LD22 Bonus: There’s Waldo
Here’s a brief synopsis of how “There’s Waldo” came to be. Some LD guys and I were in a google hangout, and I bounced a bunch of ideas off of everyone, one real good one was a reimagining of “Where’s Waldo” with none of the people except Waldo, and when you click him, it says “there’s waldo” as if you didn’t know. The game is completely defeated this way, but I think it says something about “alone” vs. “not alone”, besides being hilarious. So anrdres and I bring you ‘There’s Waldo’, thanks to everyone who helped put this together so quickly and for the chat.
Another idea we had was to make a big splash screen for a multiplayer game, and then have it say “couldn’t find friends to play with” and it just shows you sitting there at that screen. I figured this was a modern way to show how alone affects gameplay in some games… if you can’t find anyone to play with, the game is totally useless. Also batted around were things like playing a team sport as the only player on the field, the score still moves and you have the ball but that’s it.
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