{"author_name":"Gaeel","cat":"LD #31","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 3, 2014 10:16 am","epoch":1417619760,"text":"In the past I’ve reviewed some games that were really well thought out and put together but had nothing to do with the theme. my first thought: They probably submitted a game they’ve been working on for months.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"December 3, 2014 1:53 pm","epoch":1417632780,"text":"Not following the theme is really against the spirit of the whole thing. The theme is as much challenge as making something.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"December 6, 2014 10:26 am","epoch":1417879560,"text":"You should not submit your game to ludum dare, if you choose to ignore the ludum dare theme.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"December 6, 2014 10:55 am","epoch":1417881300,"text":"I agree with Jan Peter, why do you want to participate in Ludum Dare if you don’t want to follow one of the basic rules? Find another game jam to enter.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1417618020,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"25530","p_author":"Gaeel","p_authorkey":"1561","p_urlkey":"60947","p_title":"Ignore the theme\u2026","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1417618020","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"4","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1561","us_name":"Gaeel","us_username":"gaeel","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"

Okay, here I am to tell you to IGNORE THE THEME!
\n I don’t like themes, I have yet to find a theme that has sparked my creativity in any meaningful way. More info on this over here: “This jammer doesn’t like themes”<\/a><\/p>\n

You don’t\u00a0have\u00a0<\/em>to ignore the theme, but if you don’t like it, then I ask you to completely\u00a0ignore it<\/em><\/p>\n

Many of the great games in Ludum Dare history only had a vague\u00a0connection to the theme, and to be fair, in many cases they might even have been better if the theme had been ignored completely.<\/p>\n

HOWEVER:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you do ignore the theme, then I ask that you subscribe to some other set of constraints, and mark them clearly on your submission.<\/p>\n

Here are some suggestions for alternate constraints:<\/p>\n