{"author_link":"\/author\/gafblizzard\/","author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","comments":[{"author_name":"fatattack82","author_uid":"36797","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:39am","epoch":1440380040,"text":"This is by far the funniest idea i found while browsing through submissions. I'd go with Option A since B is sorta just making an online DnD program"},{"author_name":"sythe2o0","author_uid":"54627","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:11am","epoch":1440381960,"text":"Pretty cool idea. Maybe would have liked a bit more content, but hey, that might be a reason to push the idea into a bigger timeframe than 2 days."},{"author_name":"OccamsRazor","author_uid":"32648","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:16am","epoch":1440382260,"text":"This was an awesome concept for a game, and very well presented. Took me a little while to figure out what I was doing, but I got there.\r\rGreat ending :P"},{"author_name":"rogual","author_uid":"771","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:27am","epoch":1440382920,"text":"Ha ha! I liked this, played it to the end.\r\rIt's a really fun idea. I mean, it's LD, so it's very small as it is, but you can see there's a lot of things you could add to a game like this. I'd like it if players could keep their items and use them later, for instance. And there seemed to be no penalty for just throwing a massive healing party when the players got low on health.\r\rBut I found the simple rules didn't really matter as I found myself making up little scenarios on each turn. Like, the party enters a blobcave, or the party enters the spiders' treasury. Three players get spiders, one gets the treasure!\r\rReally nice work man."},{"author_name":"AlariSilver","author_uid":"57432","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:46am","epoch":1440384060,"text":"My first reaction is Option B, because hey, more online D&D is not a bad thing! But I'm going to have to say that Option A is a better choice mainly because of online trolls who wreck the game for everyone else."},{"author_name":"dollarone","author_uid":"45147","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 2:50am","epoch":1440384300,"text":"Nice! As a former DM this hit the spot:) Good interpretation of the theme!"},{"author_name":"9.ar7k","author_uid":"56652","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:19am","epoch":1440393240,"text":"interesting concept."},{"author_name":"Evergreen Games","author_uid":"47043","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:57am","epoch":1440395520,"text":"Would love to see this as a full game. i would go with both options."},{"author_name":"guoboism","author_uid":"24432","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 6:30am","epoch":1440397500,"text":"Nice. Potentials"},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:38am","epoch":1440401580,"text":"I really liked this, pretty great and new. I haven't personally seen this done before. A little more information would be great. (e.g. are my players happy\/sad\/angry) Lots of potential here to expand"},{"author_name":"MagnusFurcifer","author_uid":"56627","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:56am","epoch":1440402660,"text":"I'd also like to see this fleshed out as it's a very interesting concept!.\r\rAlso my vote would be for option B :)"},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:56am","epoch":1440406260,"text":"This is cute. It would definitely be neater with a player management aspect to it. I therefore vote option A."},{"author_name":"qkerguelen","author_uid":"50295","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:11pm","epoch":1440428760,"text":"Very fun entry! I didn't expected the end, and the RNG was quite fun (it took me about 2 minutes for the green player to beat his first monster...) Well done!"},{"author_name":"SojaBird","author_uid":"31667","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:21pm","epoch":1440429360,"text":"Hahaha omg this is so simple yet so fun :p\rI fought the monster at level 4 and got killed by 100 rolls xD\r\rAlso don't try defeating the bat when you are level 1 :p lol\r\r\rGreat idea, fun sound and graphics.\rCool stuff!\r\rWould be need to have the selection remain to make it work a bit faster.\r\rOverall pretty nice!"},{"author_name":"UncleChris","author_uid":"45712","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1440431100,"text":"I LOVE this, as a DM myself, so surprised that idea of monster never made me think that way - AWESOME. LOVED this game and very well made "combat" system. This has some great potential."},{"author_name":"Nate","author_uid":"50898","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1440435540,"text":"This is a very neat idea. I would suggest you go with option A. Option B would be fun, but there is already a game like that being made called Sword Coast Legends."},{"author_name":"Parappa","author_uid":"20543","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1440435660,"text":"It is like Knights of Pen and Paper lite. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"stahlmanDesign","author_uid":"49932","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1440436740,"text":"Really cool. Game seems polished given the constraints. Great idea. Fun. Sound is cool too, especially dice rolling."},{"author_name":"Kaadmy","author_uid":"54555","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1440438540,"text":"Seems nice, but needs flash to run."},{"author_name":"imdigitaljim","author_uid":"40038","time":"Aug 24, 2015 @ 7:32pm","epoch":1440444420,"text":"I'd be a terrible DM! Really cool game though"},{"author_name":"HellBlazer","author_uid":"29335","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 3:00am","epoch":1440471300,"text":"Hah, nice ending and very original idea. \r\rCould definitely be interesting if developed further. I think both options you outline have potential, though for my personal taste I'm more interested in option A."