{"author_link":"\/users\/hawksandwich","author_name":"HawkSandwich","author_uid":"hawksandwich","comments":[],"epoch":1533548626,"event":"LD42","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":102301,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"115993","p_author":"HawkSandwich","p_authorkey":"1000339","p_urlkey":"331975","p_title":"I'm in! Let's look at some themes. (And an early prediction!)","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD42","p_time":"1533548626","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1000339","us_name":"HawkSandwich","us_username":"hawksandwich","event_start":"1533859200","event_key":"73","event_name":"LD 42"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD42","removed_author":false},"_superparent":97793,"_trust":1,"author":339,"body":"This is, I think, my 12-ish ludum dare in a row. I'm always excited when it's just around the corner, and this time is no exception. Aallllrrighty, let's review some themes.\n\nSo, without teasing, my prediction is \"Inconvenient super powers.\" I say prediction, but really I just mean this is likely to make it into the final round. This is only round 1, so any prediction would be super hard to make. \n\nOne bullet - I gave this a -1. Why? Because it doesn't give much room for interpretation. Most people will make the same game.\n\nOne minute - I gave this a -1 as well. This isn't a theme so much as a restriction that doesn't force creativity. I just think it'd result in a lot of bad games.\n\nDying planet - +1. I don't have any ideas for this theme yet, but it seems like a pretty good one. It doesn't impose dumb restrictions, but it gives you a solid foundation to build your game on.\n\nAncient world - I gave this a -1 because it's kind of TOO open. Dying planet is also pretty open, but it at least has a verb, which makes it more of a theme than a setting. Ancient world is too much like a stage setting than a game idea.\n\nTwo points of view - I gave it a +1 because I've been wanting to do something with that idea. I know many many games would be the same, but I'm sure there would be some real gems.\n\nFragile - +1, because it's a great creative restriction without being unreasonable. Many good games could be made from it.\n\nIt's spreading - +1, I submitted this one.\n\nInconvenient super powers - I just don't want this to be the theme. It's an alright theme. It has a good chance of winning. I might change my vote, but for now it's a -1 from me.\n\nThat's all I'll review for round 1, since this is already such a long post. Good luck everyone!","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2018-08-06T10:04:41Z","created":"2018-08-06T09:29:33Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":102301,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2018-08-06T10:09:07Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-08-06T10:09:07Z","name":"I'm in! Let's look at some themes. (And an early prediction!)","node-timestamp":"2018-08-06T09:43:46Z","parent":102300,"parents":[1,5,9,97793,102300],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/$102300\/im-in-lets-look-at-some-themes-and-an-early-prediction","published":"2018-08-06T09:43:46Z","scope":"public","slug":"im-in-lets-look-at-some-themes-and-an-early-prediction","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":295366},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"102301","n_urlkey":"331975","n_parent":"102300","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/$102300\/im-in-lets-look-at-some-themes-and-an-early-prediction","n_slug":"im-in-lets-look-at-some-themes-a","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"339","n_created":"1533547773","n_modified":"1533550147","n_version":"295366","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/42\/$102300\/im-in-lets-look-at-some-themes-and-an-early-prediction","text":"This is, I think, my 12-ish ludum dare in a row. I'm always excited when it's just around the corner, and this time is no exception. Aallllrrighty, let's review some themes.\n\nSo, without teasing, my prediction is \"Inconvenient super powers.\" I say prediction, but really I just mean this is likely to make it into the final round. This is only round 1, so any prediction would be super hard to make. \n\nOne bullet - I gave this a -1. Why? Because it doesn't give much room for interpretation. Most people will make the same game.\n\nOne minute - I gave this a -1 as well. This isn't a theme so much as a restriction that doesn't force creativity. I just think it'd result in a lot of bad games.\n\nDying planet - +1. I don't have any ideas for this theme yet, but it seems like a pretty good one. It doesn't impose dumb restrictions, but it gives you a solid foundation to build your game on.\n\nAncient world - I gave this a -1 because it's kind of TOO open. Dying planet is also pretty open, but it at least has a verb, which makes it more of a theme than a setting. Ancient world is too much like a stage setting than a game idea.\n\nTwo points of view - I gave it a +1 because I've been wanting to do something with that idea. I know many many games would be the same, but I'm sure there would be some real gems.\n\nFragile - +1, because it's a great creative restriction without being unreasonable. Many good games could be made from it.\n\nIt's spreading - +1, I submitted this one.\n\nInconvenient super powers - I just don't want this to be the theme. It's an alright theme. It has a good chance of winning. I might change my vote, but for now it's a -1 from me.\n\nThat's all I'll review for round 1, since this is already such a long post. Good luck everyone!","title":"I'm in! Let's look at some themes. (And an early prediction!)","wayback_source":[]}