{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/crefossus\/","author_name":"Crefossus","cat":"LD #29","categories":["LD #29"],"comments":[],"epoch":1399555920,"event":"LD29","likes":12,"metadata":{"p_key":"82187","p_author":"Crefossus","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292919","p_title":"LD Historical Rating Criteria\/+Other Musings (Thanks archive.org)","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1399555920","p_likes":"12","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"source_url":"2014\/05\/08\/ld-historical-rating-criteriaother-musings-thanks-archive-org\/","text":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 739px\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"144\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/QIDAFAa.gif\" width=\"729\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Logos and funny headlines.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Note some things may not be 100% accurate as I just did this for fun and not cookies. Why won\u2019t you give me cookies? Oh you\u2019re broke too? Wait what am I doing with my life again?<\/p>\n<p>Decent chart with ld dates\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludum_Dare\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludum_Dare<\/a>\u00a0(oh dear you know it\u2019s going to go well when there is a wiki link right?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140429090633*\/http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/\">Ludum Dare at archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020609233501\/http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/articles\/?link=v&amp;arid=29\" title=\"24hr Compo in April  2002\">24hr Compo in April \u00a02002<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judging Categories:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Gameplay (the grand prize essentially), Adaptation of Theme, Originality, Art, Sound, Code, \u00a0Polish<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020803093044\/http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/competition\/2\/48h_1_overall.htm\">July 2002<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overall, Gameplay, Fun, Graphics, Sound, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020803093044\/http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/articles\/?link=v&amp;arid=37\" title=\"Technical\">Technical<\/a>, <strong>Complete<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20021223010328\/http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/articles\/?link=v&amp;arid=50\" title=\"November 2002\">November 2002<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overall, Gameplay, Fun, Graphic, Sound, Technical, Theme, <strong>Cosmetic<\/strong>, Complete<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050420233346\/http:\/\/www.mechanicalcat.net\/tech\/ld48\/\">Mechanical cat does some hosting?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20041018212705\/http:\/\/www.mechanicalcat.net\/tech\/ld48\/rules\"><b>Minimalist categories<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2004 ish?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fun,Innovation,Production (graphics, sound, polish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060715204100\/http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/\">July 2006:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noted this information which is still in great contrast to today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060718235427\/http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/rules.html\">\u201cNo Game Makers\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obviously it wasn\u2019t allowed before this and at some point this changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080516172236\/http:\/\/www.imitationpickles.org\/ludum\">2008 host<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100115145744\/http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/\">Jan 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Innovation,Fun,Theme,Graphics,Audio, <b>Humor<\/b>, Overall, Completeness<\/p>\n<p>First seen humor \u2013 not sure when it was introduced though<\/p>\n<p>Interesting tool discussion from 2010:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2010\/01\/06\/should-we-consider-banning-game-development-tools-such-as-game-maker\/\">Should we consider banning game development tools such as Game Maker?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111107195014\/http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-21\/?action=top\">August 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fun Audio Overall Theme Graphics Humor Coolness Innovation <b>Community<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of <strong>December 2011<\/strong> (Ludum Dare 22), we\u2019ve added a new Entry Voting Category: Mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130825092403\/http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/rules\/\">August 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mood <\/b>\u2013 Storytelling, emotion, and the vibe you get while playing.<\/li>\n<li>Community \u2013 Journals, photos, timelapse video. Everything you do above and beyond just making the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some guy was QQing about getting banned from irc in 2002 ish but the thread wasn\u2019t archived\u2026 aww! No harvesting tears from the past <img alt=\":(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/frownie.png\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"\/> You can taste mine from the present instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The general feel of the competition has gone to making a game from scratch without any game engine code \u2013 to making a new game with whatever tools you want. Of course it\u2019s without any art assets\/music and having pre-declared code.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s kind of less about rebuilding boilerplate code and more about making games! I like\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Judging Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>What can we gather about the overall judging theme changes? Well \u2013 community doesn\u2019t mean your game is good right? I believe this is changed to \u201ccoolness\u201d which is just how many games you\u2019ve rated and has no affect on your final placement, but I could be wrong as community is still in the ludum dare rules.<\/p>\n<p>Minimalist category groupings don\u2019t really work since there are many different types of games.<\/p>\n<p>Completeness was totally dropped, possibly because semi-incomplete games may also be really amazing and\/or it\u2019s just unnecessary because the ratings should reflect how complete it feels overall.<\/p>\n<p>I could swear there was like a health\/taking care of yourself category or something idk if this was a joke one LD.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","time":"May 8th, 2014 1:32 pm","title":"LD Historical Rating Criteria\/+Other Musings (Thanks archive.org)","title_was_empty":false}