{"author_name":"MSiddeek","cat":"LD #35","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"April 24, 2016 3:35 pm","epoch":1461530100,"text":"ive tested more than 150 games, and many of theme where outstanding!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"April 24, 2016 3:36 pm","epoch":1461530160,"text":"I hate to blow my own trumpet, but apparently mine is quite good.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"rjhelms","time":"April 24, 2016 4:37 pm","epoch":1461533820,"text":"I agree with you, broadly speaking. I feel like LD34 had the highest overall quality, in my entirely subjective opinion, of any Ludum Dare I’ve participated in, and I feel like the challenge of the themes had a lot to do with it.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Klaas","time":"April 24, 2016 4:48 pm","epoch":1461534480,"text":"This is my first Ludum Dare, so I can’t speak for previous themes, but you can interpret a theme like ‘shapeshift’ as broadly as “a change in state” which is a very broad theme indeed.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1461526020,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"5833","p_author":"MSiddeek","p_authorkey":"501350","p_urlkey":"41282","p_title":"Random thought on Shapeshifting","p_cat":"LD #35","p_event":"LD35","p_time":"1461526020","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"7","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"501350","us_name":"MSiddeek","us_username":"MSiddeek","event_start":"1460678400","event_key":"33","event_name":"LD35"},"text":"

So I’ve seen 40-50 aweseome games. \u00a0But only 1 or 2\u00a0stood out for me (Note: my game is not one of those xD). \u00a0Part of what I like about LD is that I think of it as a showcase of random\u00a0game elements put under magnification goggles. \u00a0You get to see one game mechanic in isolation\u00a0— which you can learn a lot from. \u00a0I have a theory that the more constraints there are in a jam the more creative people get<\/a>. \u00a0But I could be completely wrong.<\/p>\n

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LD34 for example had LOTS of games that\u00a0felt like they almost invented new genres \/ core mechanics. \u00a0Maybe the theme in LD35 wasn’t very restrictive? \u00a0Do you guys disagree? \u00a0Do you recommend any\u00a0games\u00a0from LD35?<\/p>","time":"April 24th, 2016 2:27 pm","title":"Random thought on Shapeshifting"}