{"author_name":"Shades","cat":"LD #32","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 16, 2015 1:51 am","epoch":1429167060,"text":"The whole point of Ludum Dare is to complain ’bout the theme \ud83d\ude00","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Shades","time":"April 16, 2015 6:49 am","epoch":1429184940,"text":"0_o","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1429156920,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"20898","p_author":"Shades","p_authorkey":"10949","p_urlkey":"56240","p_title":"re: \u201cThat\u2019s not a theme\u2026\u201d","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1429156920","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10949","us_name":"Shades","us_username":"gurglor","event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"

theme<\/em>
\n TH\u0113m\/<\/em>
\n noun: theme; plural noun: themes<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.<\/em>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.<\/em>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “the theme of the sermon was reverence”<\/em>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 synonyms:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0subject, topic, subject matter, matter, thesis, argument, text, burden, concern, thrust, message; More<\/em>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 thread, motif, keynote<\/em>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “the theme of her speech”<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, please. So many people are saying that, but often incorrectly. Anything that provides the subject matter regarding a thing can be described as its ‘theme’. And different elements of a game can have differing themes. I’ll grant that I can agree with a few of the theme complaints, but mostly all this theme-hate is really just perplexing.<\/p>\n

What I want to know is: where the hell is everyone’s imagination at? It’s up to the individual developer to come up with interesting ways to use the theme. Isn’t that the whole point of this exercise to begin with?<\/p>","time":"April 15th, 2015 11:02 pm","title":"re: \u201cThat\u2019s not a theme\u2026\u201d"}