{"author_name":"Wan","cat":"LD #36","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"July 28, 2016 6:23 pm","epoch":1469748180,"text":"Thanks so much for your hard work Wan! Your experimental @mention support in particular looks really exciting — it’s always been pretty inconvenient to reply to a comment in a way such that the author will actually see the reply. Perhaps this will help!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"July 29, 2016 12:28 am","epoch":1469770080,"text":"Wow, great work! I really like this idea!
\n [ also love how the games appear on cartridges in the search, that’s a really nice touch. ]","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Strike","time":"July 29, 2016 2:21 am","epoch":1469776860,"text":"I really love it ! Awesome job done here. I realize now that I missed some replies from people which I just noticed thanks to you @nickname support. That’s a really important feature. I believe feedback is more important than ranking, so this is perfect to me \":)\"","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"g_o","time":"July 29, 2016 6:17 am","epoch":1469791020,"text":"I don’t really like it but well, better than nothing.
\n I mean of course it’s impressive that you made it in time, but as you know I’m not so impressed of the idea it’s based on.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"July 29, 2016 7:18 am","epoch":1469794680,"text":"Good work Wan!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"vfabien21","time":"July 29, 2016 8:30 am","epoch":1469799000,"text":"I have tried it. That’s great.
\n But it only allows to efficiently see the top 20 or 50 entries in the category. Could we have page numbers at the bottom to browse a bit deeper ?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"CyberStarLight","time":"July 29, 2016 10:05 am","epoch":1469804700,"text":"The next LD just became better ^^
\n Nice work on the site, it seems to work very well! I hope to give it a test on the current MiniLD, I’m in it after all.
\n The only issue is with what vfabien21 said, it loads games really slowly and only shows a few per page.. maybe add another page with less images, stats, etc, that just orders and lists a lot of games with links? when the numbers go higher it’s going to be harder to navigate.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"janiq","time":"July 29, 2016 11:16 am","epoch":1469808960,"text":"Hi,
\n would it be possible to enable search also for the description?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"July 29, 2016 5:25 pm","epoch":1469831100,"text":"This is the best thing to ever happen to Ludum Dare. We have arrived.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"July 30, 2016 4:02 am","epoch":1469869320,"text":"Well as this has been stickied, I’ll take it its the blessed way we do commenting for LD#36 and I’ll bow out with the map thing \":)\"","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"July 30, 2016 6:39 am","epoch":1469878740,"text":"If location were used in FF, I feel strongly that it should be an opt-in feature, in order to protect user privacy. Not everyone may agree to their location being publically revealed. But without user authentication, what is to stop someone opting-in any user they wished to impersonate?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"QualityCatGames","time":"August 26, 2016 1:20 am","epoch":1472192400,"text":"i agree, there.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"berkano","time":"July 30, 2016 6:22 am","epoch":1469877720,"text":"Wow! Thanks so much for putting this together! It’s really boosted my motivation for LD36 \":-)\"","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Digitaldude555","time":"July 30, 2016 7:16 am","epoch":1469880960,"text":"NO RATING? How will I judge the progress I have made over the years?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Naca","time":"July 30, 2016 10:14 am","epoch":1469891640,"text":"Awesome work Wan!!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"crazya02","time":"July 30, 2016 7:27 pm","epoch":1469924820,"text":"I honestly love this. The primary reason I participated in LD was the incentivized feedback, so this singlehandedly got me interested again.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"kfischer_okarin","time":"August 1, 2016 1:06 pm","epoch":1470074760,"text":"I love it too!
\n A minor thing to be fixed maybe: If you embed your game but do not provide a link labeled (Web) then the game is not listed with the platform “Web” – which might discourage people from playing it even though they could…
\n Is there a possibility for you to detect that case?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 2, 2016 9:38 am","epoch":1470148680,"text":"Okay, this looks absolutely sick! Like amazing! I totally can’t wait for LD 36 now! Thanks a lot!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 3, 2016 3:10 am","epoch":1470211800,"text":"My game’s HTML5 but when I limit to HTML5 games, it doesn’t show up…am I doing something wrong? I have it hosted on itch.io, do I need to host it plane-Jane somewhere (not embedded in a page)?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Steven Miller","time":"August 3, 2016 5:25 am","epoch":1470219900,"text":"Is there a way to check who is commenting in case they repeat? Because my game for miniLD #69 just got 6 comments from the same person and the priority dropped significantly. Also, I feel like replying on your own game page shouldn’t count (it might already not, I’m not too sure).","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Wan","time":"August 8, 2016 5:19 am","epoch":1470651540,"text":"You actually found a bug: normally we have a limit per commenter, thanks for noticing this.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 3, 2016 3:43 pm","epoch":1470256980,"text":"This is a great idea, I’m glad that there is some kinda system in place. \ud83d\ude00","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 4, 2016 2:52 am","epoch":1470297120,"text":"@Steven Miller I hope that gets implemented…as a first timer I went and posted three comments instead of waiting and consolidating, and I agree it’d probably be better to only count unique posters excluding oneself.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"TerraCottaFrog","time":"August 15, 2016 5:09 pm","epoch":1471298940,"text":"Can you make this appear larger on the homepage to make sure that everyone sees it?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Alphish","time":"August 22, 2016 3:57 am","epoch":1471856220,"text":"So, this time the balance depends entirely on the *comments* rather than *ratings*? Sweet~!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"August 24, 2016 1:41 am","epoch":1472020860,"text":"Wow. Good initiative Wan! That’s will help a lot with this LD \":)\"","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Jelinib","time":"August 31, 2016 2:54 am","epoch":1472630040,"text":"I tend to type long comments (commented 8 times, averaging 2.9p per comment right now), and it looks like I get more points for typing more(?)! Neat!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1469742360,"likes":62,"metadata":{"p_key":"5348","p_author":"Wan","p_authorkey":"9172","p_urlkey":"40803","p_title":"Introducing the \u201cFeedback Friends\u201d mini-site!","p_cat":"LD #36","p_event":"LD36","p_time":"1469742360","p_likes":"62","p_comments":"35","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"9172","us_name":"Wan","us_username":"\/author\/wan\/","event_start":"1472169600","event_key":"35","event_name":"LD36"},"text":"

