On the Growth of Ludum Dare and the Selection of Themes

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★78%
Made in Twine. Sound effects made in BFXR, graphics hand-painted in Paintrush, a Mac program functionally equivalent to MS Paint. (Except my avatar, used at the end to credit myself.)

Comments36

JoeProgram24 Aug 2015, 03:17
I chain slaughtered Chain Reaction. Hilarious!
GAFBlizzard24 Aug 2015, 08:23
Kind of hilarious and kind of reflects my own feelings.
peterthehe
peterthehe24 Aug 2015, 09:16
A lovely take on LD life. I can relate to it on *almost* every level (including FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU)
Techblogogy
Techblogogy24 Aug 2015, 09:49
LudumDare Simulator 2015. 5/5 on Humor
danialias
danialias24 Aug 2015, 15:01
Haha, that was nice. TIME WARP! Now I can try a different route (and hopefully anger Crowbeak to level 8 :D)
0x0961h
0x0961h24 Aug 2015, 18:21
10/10, would play again.
PTSnoop
PTSnoop24 Aug 2015, 19:14
Well, that was... refreshingly meta.
hissssssssss25 Aug 2015, 02:10
I was pretty stubborn about insisting the narrator is stubborn.
wg_phancock25 Aug 2015, 04:47
Hahaha So.very.meta.

I think you proved that all of us are monsters for voting for this theme.
Tuism
Tuism25 Aug 2015, 06:02
So meta, great writing! :)

There are a few great tidbits of info in there, and I liked the way your choices seemed to matter, which is a great thing for a text adventure. Sounds were great, and the emoticons were excellent too.

Seems to be quite a deep branch! Gotta check it out again :)
madjackmcmad
madjackmcmad25 Aug 2015, 08:35
Murder Chain Reaction over and over again!
Jelinib25 Aug 2015, 08:42
Funny and yet insightful! Especially since I'm new to Ludum Dare, this helped me learn more about its history. The emoticons did their jobs very well--very creative! Glad I played this. Thanks!
ruerob25 Aug 2015, 10:48
Thank you for this game! I like how it takes up some little things which happen every LD. Like the screaming about the 'bad' theme.
CheesyRamen
CheesyRamen25 Aug 2015, 11:20
I really enjoyed this! Makes for a good introduction to those new to Ludum Dare!
Also, it made me feel like a monster for constantly trolling the narrator ;)
UncleChris
UncleChris25 Aug 2015, 19:11
I really liked your point of view, such a cool way to play with the themes and being a "monster" about them. Thanks!
Sparrow25 Aug 2015, 20:36
*claps*
I laughed so hard at this! Great job!
hdong25 Aug 2015, 23:15
That was quite enjoyable and thought-provoking. Turned out to be way deeper than I expected. I'm new to Ludum Dare and I found this quite informational as well. Nice game!
Shackhal25 Aug 2015, 23:37
Refreshing game. I can only thinks that the theme is referring as the one who plays the game. After all, we are the monsters who choose the theme hahaha.

Of course, the graphics are below average, but you don't care about that, right? Anyways, it was fun. I only rage you to 6 on the second play. First was 1. After all, I'm a veteran too xD

Overall, the game passes.
squarepug26 Aug 2015, 10:12
Ha this made me smile. I actually "played" it twice to go on a different journey thru it, you've put a surprising amount of depth in it :D
Nikteddy9226 Aug 2015, 15:43
What da.. Ok I got it!
(epic chain reaction joke lol)
(I agree with you, I don't really like this theme but in the end I found a nice idea! :D)
BTW funny entry! ;D
defacid
defacid26 Aug 2015, 21:04
A good attempt at a meta-anti-theme-game but some of the colors/images were really off-putting and that sound was horrible and loud haha

I think the theme is okay - definitely not one of the ones I wanted to win, but ehhh...
ArthG
ArthG26 Aug 2015, 23:17
So grumpy. So old.
el-pepi
el-pepi30 Aug 2015, 00:28
Amazing. The most original "game" I have seen on this compo.
MrTwister
MrTwister30 Aug 2015, 01:07
hahahaha, This is pretty much every LD ever.
It's a very well put together "simulator" though. Loved the time warp and the player-narrator interactions.

I'm glad you still made this game despite not liking the "theme" because this was hilarious! Made me smile a damn lot for sure. Nice job!
WubAlliance
WubAlliance1 Sep 2015, 16:04
Fun little web game! 5/5 for humor, some of the comments actually made me laugh out loud. The ASCII art was awesome, and the sound effects were a nice touch. Very enjoyable entry, I played through several times to get all the endings. Nice job!
ALobker
ALobker3 Sep 2015, 09:26
"Yes, you are." x57 before I gave up
Xanjos3 Sep 2015, 10:50
This was so enjoyable to play through. Loved all the meta-references to Ludum Dare itself (Also maybe I should start taking a gander at the irc channnel at some point).
Mathieu Muller
Mathieu Muller3 Sep 2015, 11:58
You monster! I just had a nightmare that the theme was "You're the monster" and... :D
sandbaydev3 Sep 2015, 19:24
Heh, fun little ludum dare simulator :) Plenty of options to go through. I actually liked the graphics a lot :D
boardtobits
boardtobits4 Sep 2015, 17:47
Interesting. Very meta, obviously, but entertaining. Clever to include stats at the end.
rodobodolfo
rodobodolfo5 Sep 2015, 08:09
Very clever! As I was playing I was thinking of the comments to leave arguing that the theme was different enough and open to interpretation but in the end you allowed me to do that in game! Great work!
ZNCatlaw
ZNCatlaw11 Sep 2015, 22:06
I rate this very highly! At first I was playing because I thought "pfft, what does this old-timer have to say about the theme! It's a great theme!" but you actually made a very nice, friendly, compelling game with lots of "team spirit" and stuff. Good job! You're a real Ludum Dareling!
tripleVisionGames12 Sep 2015, 20:55
I made the narrator angry...

I'm just happy I managed to finish a game for this theme! My 'You Are The Villain' entry was rubbish.
GAFBlizzard15 Sep 2015, 16:18
I'm glad this got #14 humor, nice work. :P

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