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In Ludum Dare 27 (I think), someone made exactly this game. A game with a collective effort to keep "the patient" alive. One player had to press space every 10

by WA 12y ago

In Ludum Dare 27 (I think), someone made exactly this game. A game with a collective effort to keep "the patient" alive. One player had to press space every 10 seconds or the patient dies. Although every player was allowed to press multiple times. I think the patient survived for 24 hours or so, which is quite remarkable for the smaller audience. If I remember correctly, this little game even made it into some German online newspaper (probably Spiegel Online). Unfortunately, I couldn't find the game for reference.

shultays 12y ago
She only died because server died if I remember correctly
calibwam 12y ago
If I remember correctly, the patient "died" after the game got too much press, and the server crashed. Instead of rerunning the game, they called it a success. Couldn't find it either, but I did not look too long.
- zedadex 12y ago
  > If I remember correctly, the patient "died" after the game got too much press This is both "ironic if you're taking it at face value" and a pretty good pun.
unimpressive 12y ago
I spent a fair number of minutes looking for you but couldn't find it, for what it's worth I remember this game too.
usea 12y ago
A few months ago I was trying to remember the name of this game. It took me over an hour of searching, but I eventually found it. It's called IMPETUS. Here is a post-portem on the author's site [1], and the original Ludum Dare post [2]. The two games are a little different, but they're similar. In Impetus, everybody cooperates to continue pressing the button, but you can press it as often as you like. There's no per-user tracking or anything like that. Also the timer was 10 seconds instead of 60. It lasted under 12 hours. [1]: http://dom.ink/post/59611971605 http://dom.ink/post/59611971605 [2]: http://ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/26/impetus/ http://ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/26/impetus/
7Z7 12y ago
That sounds like exactly the opposite of the reddit button.
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janoelze 12y ago
yep, here's the hn thread for the game: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6292750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6292750 cool to see it come up again.

by WA 12y ago

shultays 12y ago

She only died because server died if I remember correctly

calibwam 12y ago

If I remember correctly, the patient "died" after the game got too much press, and the server crashed. Instead of rerunning the game, they called it a success. Couldn't find it either, but I did not look too long.

zedadex 12y ago
> If I remember correctly, the patient "died" after the game got too much press This is both "ironic if you're taking it at face value" and a pretty good pun.

unimpressive 12y ago

I spent a fair number of minutes looking for you but couldn't find it, for what it's worth I remember this game too.

usea 12y ago

A few months ago I was trying to remember the name of this game. It took me over an hour of searching, but I eventually found it. It's called IMPETUS. Here is a post-portem on the author's site [1], and the original Ludum Dare post [2]. The two games are a little different, but they're similar. In Impetus, everybody cooperates to continue pressing the button, but you can press it as often as you like. There's no per-user tracking or anything like that. Also the timer was 10 seconds instead of 60. It lasted under 12 hours. [1]: http://dom.ink/post/59611971605 http://dom.ink/post/59611971605 [2]: http://ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/26/impetus/ http://ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/26/impetus/

7Z7 12y ago

That sounds like exactly the opposite of the reddit button.

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janoelze 12y ago

yep, here's the hn thread for the game: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6292750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6292750 cool to see it come up again.