The Tour by KevinWorkman
This isn't really a game. It's more of a data visualization.
This is a visualization of all of the people buried at Arlington Cemetery. It uses google maps to show a top-down view of the cemetery, and cross-references that with data from the Arlington Cemetery API (yes, apparently that's a thing) to show information about people buried near you.
You control the red pointer. Use the buttons (or your arrow keys) to walk around Arlington Cemetery. Information about the people buried near you will display on the right.
Take your time. All of those little white dots were people.
Bandwidth warning: This downloads about 250 MB of data (in the background).
As for a connection to the theme, I purposely left that up to the "player" to decide for themselves. I'm not making a political statement or anything, but I will say that walking through Arlington in real life leaves me with a feeling of... complicity... that I can't quite explain in words, and this "game" was my attempt at capturing that emotion.
This is a visualization of all of the people buried at Arlington Cemetery. It uses google maps to show a top-down view of the cemetery, and cross-references that with data from the Arlington Cemetery API (yes, apparently that's a thing) to show information about people buried near you.
You control the red pointer. Use the buttons (or your arrow keys) to walk around Arlington Cemetery. Information about the people buried near you will display on the right.
Take your time. All of those little white dots were people.
Bandwidth warning: This downloads about 250 MB of data (in the background).
As for a connection to the theme, I purposely left that up to the "player" to decide for themselves. I'm not making a political statement or anything, but I will say that walking through Arlington in real life leaves me with a feeling of... complicity... that I can't quite explain in words, and this "game" was my attempt at capturing that emotion.
| Web | http://s3.staticvoidgames.com/games/TheTour/js/index.html |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=5364 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 45% | 1415 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.50 | 1039 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.62 | 132 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.56 | 901 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.08 | 1078 |
I like it as a proof of concept, and I think there's lots to explore here. I hope you continue with this project.
(That's my fault, maybe I should have made it more obvious, but I wanted to leave it up to the "player" to decide for themselves.)
I'm not so much into data visualization but I think bringing this to the jam is amazing and surprising.
5* for innovation :-)
I wonder if it would be possible to add a background music or some other stuff to spice things up.
P.S. If you go North and then follow the road East you will see smile.
There's a lot to take from this if you give yourself some time to think it over. I'd expect anyone who did so would likely find something different than the next person.