{"author_link":"\/users\/shaolin-dave","author_name":"Shaolin Dave","author_uid":"shaolin-dave","comments":[],"epoch":1648743133,"event":"LD50","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":282127,"likes":20,"metadata":{"p_key":"162794","p_author":"Shaolin Dave","p_authorkey":"1011376","p_urlkey":"386882","p_title":"Why \"Folklore\" might be my favorite theme suggestion ever.","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD50","p_time":"1648743133","p_likes":"20","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1011376","us_name":"Shaolin Dave","us_username":"shaolin-dave","event_start":"1648857600","event_key":"110","event_name":"Ludum Dare 50"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD50","removed_author":false},"_superparent":276397,"_trust":8,"author":11376,"body":"Besides the huge amount of source material for inspiration, open to so many intepretations, I love how it doesn't restrict mechanics at all.  I have more ideas for that theme that any other before:\n\n- A pet simulator where you need to take care of a Griffin or Cerberus.\n\n- A Pac-Man style game where you play as the Wendigo from American Indian folklore, chasing down people to eat them.\n\n- A stealth game where you need to avoid a Minotaur as you escape the Labyrinth.\n\n- An idea I had for \"Mirror\" was a game where you're hunting Medusa, but you can't look directly at her, only her reflection around corners.\n\n- A racing game like Mario Kart on Rainbow Road, where you're chasing a Leprechaun to the end of the rainbow to steal his pot of gold.\n\n- A Pok\u00e9mon Snap style game where you're trying to snap pictures of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.\n\n- A quiz game featuring the Sphix.\n\n- A sea battle simlulator where you need to fight off a Kraken.\n\n- A simulator where you're a Mermaid having to do Seaworld-style tricks.\n\n- The Monkey King of Chinese folklore could have mechanics based of either the cloud he rides on, or his shrinking\/extending staff.\n\n- A hunting simulator where you need to track and kill a Jackalope.\n\n- A sumo game where you play as Paul Bunyan competing against Goliath.\n\nThose are just what I came up with in about 5 minutes.","comments":9,"comments-timestamp":"2022-04-01T21:16:02Z","created":"2022-03-31T16:09:04Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":282127,"love":20,"love-timestamp":"2022-04-01T18:40:14Z","meta":[],"modified":"2022-04-01T21:16:02Z","name":"Why \"Folklore\" might be my favorite theme suggestion ever.","node-timestamp":"2022-03-31T16:52:54Z","parent":276847,"parents":[1,5,9,276397,276847],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/the-call-of-qhulhu\/why-folklore-might-be-my-favorite-theme-suggestion-ever","published":"2022-03-31T16:12:13Z","scope":"public","slug":"why-folklore-might-be-my-favorite-theme-suggestion-ever","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":862683},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"282127","n_urlkey":"386882","n_parent":"276847","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/the-call-of-qhulhu\/why-folklore-might-be-my-favorite-theme-suggestion-ever","n_slug":"why-folklore-might-be-my-favorit","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"11376","n_created":"1648742944","n_modified":"1648847762","n_version":"862683","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/the-call-of-qhulhu\/why-folklore-might-be-my-favorite-theme-suggestion-ever","text":"Besides the huge amount of source material for inspiration, open to so many intepretations, I love how it doesn't restrict mechanics at all.  I have more ideas for that theme that any other before:\n\n- A pet simulator where you need to take care of a Griffin or Cerberus.\n\n- A Pac-Man style game where you play as the Wendigo from American Indian folklore, chasing down people to eat them.\n\n- A stealth game where you need to avoid a Minotaur as you escape the Labyrinth.\n\n- An idea I had for \"Mirror\" was a game where you're hunting Medusa, but you can't look directly at her, only her reflection around corners.\n\n- A racing game like Mario Kart on Rainbow Road, where you're chasing a Leprechaun to the end of the rainbow to steal his pot of gold.\n\n- A Pok\u00e9mon Snap style game where you're trying to snap pictures of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.\n\n- A quiz game featuring the Sphix.\n\n- A sea battle simlulator where you need to fight off a Kraken.\n\n- A simulator where you're a Mermaid having to do Seaworld-style tricks.\n\n- The Monkey King of Chinese folklore could have mechanics based of either the cloud he rides on, or his shrinking\/extending staff.\n\n- A hunting simulator where you need to track and kill a Jackalope.\n\n- A sumo game where you play as Paul Bunyan competing against Goliath.\n\nThose are just what I came up with in about 5 minutes.","title":"Why \"Folklore\" might be my favorite theme suggestion ever.","wayback_source":[]}