{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ikachan_4.gif","local":"\/data\/posts\/2012\/12\/2363dcedd82e29b25379457d3349d2ff.gif"}],"author_link":"author\/christinaneofotistou\/","author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","cat":"LD #25","categories":["LD #25"],"comments":[],"epoch":1356457980,"event":"LD25","likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"78734","p_author":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"287744","p_title":"Those who don\u2019t know (gaming) history are doomed to repeat it.","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1356457980","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"source_url":"2012\/12\/25\/those-who-dont-know-gaming-history-are-doomed-to-repeat-it\/","text":"<p>Look what I found, quite by accident, by going through Pixel\u2019s previous games (click on the pic to get a link)<br\/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavestory.org\/othergames_ikachan.php\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218127\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"ikachan_4\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218127 aligncenter\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/data\/posts\/2012\/12\/2363dcedd82e29b25379457d3349d2ff.gif\" width=\"200\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, a CaveStory-ish metroidvania, where you control a squid, with an unorthodox control scheme<br\/>\nWhat does it remind you of?<\/p>\n<p>Why of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=13139\" target=\"_blank\">my game, Trina<\/a><br\/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-25\/?action=preview&amp;uid=13139\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218130\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"screenshot 2\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218130 aligncenter\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/screenshot-2.png\" width=\"241\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As my Arts Professor said,\u00a0 it\u2019s all been done before. It\u2019s all about different treatment of the same subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>Disappointed and super-excited at the same time! On the one hand I\u2019m not original, but on the other, I\u2019m not alone in thinking an underseas game with bizarre controls is worth experimenting with.<\/p>\n<p>Has this ever happened to you? Does it discourage you? Does it make you want to do better?<\/p>","time":"December 25th, 2012 5:53 pm","title":"Those who don\u2019t know (gaming) history are doomed to repeat it.","title_was_empty":false}