{"author_link":"\/author\/kevinworkman\/","author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","comments":[{"author_name":"iossif","author_uid":"23131","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1440539220,"text":"this seems like a nice web project but i don't really see the connection to the theme."},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1440541140,"text":"@iossif: Thanks. 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."},{"author_name":"OxyOxspring","author_uid":"19104","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1440541140,"text":"Interesting... I don't really see the connection to the theme - but I do love data visualizations!"},{"author_name":"Lukbebalduke","author_uid":"26331","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1440541140,"text":"Oh, this was creepy! Interesting work, but just like iossif I did not see a connection to the theme."},{"author_name":"Feetsalot","author_uid":"42554","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1440541140,"text":"I love the idea it seems very usefull for cemeteries. However I fail to see the connection to theme, could be just me though. Keep on doing great things ;D"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Aug 25, 2015 @ 10:28pm","epoch":1440541380,"text":"Does not really look like a game at all! (like you said...) Put aside, it is a nice project"},{"author_name":"defacid","author_uid":"15837","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:08pm","epoch":1440622980,"text":"This is awesome. Doesn't fit the theme at ALL, but overall this is such a good idea... very depressing, yet sobering to life and it's brevity."},{"author_name":"Quij","author_uid":"55430","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1440624360,"text":"This is great. Chilling and pointed interpretation of the theme.\r\rI like it as a proof of concept, and I think there's lots to explore here. I hope you continue with this project."},{"author_name":"bouletmarc","author_uid":"57454","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1440625860,"text":"good web google overview, but it's not very reffering to the jam, the theme or any other else"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1440626760,"text":"Thanks Quij! I think you're the first person to really understand what I was going for with the theme!\r\r(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.)"},{"author_name":"Two Scoop Games","author_uid":"37347","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:27pm","epoch":1440631320,"text":"Really interesting idea, it made me feel creepy."},{"author_name":"Gigaraptor","author_uid":"55844","time":"Aug 26, 2015 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1440632400,"text":"This is really powerful. I can't say I enjoy it, but it really nailed the theme."},{"author_name":"Pantoufle","author_uid":"58033","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 12:28pm","epoch":1440678180,"text":"An interesting and original idea.\rI'm not so much into data visualization but I think bringing this to the jam is amazing and surprising.\r5* for innovation :-)\rI wonder if it would be possible to add a background music or some other stuff to spice things up."},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Aug 27, 2015 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1440710280,"text":"King a interesting experience.\rP.S. If you go North and then follow the road East you will see smile."},{"author_name":"merrak","author_uid":"46508","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 4:21am","epoch":1440735360,"text":"Leaving the theme up to the "player" was the right thing to do.\r\rThere'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."},{"author_name":"tGiant","author_uid":"32655","time":"Aug 28, 2015 @ 6:19am","epoch":1440742440,"text":"Interesting"},{"author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","time":"Sep 1, 2015 @ 5:24pm","epoch":1441127940,"text":"It's interesting. It's a good starting point, but as it's a Game Jam, I wish this was just a bit more game-ish and not just a dataviz app..."},{"author_name":"mubox","author_uid":"57193","time":"Sep 4, 2015 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1441399080,"text":"It's not a game. But that idea of using a data visualization could be used for a game."}],"images":["ld33\/5364-c4eab9ac801d7c3ade0352f8ec9f4196.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/s3.staticvoidgames.com\/games\/TheTour\/js\/index.html","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"9224","g_author":"5364","g_event":"LD33","g_eventkey":"29","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"9257","g_title":"The Tour","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1039","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/479518\/5364-shot0-1440461767.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This isn't really a game. It's more of a data visualization.\r\n\r\nThis 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.\r\n\r\nYou 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.\r\n\r\nTake your time. All of those little white dots were people.\r\n\r\nBandwidth warning: This downloads about 250 MB of data (in the background).\r\n\r\nAs 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.","title":"The Tour"}