{"author_name":"TellusE","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1334968200,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"58454","p_author":"TellusE","p_authorkey":"749","p_urlkey":"94203","p_title":"Tiny\u2026 Toony\u2026 Tanny\u2026 Teeny\u2026 Theists!","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334968200","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"749","us_name":"TellusE","us_username":"telluse","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

Tiny Worlds… not my favourite of the mix, but many of the top contenders throughout the week shared several connotations in my mind.<\/p>\n

Artificial Life, Tiny Worlds, Build it then use it…. it brings to mind the microcosms depicted in The Genesis Tub<\/a>, Parasites Lost<\/a> and The Invaders<\/a>, to name a few (actually, I think the Twilight Zone had many such stories).<\/p>\n

I wanted to try and convey a message with my game this time around, partially an homage to deepnight’s entry back in ld20, partially a personal desire to work on the emotional level. I was hoping for a theme that would let me bring around the tragedies of personal experiences, but Tiny Worlds could work too.<\/p>\n

In the best style of megalomaniacs and people who have no idea how little they can achieve over the span of 48 hours, I want to try my hand at a god game. I want to focus much more on the world itself than Populous or Black & White, bringing it a bit in line with Ubisoft’s From Dust. Go a step further than micromanagement. I want the goal to be constant and greater praise from your followers, achieving this through a combination of blessings and curses (who believes in an ever lenient god? And, conversely, who would want to believe in an ever-terrifying demon?) that come in the form of shaping the things in the world. Are people starving? Bless them with a new growable crop with greater nutritional value or a new animal species. Have they grown fat, decadent? Create a plague to either reduce the population or the crops – or both!<\/p>\n

Bear in mind this is all just 90 minutes into the compo (eh, make that 86 minutes), so I’ve got pen and paper lying everywhere trying to create a proper model for all of this.<\/p>\n

The first game pic is simply 20 procedurally generated humans chasing the cursor. The graphics style is however quite telling at this point. Tiny World, Tiny People – Atari style!<\/p>\n

\"Alpha<\/a>

Alpha test of sheeple.<\/p><\/div>","time":"April 20th, 2012 7:30 pm","title":"Tiny\u2026 Toony\u2026 Tanny\u2026 Teeny\u2026 Theists!"}