On the Growth of Ludum Dare and the Selection of Themes by Crowbeak

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made by Crowbeak for LD33 (COMPO)
Made in Twine. Sound effects made in BFXR, graphics hand-painted in Paintrush, a Mac program functionally equivalent to MS Paint. (Except my avatar, used at the end to credit myself.)

Ratings

Coolness 78% 2
Overall 3.20 398
Audio 2.28 613
Fun 3.16 367
Graphics 2.28 829
Humor 4.35 14
Innovation 3.50 172
Mood 3.17 343
Theme 3.00 686

Feedback

JoeProgram
24. Aug 2015 · 03:12 UTC
I chain slaughtered Chain Reaction. Hilarious!
GAFBlizzard
24. Aug 2015 · 08:18 UTC
Kind of hilarious and kind of reflects my own feelings.
peterthehe
24. Aug 2015 · 09:11 UTC
A lovely take on LD life. I can relate to it on *almost* every level (including FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)
Techblogogy
24. Aug 2015 · 09:44 UTC
LudumDare Simulator 2015. 5/5 on Humor
danialias
24. Aug 2015 · 14:56 UTC
Haha, that was nice. TIME WARP! Now I can try a different route (and hopefully anger Crowbeak to level 8 :D)
0x0961h
24. Aug 2015 · 18:16 UTC
10/10, would play again.
PTSnoop
24. Aug 2015 · 19:09 UTC
Well, that was... refreshingly meta.
hissssssssss
25. Aug 2015 · 02:05 UTC
I was pretty stubborn about insisting the narrator is stubborn.
wg_phancock
25. Aug 2015 · 04:42 UTC
Hahaha So.very.meta.

I think you proved that all of us are monsters for voting for this theme.
Tuism
25. Aug 2015 · 05:57 UTC
So meta, great writing! :)

There are a few great tidbits of info in there, and I liked the way your choices seemed to matter, which is a great thing for a text adventure. Sounds were great, and the emoticons were excellent too.

Seems to be quite a deep branch! Gotta check it out again :)
cowboycolor
25. Aug 2015 · 06:17 UTC
Oh my gawsh :D
madjackmcmad
25. Aug 2015 · 08:30 UTC
Murder Chain Reaction over and over again!
Jelinib
25. Aug 2015 · 08:37 UTC
Funny and yet insightful! Especially since I'm new to Ludum Dare, this helped me learn more about its history. The emoticons did their jobs very well--very creative! Glad I played this. Thanks!
ruerob
25. Aug 2015 · 10:43 UTC
Thank you for this game! I like how it takes up some little things which happen every LD. Like the screaming about the 'bad' theme.
CheesyRamen
25. Aug 2015 · 11:15 UTC
I really enjoyed this! Makes for a good introduction to those new to Ludum Dare!
Also, it made me feel like a monster for constantly trolling the narrator ;)
UncleChris
25. Aug 2015 · 19:06 UTC
I really liked your point of view, such a cool way to play with the themes and being a "monster" about them. Thanks!
Sparrow
25. Aug 2015 · 20:31 UTC
*claps*
I laughed so hard at this! Great job!
hdong
25. Aug 2015 · 23:10 UTC
That was quite enjoyable and thought-provoking. Turned out to be way deeper than I expected. I'm new to Ludum Dare and I found this quite informational as well. Nice game!
Shackhal
25. Aug 2015 · 23:32 UTC
Refreshing game. I can only thinks that the theme is referring as the one who plays the game. After all, we are the monsters who choose the theme hahaha.

Of course, the graphics are below average, but you don't care about that, right? Anyways, it was fun. I only rage you to 6 on the second play. First was 1. After all, I'm a veteran too xD

Overall, the game passes.
squarepug
26. Aug 2015 · 10:07 UTC
Ha this made me smile. I actually "played" it twice to go on a different journey thru it, you've put a surprising amount of depth in it :D
Nikteddy92
26. Aug 2015 · 15:38 UTC
What da.. Ok I got it!
(epic chain reaction joke lol)
(I agree with you, I don't really like this theme but in the end I found a nice idea! :D)
BTW funny entry! ;D
defacid
26. Aug 2015 · 20:59 UTC
A good attempt at a meta-anti-theme-game but some of the colors/images were really off-putting and that sound was horrible and loud haha

I think the theme is okay - definitely not one of the ones I wanted to win, but ehhh...
ArthG
26. Aug 2015 · 23:12 UTC
So grumpy. So old.
Evergreen Games
28. Aug 2015 · 06:37 UTC
Hahaha so true.
el-pepi
30. Aug 2015 · 00:23 UTC
Amazing. The most original "game" I have seen on this compo.
MrTwister
30. Aug 2015 · 01:02 UTC
hahahaha, This is pretty much every LD ever.
It's a very well put together "simulator" though. Loved the time warp and the player-narrator interactions.

I'm glad you still made this game despite not liking the "theme" because this was hilarious! Made me smile a damn lot for sure. Nice job!
WubAlliance
01. Sep 2015 · 15:59 UTC
Fun little web game! 5/5 for humor, some of the comments actually made me laugh out loud. The ASCII art was awesome, and the sound effects were a nice touch. Very enjoyable entry, I played through several times to get all the endings. Nice job!
ALobker
03. Sep 2015 · 09:21 UTC
"Yes, you are." x57 before I gave up
Xanjos
03. Sep 2015 · 10:45 UTC
This was so enjoyable to play through. Loved all the meta-references to Ludum Dare itself (Also maybe I should start taking a gander at the irc channnel at some point).
Mathieu Muller
03. Sep 2015 · 11:53 UTC
You monster! I just had a nightmare that the theme was "You're the monster" and... :D
sandbaydev
03. Sep 2015 · 19:19 UTC
Heh, fun little ludum dare simulator :) Plenty of options to go through. I actually liked the graphics a lot :D
boardtobits
04. Sep 2015 · 17:42 UTC
Interesting. Very meta, obviously, but entertaining. Clever to include stats at the end.
rodobodolfo
05. Sep 2015 · 08:04 UTC
Very clever! As I was playing I was thinking of the comments to leave arguing that the theme was different enough and open to interpretation but in the end you allowed me to do that in game! Great work!
ZNCatlaw
11. Sep 2015 · 22:01 UTC
I rate this very highly! At first I was playing because I thought "pfft, what does this old-timer have to say about the theme! It's a great theme!" but you actually made a very nice, friendly, compelling game with lots of "team spirit" and stuff. Good job! You're a real Ludum Dareling!
tripleVisionGames
12. Sep 2015 · 20:50 UTC
I made the narrator angry...

I'm just happy I managed to finish a game for this theme! My 'You Are The Villain' entry was rubbish.
GAFBlizzard
15. Sep 2015 · 16:13 UTC
I'm glad this got #14 humor, nice work. :P