{"author_link":"\/users\/pdotjpg","author_name":"pdotjpg","author_uid":"pdotjpg","comments":[],"epoch":1649333906,"event":"LD50","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":291444,"likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"165453","p_author":"pdotjpg","p_authorkey":"1015713","p_urlkey":"391160","p_title":"Artistic\/experimental\/narrative games?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD50","p_time":"1649333906","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1015713","us_name":"pdotjpg","us_username":"pdotjpg","event_start":"1648857600","event_key":"110","event_name":"Ludum Dare 50"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":276397,"_trust":3,"author":15713,"body":"So, most LD games are either gameplay prototypes or technical exercises, and that's fine! My own game falls into the prototype category. However, playing this event's games, I find that the ones I'm gravitating towards the most are the ones with a strong authorial voice that make me actually *feel* something. I'd like to share some I've come across, and would love to get recommendations that scratch the same itch.\n\nAll of these can be played in-browser.\n\n**Live For Later Or Live For Now** is a strange but captivating mood piece with a very distinct atmosphere, look and sound, and a sprinkling of existentialism.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/live-for-later-or-live-for-now\n\n**Study Breaks** is a Warioware type of minigame collection that has a really strong authorial voice - you can see it in the slice-of-life theme, the art style and the very sweet humour.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/study-breaks\n\n**The Sea Won't Stop** is a short, jokey Twine game with excellent, distinct writing. Behind the absurdist humour, there's actually a bit of pathos.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/the-sea-wont-stop\n\n**Keep The Power** is political satire about current events that gets stronger and stronger as it goes along. Beautiful marriage of theme and gameplay to get the author's point across.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/keep-the-power","comments":4,"comments-timestamp":"2022-04-08T17:31:12Z","created":"2022-04-07T12:08:15Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":291444,"love":4,"love-timestamp":"2022-04-07T13:24:56Z","meta":[],"modified":"2022-04-08T17:31:12Z","name":"Artistic\/experimental\/narrative games?","node-timestamp":"2022-04-07T12:18:26Z","parent":285504,"parents":[1,5,9,276397,285504],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/fuse-lit\/artisticexperimentalnarrative-games","published":"2022-04-07T12:18:26Z","scope":"public","slug":"artisticexperimentalnarrative-games","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":903676},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"291444","n_urlkey":"391160","n_parent":"285504","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/fuse-lit\/artisticexperimentalnarrative-games","n_slug":"artisticexperimentalnarrative-ga","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"15713","n_created":"1649333295","n_modified":"1649439072","n_version":"903676","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/fuse-lit\/artisticexperimentalnarrative-games","text":"So, most LD games are either gameplay prototypes or technical exercises, and that's fine! My own game falls into the prototype category. However, playing this event's games, I find that the ones I'm gravitating towards the most are the ones with a strong authorial voice that make me actually *feel* something. I'd like to share some I've come across, and would love to get recommendations that scratch the same itch.\n\nAll of these can be played in-browser.\n\n**Live For Later Or Live For Now** is a strange but captivating mood piece with a very distinct atmosphere, look and sound, and a sprinkling of existentialism.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/live-for-later-or-live-for-now\n\n**Study Breaks** is a Warioware type of minigame collection that has a really strong authorial voice - you can see it in the slice-of-life theme, the art style and the very sweet humour.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/study-breaks\n\n**The Sea Won't Stop** is a short, jokey Twine game with excellent, distinct writing. Behind the absurdist humour, there's actually a bit of pathos.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/the-sea-wont-stop\n\n**Keep The Power** is political satire about current events that gets stronger and stronger as it goes along. Beautiful marriage of theme and gameplay to get the author's point across.\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/keep-the-power","title":"Artistic\/experimental\/narrative games?","wayback_source":[]}