{"author_link":"\/users\/infinitycore","author_name":"infinitycore","author_uid":"infinitycore","comments":[],"epoch":1672194026,"event":"LD52","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":314104,"likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"169736","p_author":"infinitycore","p_authorkey":"1002463","p_urlkey":"397694","p_title":"What is with the F#$%ING meerkats?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD52","p_time":"1672194026","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1002463","us_name":"infinitycore","us_username":"infinitycore","event_start":"1672963200","event_key":"116","event_name":"Ludum Dare 52"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD52","removed_author":false},"_superparent":313060,"_trust":7,"author":2463,"body":"~~Ok, halfway through the slaughter. Kept 21 so far.~~\n\nFinished, kept 35. \n\nThemes I will never vote for:\n- anything NSFW: if you want to make a Pr0n game, then you do you, but don't make everyone. (not that there were that many, if any, this time around)\n- _blank_ the un-_blank_-able: by definition impossible\n- obvious meme themes: not that they couldn't work, but they are too vague to really make good concrete ideas, and yet oxymoronically too specific to let the theme breathe, e.g. meerkats or floating islands\n- themes that limit the genre: e.g. platformer (note, this doesn't apply to themes that require a mechanic, e.g. cards)\n- themes that are inevitable: e.g. the game gets harder as you go\n\nI also will only vote for themes that I think I can realistically make on my own or with a friend in 2-3 days (learn to scope and K.I.S.S.).","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2023-01-01T13:12:32Z","created":"2022-12-28T02:18:53Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":314104,"love":7,"love-timestamp":"2023-01-01T13:07:35Z","meta":[],"modified":"2023-01-01T13:12:32Z","name":"What is with the F#$%ING meerkats?","node-timestamp":"2022-12-28T02:49:15Z","parent":313149,"parents":[1,5,9,313060,313149],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$313149\/what-is-with-the-fing-meerkats","published":"2022-12-28T02:20:26Z","scope":"public","slug":"what-is-with-the-fing-meerkats","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":976827},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"314104","n_urlkey":"397694","n_parent":"313149","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$313149\/what-is-with-the-fing-meerkats","n_slug":"what-is-with-the-fing-meerkats","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"2463","n_created":"1672193933","n_modified":"1672578752","n_version":"976827","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$313149\/what-is-with-the-fing-meerkats","text":"~~Ok, halfway through the slaughter. Kept 21 so far.~~\n\nFinished, kept 35. \n\nThemes I will never vote for:\n- anything NSFW: if you want to make a Pr0n game, then you do you, but don't make everyone. (not that there were that many, if any, this time around)\n- _blank_ the un-_blank_-able: by definition impossible\n- obvious meme themes: not that they couldn't work, but they are too vague to really make good concrete ideas, and yet oxymoronically too specific to let the theme breathe, e.g. meerkats or floating islands\n- themes that limit the genre: e.g. platformer (note, this doesn't apply to themes that require a mechanic, e.g. cards)\n- themes that are inevitable: e.g. the game gets harder as you go\n\nI also will only vote for themes that I think I can realistically make on my own or with a friend in 2-3 days (learn to scope and K.I.S.S.).","title":"What is with the F#$%ING meerkats?","wayback_source":[]}