Previously, in Ludum Dare…<\/h2>\n

In case you missed it,\u00a0LD36\u00a0will be a little bit\u00a0unusual, in that it won’t feature ratings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To bring everyone up to date, the reason behind that is that PoV, when announcing his break from running\u00a0the August\u00a0LD<\/a>,\u00a0has also raised\u00a0concerns over the\u00a0ratings system. He recommended not to use it for this event, and following a poll<\/a> made by Sorceress, we voted in majority to follow his advice.<\/p>\n

Now, some of us really wanted to still find a cool\u00a0incentive for players to play each other’s games.\u00a0Ludum Dare may be\u00a0enjoyed for the competition, but\u00a0getting loads of playtesting and\u00a0sharing feedback with each other is also a great part of what makes the event\u00a0special.<\/p>\n

So here comes our little experiment:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Click the logo to access the mini-site. Not me, the logo… Ok ok you can click me<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The\u00a0Feedback Friends mini-site<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here’s how it works:<\/p>\n

Right after LD36 ends, you’ll be able to use this\u00a0little thing to browse games and find those who need feedback\u00a0the\u00a0most. The more games you comment on, the higher you’ll be featured!\u00a0The goal, of course, is to make sure everyone gets\u00a0some comments on their games, and reward the more active commenters with more feedback.<\/p>\n

If you’re curious, you can already browse the\u00a0games from Ludum Dare 35<\/a> to get an idea of how it works.<\/p>\n

Open beta:\u00a0MiniLD #69<\/h2>\n

Starting today, the mini-site will be open for the current MiniLD<\/a>\u00a0in order to test things out,\u00a0gather opinions and make some tweaks.<\/p>\n

Please share your suggestions & bug reports in the comments. And if you’re curious, feel free to check the Github repository<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Update] The Ludum Dare world map<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Additional announcement: Will Edwards\u00a0is looking for contributors<\/a>\u00a0(artists\/programmers) to upgrade\u00a0a project\u00a0he made for LD30.<\/p>\n

It featured a nice map of the world, where people could place their entries and find their neighbors. It also encouraged commenting on other games, which is exactly what we’re trying to do. It would be a nice way to complement the\u00a0Feedback Friends, so if you have some skills & free time, you know what to do!<\/p>","time":"July 28th, 2016 4:46 pm","title":"Introducing the \u201cFeedback Friends\u201d mini-site!"}