{"author_name":"hissssssssss","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367046600,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"45480","p_author":"hissssssssss","p_authorkey":"18086","p_urlkey":"81140","p_title":"Changing names and gears with Priorities","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367046600","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"18086","us_name":"hissssssssss","us_username":"hissssssssss","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

After humming and hawing about the theme for an hour, I said I’d work on a fallback project if I didn’t think of something on a trip to the grocery store. Not one minute out my door, the idea for a game called “Many 2 One” popped into my head. I’m going to go ahead and rename it “Priorities.”
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\n No, it won’t be random squares, that’s just placeholder programmer art.<\/p>\n

The idea was to purge a lot of things from screens representing different facets of life, to lower stress, and letting players pick what their priorities are in life. The basic gameplay was pretty fun, until I added pop-up labels to the squares. Suddenly, the reading and thinking slowed the fun to a standstill.<\/p>\n

So after my trip to the gym, I’m going to switch things up a bit. The labels will be less important because I’ll indicate fleeting, unimportant responsibilities and time-sucking facets of life by using black squares. I’ll cut the number of coloured squares by a lot, so if and only if players have triaged enough crap out of their lives, then they can start picking and choosing what valuable things they want to focus on.<\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2013 2:10 am","title":"Changing names and gears with Priorities"}