\n\n### Controls\n\nThe game is played with the keyboard.\n\n- Arrows: quote selection\n- Z\/C\/N (O button in PICO-8): confirm selection, continue dialogue\n- X\/V\/M (X button ins PICO-8): nothing, sorry!\n- Enter: pause\n\n## USP\n\nI intended to add the following features to innovate, although none can be seen since the game doesn't do anything:\n- Multiple replies can work against a given attack (in Monkey Island, only the opposite is true, and only when including the boss)\n- Attacks and replies have a level, which decides how much (mental) damage is dealt to the opponent\n- NPCs learn your quotes\n","title":"Wit Fighter","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/162501+162502+162503+162504+162505+162506+162507+162508+162509+162510+162511+162512+162513+162514+162515+162516+162517+162518+162519+162520+162521+162522+162523+162524+162525+162526+162527+162528+162529+162530+162531+162532+162533+162534+162535+162536+162537+162538+162539+162540+162541+162542+162543+162544+162545+162546+162547+162548+162549+162550+162551+162552+162553+162554+162555+162556+162557+162558+162559+162560+162561+162562+162563+162564+162565+162566+162567+162568+162569+162570+162571+162572+162573+162574+162575+162576+162577+162578+162579+162580+162581+162582+162583+162584+162585+162586+162587+162588+162589+162590+162591+162592+162593+162594+162595+162596+162597+162598+162599+162600+162601+162602+162603+162604+162605+162606+162607+162608+162609+162610+162611+162612+162613+162614+162615+162616+162617+162618+162619+162620+162621+162622+162623+162624+162625+162626+162627+162628+162629+162630+162631+162632+162633+162634+162635+162636+162637+162638+162639+162640+162641+162642+162643+162644+162645+162646+162647+162648+162649+162650+162651+162652+162653+162654+162655+162656+162657+162658+162659+162660+162661+162662+162663+162664+162665+162666+162667+162668+162669+162670+162671+162672+162673+162674+162675+162676+162677+162678+162679+162680+162681+162682+162683+162684+162685+162686+162687+162688+162689+162690+162691+162692+162693+162694+162695+162696+162697+162698+162699+162700+162701+162702+162703+162704+162705+162706+162707+162708+162709+162710+162711+162712+162713+162714+162715+162716+162717+162718+162719+162720+162721+162722+162723+162724+162725+162726+162727+162728+162729+162730+162731+162732+162733+162734+162735+162736+162737+162738+162739+162740+162741+162742+162743+162744+162745+162746+162747+162748+162749+162750+162751+162752+162753+162754+162755+162756+162757+162758+162759+162760+162761+162762+162763+162764+162765+162766+162767+162768+162769+162770+162771+162772+162773+162774+162775+162776+162777+162778+162779+162780+162781+162782+162783+162784+162785+162786+162787+162788+162789+162790+162791+162792+162793+162794+162795+162796+162797+162798+162799+162800+162801+162802+162803+162804+162805+162806+162807+162808+162809+162810+162811+162812+162813+162814+162815+162816+162817+162818+162819+162820+162821+162822+162823+162824+162825+162826+162827+162828+162829+162830+162831+162832+162833+162834+162835+162836+162837+162838+162839+162840+162841+162842+162843+162844+162845+162846+162847+162848+162849+162850+162851+162852+162853+162854+162855+162856+162857+162858+162859+162860+162861+162862+162863+162864+162865+162866+162867+162868+162869+162870+162871+162872+162873+162874+162875+162876+162877+162878+162879+162880+162881+162882+162883+162884+162885+162886+162887+162888+162889+162890+162891+162892+162893+162894+162895+162896+162897+162898+162899+162900+162901+162902+162903+162904+162905+162906+162907+162908+162909+162910+162911+162912+162913+162914+162915+162916+162917+162918+162919+162920+162921+162922+162923+162924+162925+162926+162927+162928+162929+162930+162931+162932+162933+162934+162935+162936+162937+162938+162939+162940+162941+162942+162943+162944+162945+162946+162947+162948+162949+162950+162951+162952+162953+162954+162955+162956+162957+162958+162959+162960+162961+162962+162963+162964+162965+162966+162967+162968+162969+162970+162971+162972+162973+162974+162975+162976+162977+162978+162979+162980+162981+162982+162983+162984+162985+162986+162987+162988+162989+162990+162991+162992+162993+162994+162995+162996+162997+162998+162999+163000?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/b0\/b0226d685516966be2ffb0db33dd3a392554156240b2d2e097672b947cc025b0","record":"shard-0\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/282f11d3f37ff9d0366dcad4d11b4ee8040d213ff6e60f905ac478694757e27e.json","sha256":"b0226d685516966be2ffb0db33dd3a392554156240b2d2e097672b947cc025b0","source":"https","stored_at":1784022237}}