{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/nickw\/","author_name":"Nick Weihs","cat":"LD #27","categories":["LD #27"],"comments":[],"epoch":1376576280,"event":"LD27","likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"78971","p_author":"Nick Weihs","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"287981","p_title":"How to slaughter themes","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1376576280","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"source_url":"2013\/08\/15\/how-to-slaughter-themes\/","text":"<p>If you\u2019re participating in the LD27 theme slaughter, you may be confused on when to choose slaughter or what a theme really is. \u00a0Here\u2019s a pretty simple rule that you can use to make sense of it all.<\/p>\n<p>If you could say the sentence \u201ca major theme of this game is &lt;instert theme suggestion&gt;\u201d and that sentence makes sense to you, then it\u2019s a theme. \u00a0If not, send it straight to theme hell.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you could say \u201ca major theme of Super Metroid is solitude\u201d. \u00a0Therefore, solitude might be a valid theme. \u00a0On the other hand, you wouldn\u2019t say \u201ca major theme of Super Metroid is space ship\u201d. \u00a0That doesn\u2019t make sense because \u201cspace ship\u201d is not a theme. Themes are usually conceptual\/abstract and rarely places or things.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps\u2026 Happy hunting!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","time":"August 15th, 2013 2:18 pm","title":"How to slaughter themes","title_was_empty":false}