{"author_link":"\/users\/dalep","author_name":"DaleP","author_uid":"dalep","comments":[],"epoch":1672442793,"event":"LD52","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":314555,"likes":41,"metadata":{"p_key":"169750","p_author":"DaleP","p_authorkey":"1053894","p_urlkey":"397772","p_title":"Not A Theme","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD52","p_time":"1672442793","p_likes":"41","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1053894","us_name":"DaleP","us_username":"dalep","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":3,"author":53894,"body":"I swear, the theme slaughter system needs a \u201cnot a theme\u201d button for stuff that isn\u2019t offensive enough to flag, but also doesn\u2019t belong as a suggestion. If a suggestion gets more \u201cnot a theme\u201d votes than \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno\u201d combined, anyone who suggests the same thing again for a future LD should get a message like \u201clast time this was suggested, voters decided it didn\u2019t count as a theme\u201d to maybe help new people understand what a theme is supposed to be (but it should not stop them from submitting it anyway if they really think they have a good idea).\n\nWhat type of suggestions do *I* think this vote would be useful for?\n- Arbitrary technical limitations like \u201c16x16 sprites\u201d, \u201caudio only\u201d, \u201c1 bit\u201d, \u201c3D first person\u201d that would exclude people from making\/playing games depending on their abilities\n- Platform or device restrictions: \u201cVR\u201d, \u201cmobile games\u201d, \u201cvideo games\u201d, \u201cmouse cursor [does thing]\u201d, anything involving buttons\n- Genre restrictions: \u201cRPG\u201d, \u201ctop down shooter\u201d, \u201cturn based strategy\u201d\n- things that are already judging criteria: \u201caudio\u201d, \u201cfun\u201d\n- things that every game has by definition: \u201ccontrols\u201d, \u201cdecision making\u201d, \u201cmechanics\u201d, \u201cyou are the player\u201d\n\nBad theme suggestions are one thing, but when so many people repeatedly suggest things that objectively aren\u2019t themes, it probably means they need more guidance on the suggestion page.","comments":9,"comments-timestamp":"2022-12-31T17:10:24Z","created":"2022-12-30T22:34:37Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":314555,"love":41,"love-timestamp":"2023-01-02T03:58:34Z","meta":[],"modified":"2023-01-02T03:58:34Z","name":"Not A Theme","node-timestamp":"2022-12-30T23:48:16Z","parent":314554,"parents":[1,5,9,313060,314554],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$314554\/not-a-theme","published":"2022-12-30T23:26:33Z","scope":"public","slug":"not-a-theme","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":977539},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"314555","n_urlkey":"397772","n_parent":"314554","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$314554\/not-a-theme","n_slug":"not-a-theme","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"53894","n_created":"1672439677","n_modified":"1672631914","n_version":"977539","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$314554\/not-a-theme","text":"I swear, the theme slaughter system needs a \u201cnot a theme\u201d button for stuff that isn\u2019t offensive enough to flag, but also doesn\u2019t belong as a suggestion. If a suggestion gets more \u201cnot a theme\u201d votes than \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno\u201d combined, anyone who suggests the same thing again for a future LD should get a message like \u201clast time this was suggested, voters decided it didn\u2019t count as a theme\u201d to maybe help new people understand what a theme is supposed to be (but it should not stop them from submitting it anyway if they really think they have a good idea).\n\nWhat type of suggestions do *I* think this vote would be useful for?\n- Arbitrary technical limitations like \u201c16x16 sprites\u201d, \u201caudio only\u201d, \u201c1 bit\u201d, \u201c3D first person\u201d that would exclude people from making\/playing games depending on their abilities\n- Platform or device restrictions: \u201cVR\u201d, \u201cmobile games\u201d, \u201cvideo games\u201d, \u201cmouse cursor [does thing]\u201d, anything involving buttons\n- Genre restrictions: \u201cRPG\u201d, \u201ctop down shooter\u201d, \u201cturn based strategy\u201d\n- things that are already judging criteria: \u201caudio\u201d, \u201cfun\u201d\n- things that every game has by definition: \u201ccontrols\u201d, \u201cdecision making\u201d, \u201cmechanics\u201d, \u201cyou are the player\u201d\n\nBad theme suggestions are one thing, but when so many people repeatedly suggest things that objectively aren\u2019t themes, it probably means they need more guidance on the suggestion page.","title":"Not A Theme","wayback_source":[]}