{"author_link":"\/users\/shaolin-dave","author_name":"Shaolin Dave","author_uid":"shaolin-dave","comments":[],"epoch":1712723367,"event":"LD55","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":385765,"likes":20,"metadata":{"p_key":"204421","p_author":"Shaolin Dave","p_authorkey":"1011376","p_urlkey":"439653","p_title":"\"Folklore\", still my favorite","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD55","p_time":"1712723367","p_likes":"20","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1011376","us_name":"Shaolin Dave","us_username":"shaolin-dave","event_start":"1712966400","event_key":"120","event_name":"Ludum Dare 55"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":383062,"_trust":8,"author":11376,"body":"I think \"Folklore\" has come to the final voting round for several jams in a row. I always suggest it and always really hope it wins. I just think it has a really, really good variety of that can come from it.\n\nSome game ideas I've had previously:\n- A pet simulator where you need to take care of a Griffin or Cerberus.\n- A Pac-Man style game where you play as the Wendigo from American Indian folklore, chasing down people to eat them.\n- A stealth game where you need to avoid a Minotaur as you escape the Labyrinth.\n- An idea I had for \u201cMirror\u201d was a game where you\u2019re hunting Medusa, but you can\u2019t look directly at her, only her reflection around corners.\n- A racing game like Mario Kart on Rainbow Road, where you\u2019re chasing a Leprechaun to the end of the rainbow to steal his pot of gold.\n- A Pok\u00e9mon Snap style game where you\u2019re trying to snap pictures of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.\n- A quiz game featuring the Sphinx.\n- A sea battle simulator where you need to fight off a Kraken.\n- A simulator where you\u2019re a Mermaid having to do Seaworld-style tricks.\n- The Monkey King of Chinese folklore could have mechanics based of either the cloud he rides on, or his shrinking\/extending staff.\n- A hunting simulator where you need to track and kill a Jackalope.\n- A sumo game where you play as Paul Bunyan competing against Goliath.\n- You\u2019re a werewolf who keeps transforming back and forth whenever the clouds cover the moon. Attack as a wolf, hide as a man.\n- A snowboarding game where you play as a Yeti\n- Game Genie. Basically just make any game you want, but every time the player starts, they can choose three c heats to have enabled.\n-Stealth game where you\u2019re an alcoholic and have to steal a beer from the Devil\u2019s Chair in Florida without paranomal investigators seeing you\n- \u201cUntitled Chupacabra Game\u201d\n- A rhythm\/music game where the Fremont Troll of Seattle comes to life and starts a grunge band\n- A Q-Bert style game where Jiangshi are hopping after you\n- Have you seen the dogs playing Poker painting? Werewolves playing Poker.\n\n\nHere's some AI art I'd previously generated for some of these ideas too: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/$332448\/so-guys-hear-me-out-folklore\n","comments":18,"comments-timestamp":"2024-04-10T21:02:58Z","created":"2024-04-10T04:24:16Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":385765,"love":20,"love-timestamp":"2024-04-11T22:50:05Z","meta":[],"modified":"2024-04-11T22:50:05Z","name":"\"Folklore\", still my favorite","node-timestamp":"2024-04-10T04:29:53Z","parent":385763,"parents":[1,5,9,383062,385763],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/the-call-of-qthulhu\/folklore-still-my-favorite","published":"2024-04-10T04:29:27Z","scope":"public","slug":"folklore-still-my-favorite","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1197530},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"385765","n_urlkey":"439653","n_parent":"385763","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/the-call-of-qthulhu\/folklore-still-my-favorite","n_slug":"folklore-still-my-favorite","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"11376","n_created":"1712723056","n_modified":"1712875805","n_version":"1197530","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/the-call-of-qthulhu\/folklore-still-my-favorite","text":"I think \"Folklore\" has come to the final voting round for several jams in a row. I always suggest it and always really hope it wins. I just think it has a really, really good variety of that can come from it.\n\nSome game ideas I've had previously:\n- A pet simulator where you need to take care of a Griffin or Cerberus.\n- A Pac-Man style game where you play as the Wendigo from American Indian folklore, chasing down people to eat them.\n- A stealth game where you need to avoid a Minotaur as you escape the Labyrinth.\n- An idea I had for \u201cMirror\u201d was a game where you\u2019re hunting Medusa, but you can\u2019t look directly at her, only her reflection around corners.\n- A racing game like Mario Kart on Rainbow Road, where you\u2019re chasing a Leprechaun to the end of the rainbow to steal his pot of gold.\n- A Pok\u00e9mon Snap style game where you\u2019re trying to snap pictures of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.\n- A quiz game featuring the Sphinx.\n- A sea battle simulator where you need to fight off a Kraken.\n- A simulator where you\u2019re a Mermaid having to do Seaworld-style tricks.\n- The Monkey King of Chinese folklore could have mechanics based of either the cloud he rides on, or his shrinking\/extending staff.\n- A hunting simulator where you need to track and kill a Jackalope.\n- A sumo game where you play as Paul Bunyan competing against Goliath.\n- You\u2019re a werewolf who keeps transforming back and forth whenever the clouds cover the moon. Attack as a wolf, hide as a man.\n- A snowboarding game where you play as a Yeti\n- Game Genie. Basically just make any game you want, but every time the player starts, they can choose three c heats to have enabled.\n-Stealth game where you\u2019re an alcoholic and have to steal a beer from the Devil\u2019s Chair in Florida without paranomal investigators seeing you\n- \u201cUntitled Chupacabra Game\u201d\n- A rhythm\/music game where the Fremont Troll of Seattle comes to life and starts a grunge band\n- A Q-Bert style game where Jiangshi are hopping after you\n- Have you seen the dogs playing Poker painting? Werewolves playing Poker.\n\n\nHere's some AI art I'd previously generated for some of these ideas too: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/$332448\/so-guys-hear-me-out-folklore\n","title":"\"Folklore\", still my favorite","wayback_source":[]}