{"author_link":"\/users\/square-wave","author_name":"square wave","author_uid":"square-wave","comments":[],"epoch":1692642178,"event":"LD53","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":321747,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"84230","p_author":"square wave","p_authorkey":"1314735","p_urlkey":"294972","p_title":"A game surprisingly inspired by LD52","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD53","p_time":"1692642178","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1314735","us_name":"square wave","us_username":"square-wave","event_start":"1682726400","event_key":"118","event_name":"Ludum Dare 53"},"node":{"id":321747,"parent":319505,"_superparent":313060,"author":314735,"type":"post","subtype":"","subsubtype":"","published":"2023-08-21T18:22:58Z","created":"2023-01-11T04:15:24Z","modified":"2023-08-23T00:53:59Z","_trust":1,"version":1148628,"slug":"a-game-surprisingly-inspired-by-ld52","name":"A game surprisingly inspired by LD52","body":"So, in LD52 I made the game [No Farm, No Fowl](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/no-farm-no-fowl), but that isn't what this is about. The most weirdly inspiring game to me from that jam was [Wheat Master](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/wheat-master), an isometric idle game about farming wheat. It was so satisfying to play and the isometric tiles felt so good to me that I decided I had to make my own satisfying isometric tile map.\n\n![tilefeel.gif](\/\/\/raw\/f6d\/c4\/z\/5bf74.gif)\n\nClearly, I took a much different direction from wheat farming, and clearly it's moved past just a tile map, but it really was my inspiration! Aaand here's why I'm posting: I recently launched a demo of an isometric tactics roguelike which ultimately began with my little tile map experiment.\n\nYou can try it out on Itch: [https:\/\/squarewavejams.itch.io\/trash-of-the-titans](https:\/\/squarewavejams.itch.io\/trash-of-the-titans)\n\nOr you can try it on Steam: [https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2450400\/Trash_of_the_Titans\/](https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2450400\/Trash_of_the_Titans\/)\n\nIf you get a chance, please let me know what you think of it! I'm really excited about it, and feedback from fellow developers is worth its weight in gold. Wait, feedback doesn't weigh anything. Uh... feedback is just... really valuable?\n\nAnd if you happen to be reading this, big thanks to nyxkn for making such a satisfying little farming game. My whole family played it and loved it.","scope":"public","node-timestamp":"2023-08-21T18:23:54Z","meta":[],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/no-farm-no-fowl\/a-game-surprisingly-inspired-by-ld52","parents":[1,5,9,313060,319505],"files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"love":3,"love-timestamp":"2023-08-23T00:53:59Z","comments":0,"_wayback":{"timestamp":"20230824185607","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/371422+321747+371420+371419+371416+371415+371413+371411+371410+371408?author&parent&superparent"}},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"321747","n_urlkey":"294972","n_parent":"319505","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/no-farm-no-fowl\/a-game-surprisingly-inspired-by-ld52","n_slug":"a-game-surprisingly-inspired-by-","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"314735","n_created":"1673410524","n_modified":"1692752039","n_version":"1148628","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/no-farm-no-fowl\/a-game-surprisingly-inspired-by-ld52","text":"So, in LD52 I made the game [No Farm, No Fowl](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/no-farm-no-fowl), but that isn't what this is about. The most weirdly inspiring game to me from that jam was [Wheat Master](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/wheat-master), an isometric idle game about farming wheat. It was so satisfying to play and the isometric tiles felt so good to me that I decided I had to make my own satisfying isometric tile map.\n\n![tilefeel.gif](\/\/\/raw\/f6d\/c4\/z\/5bf74.gif)\n\nClearly, I took a much different direction from wheat farming, and clearly it's moved past just a tile map, but it really was my inspiration! Aaand here's why I'm posting: I recently launched a demo of an isometric tactics roguelike which ultimately began with my little tile map experiment.\n\nYou can try it out on Itch: [https:\/\/squarewavejams.itch.io\/trash-of-the-titans](https:\/\/squarewavejams.itch.io\/trash-of-the-titans)\n\nOr you can try it on Steam: [https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2450400\/Trash_of_the_Titans\/](https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2450400\/Trash_of_the_Titans\/)\n\nIf you get a chance, please let me know what you think of it! I'm really excited about it, and feedback from fellow developers is worth its weight in gold. Wait, feedback doesn't weigh anything. Uh... feedback is just... really valuable?\n\nAnd if you happen to be reading this, big thanks to nyxkn for making such a satisfying little farming game. My whole family played it and loved it.","title":"A game surprisingly inspired by LD52","wayback_source":{"timestamp":"20230824185607","url":"https:\/\/api.ldjam.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/371422+321747+371420+371419+371416+371415+371413+371411+371410+371408?author&parent&superparent"}}