Comments on: Ludum Dare 21 Theme Voting Begins!

By: Mikhail Rudoy

Mikhail Rudoy — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:59:36 +0000

I’m having the same issue now with round 4. And yes I’m missing the title bar. I already did round four, but I hope it comes back before round five. :\

By: Folis

Folis — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:55:34 +0000

No. Just no.

By: finalsin

finalsin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:34:00 +0000

Infected Kitten Madness is a three-theme winner right there.

By: Shifty

Shifty — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:36:53 +0000

I’m totally for a voice/video chat !! Like the TIG community have !

By: pythong

pythong — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:27:19 +0000

Running? I want to see a gazillion canabalt clones …..WITH KITTENS!!

By: blahoink

blahoink — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:04:59 +0000

i wish the kittens theme had a +500 button :3

By: johnfn

johnfn — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:23:02 +0000

Can we put more emphasis on tagging posts with technologies? Like maybe put it under the ‘post a new post’ window so that more people see it? It’s a really good idea, but only helpful if everyone does it.

By: Henry Mclaughlin

Henry Mclaughlin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:48:27 +0000

I like to vote based on “How fun would this theme be for everyone” rather than “how interesting is this theme to me”

4D is a terrible theme because it is so limiting as far as who can actually participate. That’s not easy to code, and cuts out loads of people who need to use Game Maker and the like. Hell, that’s hard to do in 3D!

That’s just an example, but I hope I’ve made my views clear.

By: Bloodyaugust

Bloodyaugust — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:49:08 +0000

Agreed. Self Replication is my favorite so far! There’s so many possibilities… StarGate game incoming…

By: johnfn

johnfn — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:05:52 +0000

I usually vote on themes based on “how many different unique ideas could come out of this?” which is why I feel kinda strange seeing self-replication on top, even though I like it.

By: thristhart

thristhart — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:24:14 +0000

Self-replication gave me such a good idea that theme voting for me has become “which of these themes will work best with this idea.”

I wasn’t even planning on being in this LD! D: Guess I’ll be figuring out how to make it work.

By: Pvaiun

Pvaiun — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:49:57 +0000

Honestly my favorite so far has got to be Self Replication. Either that or looping, they seem to be perfect themes to tackle in a short amount of time.

By: Winterblood

Winterblood — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:56:19 +0000

Oh! Working now. I think it’s because the WordPress title bar was missing before, but I’m not sure how I got it back…

By: Winterblood

Winterblood — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:46:02 +0000

Round 2 is not working – just tells me “You must be logged in to vote”, even though I am, and can see my Round 1 votes…

By: zyrconium

zyrconium — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:09:13 +0000

Sure it might make some dull games, but mightn’t it also revolutionise loading screens for all of time into something you totally want to last for longer?

Maybe I’m thinking a little TOO big there.

By: shockedfrog

shockedfrog — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:10:23 +0000

I think it’s a great theme – the definition of a dimension allows for a wide variety of ideas, yet the obvious (space/time) options mean it wouldn’t be too difficult for anyone to get involved. Plus the fact that it’s ’4th dimension’ as opposed to ’4 dimensions’ means technically there’s no need to incorporate the first 3.

By: gustav

gustav — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:52:37 +0000

Yes!

Please up-vote the specific themes, trying to work within or around constraints is the most powerful tool for creativity in LD in my opinion

By: Sos

Sos — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:07:01 +0000

It’s a concept

By: jonnopon3000

jonnopon3000 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:37:17 +0000

I like the sound of the 4D theme too, and would love to see what people do with it, but I don’t know what I’d do with it. I’m not the most practised game programmer and I’d probably have to integrate some kind of story to justify the theme.

By: Folis

Folis — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:05:27 +0000

No, that would be the funniest LD ever. 150 Games submitted in the first hour. All containing the same gameplay: Waiting for a delivery.

“Delivery Simulator 2011″, “The Delivery”, “Deliverycation”, “Waiting for the delivery”, “The delivery takes so long!” etc.