},{"author_name":"terop","author_uid":"56621","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 5:35am","epoch":1440480600,"text":"catchy music. not sure if i would play this too long though..."},{"author_name":"pixzleone","author_uid":"44497","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:07am","epoch":1440482520,"text":"that was nice :) \rmusic and sounds really fit in\rgraphics were nice\rGood job :)"},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:12am","epoch":1440482820,"text":"I admit that, whilst I get the concept, I'm not familiar enough with the DnD type of rules to know what any of the abbreviations or anything mean. I mostly just clicked about.\r\rAlthough you are the DM, you are really developing the players, choosing to nurture, nourish or hurt them. A developed game could have AI players but with an attempt at character richness and a feeling of dialog between DM and players as you 'develop' them?"},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:28am","epoch":1440494580,"text":"Consistent style and font, calming music, and slick juicy animations. it sorta feels like a pokemon\/rpg type game where you are leveling up your party. It lacks a concrete consistent challenge other than figuring out the system and lose\/win conditions - but I guess you know it. (Figuring out how it works was actually pretty fun though due to your polish)\r\r I think it has potential to be something fresh in the simulation style game, so "A" - plus with other humans means you need to have a big playerbase or friends. I think just dropping the DM as a monster would help the game - focusing on the goal being making the game fun for your party members."},{"author_name":"Nikteddy92","author_uid":"12659","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:41am","epoch":1440495360,"text":"Yes, I'm a dm and I confirm that.. I'M THE MONSTER!\rBtw nice idea! Simple gameplay and enjoyable!\rWell done!"},{"author_name":"flatgub","author_uid":"27519","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:11am","epoch":1440497160,"text":"Awesome idea, I had a while where i wasn't quite sure what to do, but i really enjoyed it once i figured it out! Also I choose option A!"},{"author_name":"fullmontis","author_uid":"21736","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1440504900,"text":"Cool little game, I love it. I think though it needs some balance cause it is rather easy to exploit the mechanics, even if there is a joke ending. I laughed out loud at the ending."},{"author_name":"MrNyarlathotep","author_uid":"56069","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1440506940,"text":"Maybe you could merge Option A with Option B?\rHave something like drop in \/ out multiplayer, and whichever 'archetype' slot you fill limits the actions you can take?\rI liked it!"},{"author_name":"andyman404","author_uid":"45696","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 6:23pm","epoch":1440526680,"text":"Fun game. Hahaha. Build up the players' confidence and make them think they're all that, and then squash them. :) I vote option A."},{"author_name":"uvwar","author_uid":"40468","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:00pm","epoch":1440528900,"text":"I had no idea what I was doing for a long time, then I realized the players were leveling up!"},{"author_name":"JoseArias","author_uid":"55992","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1440532620,"text":"Very original! And the end is great haha"},{"author_name":"mantis","author_uid":"779","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1440538680,"text":"Sweet game!"},{"author_name":"Tijn","author_uid":"49432","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 6:07am","epoch":1440568920,"text":"Haha, I laughed so hard when I reached the end. Well, one of the endings I suppose. I levelled the party up until they were all level 4 and then threw in the monster. Had a good laugh :) Well done!"},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 8:30am","epoch":1440577500,"text":"Dropbox seems to be having issues right now but I'll post again if the site starts working."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 8:35am","epoch":1440577800,"text":"That was fast, it's working again!"},{"author_name":"khahem","author_uid":"5209","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 8:45am","epoch":1440578400,"text":"This is a very cool idea, I agree that personalities would be a great addition, angry unlucky people and things like this,\rbut we can already feel the bigger idea here. An extended version would be cool.\r\rAs for the question, Option A feels more original and compelling to me, more puzzley.\rOption B seems hard to manage, being obnoxious to other people and still having everyone enjoy the game seems difficult."},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 4:57pm","epoch":1440607920,"text":"Great idea! I couldn't get to a second ending tough!"},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1440624480,"text":"Well, since you replied to me in my post I'll continue here :P How the hell do you beat a monster with 100hp?? They can only evolve to level 4, and whatever I do after that doesn't seem to change more."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1440624840,"text":"@Zccc, replied on your page -- the players can't beat the monster, but if they're all alive, one ending explains why this is. It's just a silly joke. :P I'll probably remove that aspect if I develop the concept further."