{"author_link":"\/users\/arzi","author_name":"arzi","author_uid":"arzi","comments":[],"epoch":1601547466,"event":"LD47","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":218394,"likes":45,"metadata":{"p_key":"147089","p_author":"arzi","p_authorkey":"1001976","p_urlkey":"363521","p_title":"We Need a 'Story' Category","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD47","p_time":"1601547466","p_likes":"45","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1001976","us_name":"arzi","us_username":"arzi","event_start":"1601596800","event_key":"76","event_name":"Ludum Dare 47"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD47","removed_author":false},"_superparent":212256,"_trust":8,"author":1976,"body":"I've been saying this for at least a couple of jams now, but I'll say it again: I think we need a category for rating a game's story. There's plenty of interactive fiction and other very story-driven games that are hard to judge in other categories. \n\nEasiest way would be replacing one of the existing categories, namely Humour or Mood, as they are both quite specific and fit only a fraction of games. Especially humour could be easily enveloped in a wider 'story' rating.\n\n![4gx9e1.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/8b7\/z\/34939.jpg)","comments":11,"comments-timestamp":"2020-10-01T17:37:19Z","created":"2020-10-01T10:12:54Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":218394,"love":45,"love-timestamp":"2022-03-30T02:51:43Z","meta":[],"modified":"2022-03-30T02:51:43Z","name":"We Need a 'Story' Category","node-timestamp":"2020-10-01T10:17:46Z","parent":215818,"parents":[1,5,9,212256,215818],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/hoperemember\/we-need-a-story-category","published":"2020-10-01T10:17:46Z","scope":"public","slug":"we-need-a-story-category","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":652383},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"218394","n_urlkey":"363521","n_parent":"215818","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/hoperemember\/we-need-a-story-category","n_slug":"we-need-a-story-category","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"1976","n_created":"1601547174","n_modified":"1648608703","n_version":"652383","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/47\/hoperemember\/we-need-a-story-category","text":"I've been saying this for at least a couple of jams now, but I'll say it again: I think we need a category for rating a game's story. There's plenty of interactive fiction and other very story-driven games that are hard to judge in other categories. \n\nEasiest way would be replacing one of the existing categories, namely Humour or Mood, as they are both quite specific and fit only a fraction of games. Especially humour could be easily enveloped in a wider 'story' rating.\n\n![4gx9e1.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/8b7\/z\/34939.jpg)","title":"We Need a 'Story' Category","wayback_source":[]}