{"author_link":"\/users\/human-writes-code","author_name":"Human Writes Code","author_uid":"human-writes-code","comments":[],"epoch":1570116335,"event":"LD45","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":165350,"likes":11,"metadata":{"p_key":"133668","p_author":"Human Writes Code","p_authorkey":"1074510","p_urlkey":"349888","p_title":"Sideways thinking...","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD45","p_time":"1570116335","p_likes":"11","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1074510","us_name":"Human Writes Code","us_username":"human-writes-code","event_start":"1570147200","event_key":"78","event_name":"Ludum Dare 45"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD45","removed_author":false},"_superparent":159347,"_trust":8,"author":74510,"body":"I'm sure there are far more creative, interesting and talented people involved in this than me but I took a shot at a few left-field interpretations of the the final round anyway.  No doubt, you'll all come up with better ideas than me!\n\n**Start with nothing:** Your character is named Nothing and it's all about preparing for them to begin their adventure.\n\n**Unconventional travel:** A QWOP-style game where you try to avoid a travelling violation in a basketball game.\n\n**Side effects:** A make-up tutorial game all about improving the side lighting for a YouTube video.\n\n**Small character, big enemies:** A game about defeating your overwhelming insecurities to let your personality shine.\n\n**Factory:** A game about discovering mathematical factors in a world without maths.\n\n**Shelter:** (S)omething (H)orrible (E)ats (L)ove (T)o (E)nter (R)eality... Honestly, though, there's a game literally called Shelter that explores this theme so well!!  For LD, it's a bad theme!\n\n**One item, many uses:** Some run of the mill boring arse 2D\/3D platformer about finding some shit and using it for everything... (honestly, I hate this theme).\n\n**Night is coming:** Dr. Night, an overworked alcoholic doctor struggles to find his way to the Emergency Room.\n\n**Making connections:** You slowly discover how seemingly unrelated events on the same street have a common cause.\n\n**Isolation:** An educational game for apprentice electricians.\n\n**Duplication:** The same game twice. But different.\n\n**Mutation:** The same game multiple times. But different.\n\n**Low Tech:** A game about cows lowing at specific frequencies to activate milking technology.\n\n**Take one, leave the rest:** \"The Rest\" is a retirement home. \"One\" is a drug that will restore your youth.\n\n**Evolve to survive:** A gambling game where betters cast bets on who will survive evolution.\n\nDazzle me with alternatives! PLEASE!","comments":3,"comments-timestamp":"2019-10-03T16:47:44Z","created":"2019-10-03T15:04:28Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":165350,"love":11,"love-timestamp":"2019-10-03T21:59:39Z","meta":[],"modified":"2019-10-03T21:59:39Z","name":"Sideways thinking...","node-timestamp":"2019-10-03T15:28:48Z","parent":161966,"parents":[1,5,9,159347,161966],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/eventualities\/sideways-thinking","published":"2019-10-03T15:25:35Z","scope":"public","slug":"sideways-thinking","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":487833},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"165350","n_urlkey":"349888","n_parent":"161966","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/eventualities\/sideways-thinking","n_slug":"sideways-thinking","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"74510","n_created":"1570115068","n_modified":"1570139979","n_version":"487833","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/45\/eventualities\/sideways-thinking","text":"I'm sure there are far more creative, interesting and talented people involved in this than me but I took a shot at a few left-field interpretations of the the final round anyway.  No doubt, you'll all come up with better ideas than me!\n\n**Start with nothing:** Your character is named Nothing and it's all about preparing for them to begin their adventure.\n\n**Unconventional travel:** A QWOP-style game where you try to avoid a travelling violation in a basketball game.\n\n**Side effects:** A make-up tutorial game all about improving the side lighting for a YouTube video.\n\n**Small character, big enemies:** A game about defeating your overwhelming insecurities to let your personality shine.\n\n**Factory:** A game about discovering mathematical factors in a world without maths.\n\n**Shelter:** (S)omething (H)orrible (E)ats (L)ove (T)o (E)nter (R)eality... Honestly, though, there's a game literally called Shelter that explores this theme so well!!  For LD, it's a bad theme!\n\n**One item, many uses:** Some run of the mill boring arse 2D\/3D platformer about finding some shit and using it for everything... 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