},{"author_name":"demogorgon","author_uid":"54467","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1440625860,"text":"I like it a lot. Kinda used to the game being the DM, and you getting screwed over than getting to screw over a bunch of adventurers, or perhaps just leveling them up, so the inversion is quite fun."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1440626880,"text":"As already mentioned on IRC, I think you can make something nice out of this prototype. If it had the features you had planned, it would be an awesome game. I'm giving you some extra Overall points for the potential.\r\rAs for your question, why not both?"},{"author_name":"Geckoo1337","author_uid":"35835","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 5:02am","epoch":1440651420,"text":"Awesome concept for a game, and very well presented. Well done ++"},{"author_name":"zuurr","author_uid":"7728","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 6:06am","epoch":1440655260,"text":"i like this game, and think the idea is strong. more variation in player actions would have been helpful as would more endings. barring that, having a mood stat of each player to manage would be cool too. \r\rsince you asked me in irc i'll go into detail.\r\ri think a fun stat management game could be made out of this style. it would be interesting since you'd have to manage both in game stats and out of game stats. this may lead to too many stats but if you paced it well it would not be overwhelming. if you did this with personalities it might be neat too, especially if they could be procedurally generated.\r\rand opt. a is pretty clearly better imo. people who play dnd online already use tabletop sim and it doesnt sound like youd be able to offer anything significantly better (but i could be wrong?).\r\rand 5 stars on theme because a monster who sends his fellow monsters to their doom is especially monstrous."},{"author_name":"Razoric","author_uid":"27935","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1440689160,"text":"This was fantastic. One of my favorite submissions so far. Give me a full game of this!"},{"author_name":"DuzDuz","author_uid":"56985","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1440707760,"text":"cool concept, I would prefer Option A & B!"},{"author_name":"richardjs","author_uid":"55877","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 2:09am","epoch":1440727440,"text":"Great idea for the theme. The graphics were a little hard to interpret at first, but I like the style and once I got used to them they worked fine. I was upset\/confused after fighting the monster, but then the ending happened and I felt better."},{"author_name":"DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!","author_uid":"56318","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 10:24am","epoch":1440843540,"text":"Very nice concept!"},{"author_name":"Arche-san","author_uid":"50608","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1440851880,"text":"Nice concept!\rI vote for option A."},{"author_name":"Dizzyman572","author_uid":"35620","time":"Aug 29, 2015 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1440864420,"text":"Haha, loved the concept as it reminds me of my rpg days. :D"},{"author_name":"Biruts","author_uid":"25209","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1441125780,"text":"Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy."},{"author_name":"GAFBlizzard","author_uid":"12278","time":"Sep 15, 2015 @ 1:12am","epoch":1442279220,"text":"Thanks to everyone who rated! I'm super happy since this is probably the best I've ever done in a Ludum Dare, and I'm working on a full game now. :)"}],"images":["ld33\/12278-4dbc72eec61f44e40a8cfcc396b03f26.jpg","ld33\/12278-1c11c2dc2e534bd26524f4de17455a01.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/21575115\/ld33\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/21575115\/ld33\/bliz_ld33_source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"7956","g_author":"12278","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"7989","g_title":"You are the GM","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"241","g_commentcount":"52","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/12278-shot0-1440379256.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/12278-shot1-1440379256.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"September 16, 2015 update: I am working on a full game based on this idea and (at least primarily) option A. Thanks to all who voted!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGet all your adventurers to reach level 4 and fight the monster. There is a way to lose. There are two ways to win.\r\n\r\nIt took me hours to think of something I wanted to try with this theme. If I had more time, I wanted to at minimum add personalities to the adventurers. One might ragequit if they saw spiders, another might ragequit if a healing potion gets used, another might get bored if a slime is used at a high level, and so forth. The idea was to make a sort of puzzle out of managing a troublesome group of players, possibly with amusing voiceovers. I didn't get to voiceovers either.\r\n\r\n*** IF YOU READ THIS DESCRIPTION, PLEASE SHARE YOUR OPINION IN A COMMENT: ***\r\nThere is obviously not much in the game right now. If I were to make a full-featured game using the GM and adventurers idea, would that be a game you would be interested in? If so, please include one of the following two options in a comment:\r\n\r\n* Option A, GM versus computer adventurers.\r\n Focus on managing adventurers with different personalities \/ character builds.\r\n\r\n* Option B, GM versus human players.\r\n Focus on making obnoxious surprises for other players in multiplayer, maybe taking turns as the GM.\r\n (The downside of multiplayer is finding other people online to play with, of course)","title":"You are the GM"}