{"author_name":"devinmoore","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1324235100,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"60730","p_author":"devinmoore","p_authorkey":"2506","p_urlkey":"96483","p_title":"LD22 Bonus: There\u2019s Waldo","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324235100","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2506","us_name":"devinmoore","us_username":"devinmoore","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"<p>Here&#8217;s a brief synopsis of how &#8220;There&#8217;s Waldo&#8221; came to be.\u00a0 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 &#8220;Where&#8217;s Waldo&#8221; with none of the people except Waldo, and when you click him, it says &#8220;there&#8217;s waldo&#8221; as if you didn&#8217;t know.\u00a0 The game is completely defeated this way, but I think it says something about &#8220;alone&#8221; vs. &#8220;not alone&#8221;, besides being hilarious.\u00a0 So anrdres and I bring you &#8216;There&#8217;s Waldo&#8217;, thanks to everyone who helped put this together so quickly and for the chat.<\/p>\n <p><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ciPUrpCo\">http:\/\/t.co\/ciPUrpCo<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Another idea we had was to make a big splash screen for a multiplayer game, and then have it say &#8220;couldn&#8217;t find friends to play with&#8221; and it just shows you sitting there at that screen.\u00a0 I figured this was a modern way to show how alone affects gameplay in some games&#8230; if you can&#8217;t find anyone to play with, the game is totally useless.\u00a0 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&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/ld22\/\" rel=\"tag\">LD22<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 18th, 2011 2:05 pm","title":"LD22 Bonus: There\u2019s Waldo"}