{"author_link":"\/users\/zigtalk","author_name":"Zigtalk","author_uid":"zigtalk","comments":[],"epoch":1744003219,"event":"LD57","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":412935,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"210536","p_author":"Zigtalk","p_authorkey":"1090209","p_urlkey":"450089","p_title":"A prototype emerges!","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD57","p_time":"1744003219","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1090209","us_name":"Zigtalk","us_username":"zigtalk","event_start":"1743811200","event_key":"111","event_name":"Ludum Dare 57"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":406845,"_trust":1,"author":90209,"body":"I really thought it wasn't going to come together. But I'm crawling out of the weekend with a working prototype of my idea! I played around with silly libraries yesterday and got nothing done, all before throwing it away for Bun + Phaser + Vite to bootstrap a lean-and-mean prototype from scratch.\n\nMy take on \"depths\" was \"folder depth\" and that became the gameplay. Traverse a sprawling, zany company server (no two are the same and there's no working search) to find the file your boss desperately needs. Do it within a minute and become the company hero. :open_file_folder: \n\nVisually, it's not very impressive. But the foundation so far is rock solid and now I can focus on embellishing this working prototype. Go, jam superpowers, go! :honey_pot: \n\n![Screenshot 2025-04-06 at 10.14.24\u202fPM.png](\/\/\/raw\/160\/61\/z\/6a08d.png)\n![Screenshot 2025-04-06 at 10.15.53\u202fPM.png](\/\/\/raw\/160\/61\/z\/6a08e.png)","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2025-04-07T06:49:52Z","created":"2025-04-07T05:14:06Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":412935,"love":5,"love-timestamp":"2025-04-07T08:22:55Z","meta":[],"modified":"2025-04-07T08:22:55Z","name":"A prototype emerges!","node-timestamp":"2025-04-07T05:20:19Z","parent":411031,"parents":[1,5,9,406845,411031],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/folder-depth\/a-prototype-emerges","published":"2025-04-07T05:20:19Z","scope":"public","slug":"a-prototype-emerges","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1293239},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"412935","n_urlkey":"450089","n_parent":"411031","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/folder-depth\/a-prototype-emerges","n_slug":"a-prototype-emerges","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"90209","n_created":"1744002846","n_modified":"1744014175","n_version":"1293239","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/folder-depth\/a-prototype-emerges","text":"I really thought it wasn't going to come together. But I'm crawling out of the weekend with a working prototype of my idea! I played around with silly libraries yesterday and got nothing done, all before throwing it away for Bun + Phaser + Vite to bootstrap a lean-and-mean prototype from scratch.\n\nMy take on \"depths\" was \"folder depth\" and that became the gameplay. Traverse a sprawling, zany company server (no two are the same and there's no working search) to find the file your boss desperately needs. Do it within a minute and become the company hero. :open_file_folder: \n\nVisually, it's not very impressive. But the foundation so far is rock solid and now I can focus on embellishing this working prototype. Go, jam superpowers, go! :honey_pot: \n\n![Screenshot 2025-04-06 at 10.14.24\u202fPM.png](\/\/\/raw\/160\/61\/z\/6a08d.png)\n![Screenshot 2025-04-06 at 10.15.53\u202fPM.png](\/\/\/raw\/160\/61\/z\/6a08e.png)","title":"A prototype emerges!","wayback_source":[]}