{"author_link":"\/users\/ice-maker","author_name":"Ice Maker","author_uid":"ice-maker","comments":[],"epoch":1543457213,"event":"LD43","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":125586,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"122561","p_author":"Ice Maker","p_authorkey":"1103137","p_urlkey":"338619","p_title":"Theme Voting FINAL ROUND","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD43","p_time":"1543457213","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1103137","us_name":"Ice Maker","us_username":"ice-maker","event_start":"1543536000","event_key":"71","event_name":"LD 43"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD43","removed_author":false},"_superparent":120415,"_trust":2,"author":103137,"body":"Fortunately the themes that made it to the final round weren't all horrible; however, I was much more critical of them so as to give my top choices a better chance.\n\n![Theme Voting Final Round.png](\/\/\/raw\/1e2\/91\/z\/1afa1.png)\n\n**Automation** -1\n- Less open to interpretation than I originally thought.\n\n**Break the cycle** +1\n- Although it may conclude with a lot of games of blowing up two-wheeled vehicles, it could be fun.\n\n**Control the environment, not the player** -1\n- I only downvoted this because it didn't have a chance of winning anyway and if I downvoted it it would give the other themes a slightly better chance or something.\n\n**Each playthrough builds on the last** +1\n- By the final round, I have quite a few ideas on how this could work.\n\n**Everything grows** -1\n- Would be better if something grew but not *everything*\n\n**It only changes when you aren't looking** -1\n- This is just not a very good theme.\n\n**Sacrifices must be made** -1\n- Way too vague; describes maybe 40% of all games.\n\n**Absorb your enemies** 0\n- This would be rather amusing to play around with.\n\n**Darkness is your friend** -1\n- \"Darkness\" means exactly two things: \"The partial or total absence of light\" or \"Wickedness or evil.\"\n\n**Don't trust the game** -1\n- Leads to a lot of cheesy gimmicks in which the instructions tell you something that you specifically need to not do.\n\n**Magic, but at what cost?** -1\n- Basically just \"Magic\" but slightly better.\n\n**Making connections** - ***FREAKING +1***\n- My personal favorite theme overall due to the massive versatility of it.\n\n**One item, many uses** *+1*\n- My second favorite theme next to the above; the said item can be a vast number of things and it has an equally vast number of uses.\n\n**Take one, leave one** -1\n- I would have rated this higher but it's not nearly as good as some of the other themes.\n\n**Two connected worlds** -1\n- Basically \"Making Connections\" except confusing and much more limiting.\n\n**Evolve** +1\n- In the screenshot I accidentally had this marked at [0]; 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however, I was much more critical of them so as to give my top choices a better chance.\n\n![Theme Voting Final Round.png](\/\/\/raw\/1e2\/91\/z\/1afa1.png)\n\n**Automation** -1\n- Less open to interpretation than I originally thought.\n\n**Break the cycle** +1\n- Although it may conclude with a lot of games of blowing up two-wheeled vehicles, it could be fun.\n\n**Control the environment, not the player** -1\n- I only downvoted this because it didn't have a chance of winning anyway and if I downvoted it it would give the other themes a slightly better chance or something.\n\n**Each playthrough builds on the last** +1\n- By the final round, I have quite a few ideas on how this could work.\n\n**Everything grows** -1\n- Would be better if something grew but not *everything*\n\n**It only changes when you aren't looking** -1\n- This is just not a very good theme.\n\n**Sacrifices must be made** -1\n- Way too vague; describes maybe 40% of all games.\n\n**Absorb your enemies** 0\n- This would be rather amusing to play around with.\n\n**Darkness is your friend** -1\n- \"Darkness\" means exactly two things: \"The partial or total absence of light\" or \"Wickedness or evil.\"\n\n**Don't trust the game** -1\n- Leads to a lot of cheesy gimmicks in which the instructions tell you something that you specifically need to not do.\n\n**Magic, but at what cost?** -1\n- Basically just \"Magic\" but slightly better.\n\n**Making connections** - ***FREAKING +1***\n- My personal favorite theme overall due to the massive versatility of it.\n\n**One item, many uses** *+1*\n- My second favorite theme next to the above; the said item can be a vast number of things and it has an equally vast number of uses.\n\n**Take one, leave one** -1\n- I would have rated this higher but it's not nearly as good as some of the other themes.\n\n**Two connected worlds** -1\n- Basically \"Making Connections\" except confusing and much more limiting.\n\n**Evolve** +1\n- In the screenshot I accidentally had this marked at [0]; this is actually a really powerful theme.","title":"Theme Voting FINAL ROUND","wayback_source":[]}