{"author_name":"atomic_swerve","cat":"LD #27","comments":[],"epoch":1377306360,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"40824","p_author":"atomic_swerve","p_authorkey":"13374","p_urlkey":"76445","p_title":"My theme musings","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377306360","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"13374","us_name":"atomic_swerve","us_username":"atomic_swerve","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"<p>Work is well under way for &#8220;Suddenly, Ninjas&#8221; and I wanted to share a little more about what I&#8217;ve done so far.<\/p>\n <p>Here is the transcript of my discussion with my stream about how to use the 10 seconds theme, with non-rejected ideas in <strong>bold<\/strong>:<\/p>\n <p><span id=\"more-274116\"><\/span><\/p>\n <p>10 seconds per round?<\/p>\n <p>10 seconds (lat\/long)?<\/p>\n <p>10 second long game?<\/p>\n <p>\u201c10 seconds\u201d name of place\/event?<\/p>\n <p>10 seconds of music repeating<\/p>\n <p>10 seconds again and again<\/p>\n <p><b>Something happens every 10 seconds?<\/b><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Vehicle\/Running speed up\n <ul>\n <li>Simple<\/li>\n <li>Endless gameplay<\/li>\n <li>Definite end, high score mechanic<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li><strong>Ninja\/Dinosaur\/Alien attack!<\/strong>\n <ul>\n <li>Funny<\/li>\n <li>Twitch<\/li>\n <li>Engaging<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>World&#8217;s slowest rhythm game\n <ul>\n <li>Unique (in a bad way)<\/li>\n <li>Emergency game<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Change perspective\/character \u2013 win while you&#8217;re in their perspective\n <ul>\n <li>Unique (in a good way)<\/li>\n <li>Easy to game or unfair<\/li>\n <li>Adventure game\/maze w\/ several AI \u201cplayers\u201d you alternately control<\/li>\n <li>Low fun<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li><strong>Take damage<\/strong>\n <ul>\n <li>Urgent<\/li>\n <li>Race\/maze\/platformer<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Find cover\/avoid something that lasts 10 seconds\/every 10 seconds\n <ul>\n <li>Antifun<\/li>\n <li>Intense<\/li>\n <li>Storytelling in downtime while covering<\/li>\n <li>Possibly do something every 10 seconds<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <li>Turn ends after 10 seconds\n <ul>\n <li>Puzzle game<\/li>\n <li>TBS<\/li>\n <li>Antifun \u2013 mistakes, just missed it<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><b>10 second places?<\/b><\/p>\n <p>Racing game where the goal is to get 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 10 times, undesirable powerups<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/brainstorm\/\" rel=\"tag\">brainstorm<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld27\/\" rel=\"tag\">LD27<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 23rd, 2013 8:06 pm","title":"My theme musings"}