{"author_link":"\/users\/brainoid","author_name":"Brainoid","author_uid":"brainoid","comments":[],"epoch":1777737827,"event":"LD59","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":432390,"likes":15,"metadata":{"p_key":"96862","p_author":"Brainoid","p_authorkey":"1055462","p_urlkey":"312510","p_title":"We Passed Our LD59 Game Between 5 Devs With No Communication","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD59","p_time":"1777737827","p_likes":"15","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1055462","us_name":"Brainoid","us_username":"brainoid","event_start":"1776470400","event_key":"113","event_name":"Ludum Dare 59"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":424249,"_trust":2,"author":55462,"body":"Hey jammers!\n\nFor LD59 our team tried something a bit chaotic and wanted to share the result.\nInstead of working together normally, we did a **no communication, pass\u2011the\u2011game challenge** with 5 devs over the 72 hours.\nEach person got a small time slot, worked alone, and then passed the project to the next dev without any communication.\n\n# The Video\nWe recorded the whole process and turned it into a video:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MPMFWFSvN9E\n\nIf you\u2019re curious about:\n\n- How the project changed every time it switched hands\n- How we tried to rescue \u201chalf\u2011baked\u201d ideas from earlier shifts\n- What worked and what really didn\u2019t with the no\u2011comms format\n\nthe video walks through each day and each person\u2019s shift.\n\nWe decided to call it the **Hot Potato Challenge!**\n![hotPotatoLogoSmall.png](\/\/\/raw\/6a8\/d\/z\/7307a.png)\n\n# We\u2019d love to hear:\n\n- Whether you\u2019d try a no\u2011communication format with your own team\n- Ideas on how to make this kind of \u201chot potato\u201d jam format fair and fun\n- Any feedback on the game itself\n\nYou can play **Router Wilds** here:\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\n\nThanks for checking it out, and good luck with your own LD59 entries!\n","comments":4,"comments-timestamp":"2026-05-02T19:07:01Z","created":"2026-05-02T15:48:18Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":432390,"love":15,"love-timestamp":"2026-05-04T13:48:52Z","meta":[],"modified":"2026-05-04T13:48:52Z","name":"We Passed Our LD59 Game Between 5 Devs With No Communication","node-timestamp":"2026-05-02T16:03:47Z","parent":428105,"parents":[1,5,9,424249,428105],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\/we-passed-our-ld59-game-between-5-devs-with-no-communication","published":"2026-05-02T16:03:47Z","scope":"public","slug":"we-passed-our-ld59-game-between-5-devs-with-no-communication","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1373909},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"432390","n_urlkey":"312510","n_parent":"428105","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\/we-passed-our-ld59-game-between-5-devs-with-no-communication","n_slug":"we-passed-our-ld59-game-between-","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"55462","n_created":"1777736898","n_modified":"1777902532","n_version":"1373909","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\/we-passed-our-ld59-game-between-5-devs-with-no-communication","text":"Hey jammers!\n\nFor LD59 our team tried something a bit chaotic and wanted to share the result.\nInstead of working together normally, we did a **no communication, pass\u2011the\u2011game challenge** with 5 devs over the 72 hours.\nEach person got a small time slot, worked alone, and then passed the project to the next dev without any communication.\n\n# The Video\nWe recorded the whole process and turned it into a video:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MPMFWFSvN9E\n\nIf you\u2019re curious about:\n\n- How the project changed every time it switched hands\n- How we tried to rescue \u201chalf\u2011baked\u201d ideas from earlier shifts\n- What worked and what really didn\u2019t with the no\u2011comms format\n\nthe video walks through each day and each person\u2019s shift.\n\nWe decided to call it the **Hot Potato Challenge!**\n![hotPotatoLogoSmall.png](\/\/\/raw\/6a8\/d\/z\/7307a.png)\n\n# We\u2019d love to hear:\n\n- Whether you\u2019d try a no\u2011communication format with your own team\n- Ideas on how to make this kind of \u201chot potato\u201d jam format fair and fun\n- Any feedback on the game itself\n\nYou can play **Router Wilds** here:\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\n\nThanks for checking it out, and good luck with your own LD59 entries!\n","title":"We Passed Our LD59 Game Between 5 Devs With No Communication","wayback_source":[]}