Ouch. For slaughter round, I'm usually very permissive - I keep my preference selection for the rounds, and just try to slaughter what I think are bad themes, and not themes I don't like (wich is a very different selecting way). But, this time… Well, either I'm getting pickier, or the suggested themes sucks way more as usual. Don't know, just this fact : I kept only 10% themes (against 40-60% usually).

If you want to make a game using those, feel free to do so, as a bonus theme, but do not force "veteran" ludum darers to work again on a theme they have already done, and to see all the same hundreds of games they already have rated before… :cold_sweat:

I didn't let the following two in the list, because they are related to LD before the 21th, with less than 300 entries, and so I think really few people would be annoyed to have them as final LD#44 theme :

Space exploration, close to #16 (Exploration : 121 entries), and #19 (Discovery : 242 entries)
Contagious, close to #4 (Infection : 66 entries)

I'm invited saturday in family, but as almost every LD I have no clear idea before saturday night, it will not prevent me to do this one. :smile:

Oh, and here's my suggestions :

- not as good as my previous "side effects", but I have for personnal rule to not suggest any of my previous proposals (I guess if it's stills a good one, someone else will suggest it again)

…Did I missed something ? :grin:

And here's my suggestions for this LD. Not my best, not my worse. We will see if this is inspiring for someone, or not.

This will be my 23rd time, and I still enjoy that !

I was not very well inspired, but at least I suggested something (unlike previous LD :sweat_smile:)

I don't know why I still do this, it takes so much time, and there is more and more suggestions to slaughter each LD… :sweat_smile:

The last time I didn't take part to the theme suggestions, but this time I did (even if, as always, this is not especially good)

…And here's my theme suggestions

…So I made this for fun, with some raw Paint add-on :laughing:

Good luck everyone, and don't forget to have lot of fun!

As usual, I was not very inspired, so I'm afraid that my suggestions are not very original

I forgot the "suggest a theme" time, but I'm in and I hope we'll all have a good LD week-end!

…I guess

I don't know about the other veterans, but for my part I'm starting to get tired of having to redo LDs that I've already done before. It's not like there are tens of thousands of possible original themes, right? 😤

Nevermind. Let's find something original on a theme which is not at all, trying to not thinking of the next LD theme, which will probably be "lonely", "don't let it die" or "unbalanced" :rolling_eyes:

And as always, my suggestions are not so original, but at least I did not forget to suggest something (as for some previous LD's) :smile:

I would have a lot of things to say about this one, but I'll stick to only this one issue, which seemed to me worst than previous slaughters I've done: I'm sure I saw, word-to-word copy or barely reworded, at least 3/4 of all the LD themes ever done… What the hell is your problem, guys?! Appart if it was for trolling, if you really want to make a game with any previous LD theme, go ahead, do it now and post it here (and I'm pretty sure that some of us will happyly like it, comment, and give feedback), but for the sake of LD spirit, stop suggesting thoose for future LDs!!!
I think I will never understand that, and to be honest I'm sick repeating myself almost each LD about this issue… :pensive:

note : I rate 0 the ones I don't like but that if I had to choose I would prefer over the ones I rate -1

Collapse -> 0
I can't come with more than one kind of game with this as a gameplay mechanic, and not better with this as a background story. This don't proves that other ones don't exist, but this means that we may have to rate a lot of similar games

Rock, paper, scissors -> -1
No, thanks. I really don't want having to code an AI, even very basic, in order to play against it at an antediluvian game which not entertain me anymore since I'm ten - nor having to rate dozens of RPS themed games (and what is the next step? tic-tac-toe? heads-or-tails?)

Alchemy -> -1
Meh. There are lot of games on this theme, but they are more or less likely the same
(also fits my comment for "Collapse")

Strange creatures -> -1
I don't like Pokemon that much that I would like rating clones endlessly, and as a solo ludumdarer I don't see myself having to make so much artworks in so less time - plus, for LD#35 I already made a game which could fit this theme, and I have absolutely not any single other idea

Edge of the world -> -1
It may sound silly, but: this theme implies that the game obviously includes a "world". And I'm tired of LD themes that implies a "world" - tiny, connected, small… No, not again, thanks.

Repair -> +1
There are so much things and concepts that could need a fix, and so much ways to fix something…

Build your own path -> -1
Same comment than "Collapse", plus limiting on something to build

Single resource -> -1
This is a better rewording of LD#44's theme, and somewhat connected to LD#52's, and I really don't want to redo nor rate LD#44 nor LD#52

Momentum -> -1
If LD was limited to professional game makers, this could be a good theme. I'm not ready to code nor use an advanced physic engine, and I doubt to be the only ludumdarer with that mood - plus, same last comment than "Strange creatures", with my LD#47's entry

Leave something behind -> -1
40, 43, and "Running out of something" LD's entries already have explored all the concepts that I can think of with this theme

Connected -> 0
Same comment than "Leave something behind" with 30, 41, and 44 LD's

Combinations -> +1
If only we had this one instead of the LD#41's infamous theme...

Isolated -> -1
Objectively it's not a bad theme, but my first LD was LD#22, and sorry, I can't…

Stronger together -> 0
Meh. Just: meh. Maybe this one will have a better fate than its so-common sibling "strength in numbers" suggestion we have almost every LD, in which case see my next comment

Sanctuary, Folklore -> 0
The only good thing I see if one of those wins, is that we will not have it anymore in the next LD's votes

I may not have lot of time for LD#56, as I have things to do the same week-end. However, looking back to the last ones I've done, I guess this will not change anything :joy:

Whatever, this will not prevent me to, at least, suggest themes :
• Exhibition
• Safety