{"author_name": "sandbaydev", "cat": "LD #31", "comments": [], "epoch": 1418411040, "likes": 8, "metadata": {"p_key": "22048", "p_author": "sandbaydev", "p_authorkey": "2926", "p_urlkey": "57413", "p_title": "Is an online multiplayer “game” doable in 72 hours?", "p_cat": "LD #31", "p_event": "LD31", "p_time": "1418411040", "p_likes": "8", "p_comments": "1", "p_status": "UPD5", "us_key": "2926", "us_name": "sandbaydev", "us_username": "gameproducer", "event_start": "1417737600", "event_key": "26", "event_name": "LD31"}, "text": "

That was the question I posed to myself when I entered LD31.

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It’s interesting how much more fun a game can be if you play with a buddy. Here’s a GIF showing me playing alone. It’s not too bad but… well, I wouldn’t play the game many times.

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Alone it’s almost just “running around whacking as much as you can” but with two people… it’s still whacking and running around as much as you can, but it becomes much more fun. I could help the other guy (or girl), she could run away and trick some snowmen to target her while I maneuver around snowmen and use the mighty axe to chop em half.

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Here’s a GIF about a multiplayer game. (click the image to view the animation)

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Even with a random stranger who just happened to appear to the same playroom, the game felt different.

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My Limberjacks entry is million light years far away to be considered a game, but it’s a pretty decent attempt on doing barebones version of an online multiplayer game. It’s enough to test the concept.

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And at least that much seems to be doable in 72 hours.

", "time": "December 12th, 2014 2:04 pm", "title": "Is an online multiplayer “game” doable in 72 hours?"}