{"author_link":"\/users\/gamecreatorc","author_name":"gamecreatorc","author_uid":"gamecreatorc","comments":[],"epoch":1587135102,"event":"LD46","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":190674,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"138742","p_author":"gamecreatorc","p_authorkey":"1057078","p_urlkey":"355078","p_title":"Is Co-op A Bad Idea?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD46","p_time":"1587135102","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1057078","us_name":"gamecreatorc","us_username":"gamecreatorc","event_start":"1587081600","event_key":"77","event_name":"Ludum Dare 46"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD46","removed_author":false},"_superparent":176557,"_trust":1,"author":57078,"body":"I have existing network code that I could use for online co-op, if I can make it work with the theme.  Question is: is this a good or bad idea for testing?  Right now almost 5900 people have signed up so there might be a few hundred people testing games when the competition ends (but they'll all be playing different games).  I was thinking of something like We Were Here Together, where two people solve puzzles together but from separate areas.  Or even a co-op platformer.  This is mostly just a curiosity question as it would be a lot of work but with an existing template, it could be doable.  (This would also use the Steam SDK which would require people to have Steam.)  Thoughts?","comments":7,"comments-timestamp":"2020-04-17T15:36:31Z","created":"2020-04-17T14:44:25Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":190674,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2020-04-17T21:03:33Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-04-17T21:03:33Z","name":"Is Co-op A Bad Idea?","node-timestamp":"2020-04-17T14:52:30Z","parent":184615,"parents":[1,5,9,176557,184615],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/alien-safeguard\/is-co-op-a-bad-idea","published":"2020-04-17T14:51:42Z","scope":"public","slug":"is-co-op-a-bad-idea","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":553416},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"190674","n_urlkey":"355078","n_parent":"184615","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/alien-safeguard\/is-co-op-a-bad-idea","n_slug":"is-co-op-a-bad-idea","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"57078","n_created":"1587134665","n_modified":"1587157413","n_version":"553416","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/alien-safeguard\/is-co-op-a-bad-idea","text":"I have existing network code that I could use for online co-op, if I can make it work with the theme.  Question is: is this a good or bad idea for testing?  Right now almost 5900 people have signed up so there might be a few hundred people testing games when the competition ends (but they'll all be playing different games).  I was thinking of something like We Were Here Together, where two people solve puzzles together but from separate areas.  Or even a co-op platformer.  This is mostly just a curiosity question as it would be a lot of work but with an existing template, it could be doable.  (This would also use the Steam SDK which would require people to have Steam.)  Thoughts?","title":"Is Co-op A Bad Idea?","wayback_source":[]}