{"author_link":"\/users\/acearcher","author_name":"AceArcher","author_uid":"acearcher","comments":[],"epoch":1556331236,"event":"LD44","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":149288,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"128860","p_author":"AceArcher","p_authorkey":"1139613","p_urlkey":"345014","p_title":"Brainstorming Results","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD44","p_time":"1556331236","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1139613","us_name":"AceArcher","us_username":"acearcher","event_start":"1556236800","event_key":"75","event_name":"LD 44"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD44","removed_author":false},"_superparent":139254,"_trust":1,"author":139613,"body":"After brainstorming, I've got two ideas:\n\n-Your HP and money are combined into one value because you're a very greedy person and were cursed. To get rid of the curse, you have to pay back everything you earned from your greedy unethical practices. You can spend your money\/health to buy better equipment and earn it back by defeating monsters and selling monster drop items. You can also add to your debt by dying or by using it as emergency healing. This would require a large inventory and a shop system.\n\n-You are fighting as a gladiator because of your debt. Any medical fees are subtracted from your earnings, meaning that the more health you have when you finish the fight the more your debt gets paid. You can also add a bit to your debt to buy better equipment. This would require a pretty robust combat system, and equipment.\n\nI'm probably going to go with idea 2 for now, although I'd like to revisit idea 1. Originally I was going to go with the first idea, but it's finals next week for me and I'm kind of burned out after a long semester. I've done inventories before, but only small ones, and I've never done a shop before. I know I could figure them out, but I'd rather go a little smaller for my very first game jam and for one when I'm already pretty tired. Plus, it's a little more original not to go the \"money is hp\" route for this theme, because that's probably what everyone immediately thought of.","comments":0,"created":"2019-04-27T02:00:34Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":149288,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2019-04-27T02:21:26Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-04-27T02:21:26Z","name":"Brainstorming Results","node-timestamp":"2019-04-27T02:15:40Z","parent":139616,"parents":[1,5,9,139254,139616],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/debtors-arena\/brainstorming-results","published":"2019-04-27T02:13:56Z","scope":"public","slug":"brainstorming-results","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":433690},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"149288","n_urlkey":"345014","n_parent":"139616","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/debtors-arena\/brainstorming-results","n_slug":"brainstorming-results","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"139613","n_created":"1556330434","n_modified":"1556331686","n_version":"433690","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/debtors-arena\/brainstorming-results","text":"After brainstorming, I've got two ideas:\n\n-Your HP and money are combined into one value because you're a very greedy person and were cursed. To get rid of the curse, you have to pay back everything you earned from your greedy unethical practices. You can spend your money\/health to buy better equipment and earn it back by defeating monsters and selling monster drop items. You can also add to your debt by dying or by using it as emergency healing. This would require a large inventory and a shop system.\n\n-You are fighting as a gladiator because of your debt. Any medical fees are subtracted from your earnings, meaning that the more health you have when you finish the fight the more your debt gets paid. You can also add a bit to your debt to buy better equipment. This would require a pretty robust combat system, and equipment.\n\nI'm probably going to go with idea 2 for now, although I'd like to revisit idea 1. Originally I was going to go with the first idea, but it's finals next week for me and I'm kind of burned out after a long semester. I've done inventories before, but only small ones, and I've never done a shop before. I know I could figure them out, but I'd rather go a little smaller for my very first game jam and for one when I'm already pretty tired. Plus, it's a little more original not to go the \"money is hp\" route for this theme, because that's probably what everyone immediately thought of.","title":"Brainstorming Results","wayback_source":[]}