{"author_name":"csanyk","cat":"LD #25","comments":[{"author_name":"7Soul","time":"December 10, 2012 5:07 pm","epoch":1355177220,"text":"Not sure, from experience I can tell this usually results on that theme ranking really low","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"sorceress","time":"December 11, 2012 5:10 am","epoch":1355220600,"text":"We often have theme related pictures inserted into the voting form. It’s done for humor, and it’s a bit of a tradition we have here.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Suese","time":"December 10, 2012 5:25 pm","epoch":1355178300,"text":"Almost a polar opposite over here. I suppose I selfishly up voted for everything that gave me an instant vision of a game and down voted everything else. I never thought to choose a theme because it was difficult. I might even get a tiny bit of edge in the more difficult categories come to think of it.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"December 10, 2012 6:38 pm","epoch":1355182680,"text":"You misread the theme. It\u00b4s COLONIZE, not COLORIZE .","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1355175600,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"50784","p_author":"csanyk","p_authorkey":"10473","p_urlkey":"86477","p_title":"LD 25 theme voting round 3","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355175600","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"4","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10473","us_name":"csanyk","us_username":"\/author\/csanyk\/","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

Can I quantify how much I disapprove of the slogan appearing at the bottom of this post, “THE END IS THE BEGINNING?” \u00a0Think this will bias the polling results on this round much? \u00a0I call\u00a0shenanigans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And, here’s why I voted how I did for round 3:<\/p>\n

Alter Ego<\/strong>: + Makes me think of superheroes, disguises, Jeckyl\/Hyde, that sort of thing. \u00a0Good stuff.<\/p>\n

Colorize<\/strong>: 0 Would be a cool game to have to change colors of things as a mechanic, but seems more like a mechanic than a theme.<\/p>\n

Deception<\/strong>: + How do you deceive a computer? \u00a0Or how do you program a computer to deceive a person? \u00a0Most videogames are about direct conflict, so this would be a challenging theme to come up with a good idea for.<\/p>\n

Invasion<\/strong>: 0 Like Outer Space, there are so many games with an invasion theme, that I don’t know how easy it would be to come up with something interesting, novel, or innovative. \u00a0I tend to prefer themes that encourage creativity, rather than familiar ideas that have been done a lot.<\/p>\n

Mind Control<\/strong>: + I think it’d be cool to take over enemies’ minds and \u00a0use them against other enemies.<\/p>\n

Night and Day<\/strong>: + The Day\/Night cycles in Castlevania II and other games were pretty fun.<\/p>\n

Old vs. New<\/strong>: – Meh.<\/p>\n

Powerless<\/strong>: 0 This might be an interesting one, since most games are about being something very powerful. \u00a0But I don’t know what I’d do with this theme if it were chosen.<\/p>\n

Reincarnation<\/strong>: – With Ghosts and Afterlife already out there, I didn’t feel like voting for yet another theme having to do with post-death.<\/p>\n

Swarm<\/strong>: – I don’t want to make a game that has to deal with a ton of instances this time around.<\/p>\n

The End is the Beginning<\/strong>: + I meant to click – but the subliminal message coming from the banner at the bottom of the post was too powerful.<\/p>\n

Transformation<\/strong>: –<\/p>","time":"December 10th, 2012 4:40 pm","title":"LD 25 theme voting round 3"}