{"author_link":"\/users\/brainoid","author_name":"Brainoid","author_uid":"brainoid","comments":[],"epoch":1778340494,"event":"LD59","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":432670,"likes":11,"metadata":{"p_key":"97014","p_author":"Brainoid","p_authorkey":"1055462","p_urlkey":"312665","p_title":"Router Wilds - Hot Potato Challenge Results","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD59","p_time":"1778340494","p_likes":"11","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":"Congrats everyone on finishing Ludum Dare 59 and thanks to everyone who played, rated and commented on entries!\n\n## Hot Potato Challenge\n\nAs some of you know, our team tried a little experiment this time:\nwe did a \u201cpass the game, no\u2011communication\u201d challenge.\nFive devs, 72 hours, one project, and we weren\u2019t allowed to talk about the game while the jam was running.\nEach person got a small time slot to work alone, then passed the project to the next dev, who could tweak, improve, or completely sabotage whatever was there.\n\nWe put together a **video** showing the whole process. What each dev did during their shift, how the game kept changing, and how we tried to glue everything back together at the end:\n\nYou can watch the video here:\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MPMFWFSvN9E\n\n## The Results\n\nConsidering how messy the challenge was, we\u2019re really happy with how Router Wilds did in the results:\n![Screenshot 2026-05-09 171729.png](\/\/\/raw\/6a8\/d\/z\/733d1.png)\n\nWe expected to lean more into theme\/innovation, so seeing \u201cOverall\u201d and \u201cFun\u201d also land in the top 150 was a really nice surprise.\nHuge thanks again to everyone who played, left feedback, or streamed the game. It helped a lot and made the challenge feel worth it.\n\nIf you\u2019re curious about trying a similar \u201chot potato\u201d format with your own team, or just want to see how chaotic a no\u2011comms jam run can get, we\u2019d really appreciate you checking out the video and letting us know what you think.\n\nGood job on LD59, and see you next jam!\n","comments":0,"created":"2026-05-09T15:19:16Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":432670,"love":11,"love-timestamp":"2026-05-09T20:27:45Z","meta":[],"modified":"2026-05-09T20:27:45Z","name":"Router Wilds - Hot Potato Challenge Results","node-timestamp":"2026-05-09T15:28:14Z","parent":428105,"parents":[1,5,9,424249,428105],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\/router-wilds-hot-potato-challenge-results","published":"2026-05-09T15:28:14Z","scope":"public","slug":"router-wilds-hot-potato-challenge-results","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1375139},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"432670","n_urlkey":"312665","n_parent":"428105","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\/router-wilds-hot-potato-challenge-results","n_slug":"router-wilds-hot-potato-challeng","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"55462","n_created":"1778339956","n_modified":"1778358465","n_version":"1375139","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/router-wilds\/router-wilds-hot-potato-challenge-results","text":"Congrats everyone on finishing Ludum Dare 59 and thanks to everyone who played, rated and commented on entries!\n\n## Hot Potato Challenge\n\nAs some of you know, our team tried a little experiment this time:\nwe did a \u201cpass the game, no\u2011communication\u201d challenge.\nFive devs, 72 hours, one project, and we weren\u2019t allowed to talk about the game while the jam was running.\nEach person got a small time slot to work alone, then passed the project to the next dev, who could tweak, improve, or completely sabotage whatever was there.\n\nWe put together a **video** showing the whole process. What each dev did during their shift, how the game kept changing, and how we tried to glue everything back together at the end:\n\nYou can watch the video here:\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MPMFWFSvN9E\n\n## The Results\n\nConsidering how messy the challenge was, we\u2019re really happy with how Router Wilds did in the results:\n![Screenshot 2026-05-09 171729.png](\/\/\/raw\/6a8\/d\/z\/733d1.png)\n\nWe expected to lean more into theme\/innovation, so seeing \u201cOverall\u201d and \u201cFun\u201d also land in the top 150 was a really nice surprise.\nHuge thanks again to everyone who played, left feedback, or streamed the game. It helped a lot and made the challenge feel worth it.\n\nIf you\u2019re curious about trying a similar \u201chot potato\u201d format with your own team, or just want to see how chaotic a no\u2011comms jam run can get, we\u2019d really appreciate you checking out the video and letting us know what you think.\n\nGood job on LD59, and see you next jam!\n","title":"Router Wilds - Hot Potato Challenge Results","wayback_source":[]}