{"author_name":"toonheart","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367329980,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"42980","p_author":"toonheart","p_authorkey":"21211","p_urlkey":"78615","p_title":"Mini Postmortem of \u201cYou are, A Shadow\u201d","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367329980","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"21211","us_name":"toonheart","us_username":"toonheart","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

Thought I should write a small post that will help people understand the theme\/logic of my #LD48 entry
\n http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-26\/?action=rate&uid=21211<\/a><\/p>\n

The game by itself is intentionally not self-explanatory.
\n I see couple of people getting back to me trying to reason about some design “suggestions” \":)\" … some were really good, and then some made me feel that people are thinking in a quite different direction \/ not thinking at all.<\/p>\n

So here’s what I’ll do mysteriously help all confused gamers \":)\"<\/p>\n

Explaining some design with FAQs.<\/p>\n

Q1. The game doesn’t have much controls and is confusing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Did I forget to mention tough choices?
No I didn’t.<\/p><\/div>\n

A1. Meant to be so. The theme was “minimalism”
\n When I thought of the game design, I thought of vagueness and scope for making people think when they play the game. Everything converges when scores are shown.
\n Yes, I could have made a big 5 stage coin collecting platformer, but that’ll be out of theme and nothing new to experiment.<\/p>\n

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\n Q2. I did not select the Red Girl but I still got % on perverted scores<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It’s not wrong to be attracted to sexy dressed girls, now is it?<\/p><\/div>\n


\n <\/strong>A2. Those are just one of the places where I want people to think. On a second thought, you should be thinking all throughout the game.
\n I was kinda serious when I wrote this in game description.
\n “You are supposed to make “choices”, which sometimes are difficult than a “RedPill vs BluePill” question in real life! ”
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\n So here’s my question to you, WHY do you think choosing the red dress girl would mark you as a pervert, but the purple dressed girl will not?
\n What is wrong you are attracted to skinner\/sexily dressed girls? Is it really wrong? \u00a0It’s a choice and a personal preference IMHO.
\n The girl in red dress could be a very kind and good human, while the girl in purple dress could be shady. Who knows?<\/p>\n

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These are not meaningless messages friend.<\/p><\/div>\n

The other problem here is people are trying to “assume” some stuff about the algorithm behind it but are fixing their thoughts to a linear assumption.
\n The algo is complex.. it considers stuff from real world. \u00a0What could be an act of kindness in a particular level, will be a goofy choice in another.<\/p>\n

So “Think”.<\/p>\n

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Q3. The sounds are too loud
\n <\/strong>A3. \u00a0Yeah I’m terribly sorry about that. My bad.
\n Laptop speakers aren’t that great.. although I \u00a0tested my sounds at 100% volume while mixing.. I still hear less \":)\"
\n Point noted and will remember that for my next game. Thank you \":)\"<\/p>\n

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Q4. Any tips on how to play the game? \u00a0In other words how do I fake it to make scores look clean.<\/strong><\/p>\n