{"author_link":"\/author\/quill18\/","author_name":"quill18","author_uid":"7862","comments":[{"author_name":"TheNewPhoenix","author_uid":"43417","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 1:17am","epoch":1429492320,"text":"Great game!!! Watched your livestream. Awesome job!"},{"author_name":"NSoul","author_uid":"50263","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 1:25am","epoch":1429492800,"text":"I enjoyed it :)"},{"author_name":"Briltz","author_uid":"52790","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 1:35am","epoch":1429493400,"text":"Best looking LD game you have made to date. Great job!"},{"author_name":"davidcmcdonald","author_uid":"43146","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 2:30am","epoch":1429496700,"text":"Cool concept and sound affects, i enjoyed playing."},{"author_name":"breadstix","author_uid":"28700","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 2:45am","epoch":1429497600,"text":"The concept is great. The game play is simple which is a good thing. Opening a book of ninjas almost always meant certain death for me."},{"author_name":"Dustician","author_uid":"49777","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 3:02am","epoch":1429498620,"text":"It doesn't seem like the Blackbeards are firing currently"},{"author_name":"jxargo","author_uid":"52837","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:13am","epoch":1429502880,"text":"I love the overall look of this game. Enjoyed the livestream. Excellent work."},{"author_name":"mrwillowb","author_uid":"38959","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:22am","epoch":1429503420,"text":"Great game as always Martin, The game runs very slowly even with low graphics settings on my laptop. It would have been more fun if there was some traps or something else as you walk around, it is a very cool game."},{"author_name":"shylloh","author_uid":"52845","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:51am","epoch":1429505160,"text":"Awesome game Quill, has some strange issues playing on my old\/slow laptop though. I stuck around for as much of the livestream as I could, keep up the good work! &lt;3 &lt;3"},{"author_name":"ZQMony","author_uid":"34117","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:49am","epoch":1429508640,"text":"Great game. Lots of details."},{"author_name":"PushmePullyu","author_uid":"2817","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:55am","epoch":1429509000,"text":"Pen OP please nerf."},{"author_name":"tomdeal","author_uid":"35919","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:44am","epoch":1429515540,"text":"The graphics are really great for a 48hour game. I've watched the livestream for a while, as always quite interesting.\r<br\/>I do have some complaints concerning the game design, because while being ok for two days, it does not match the graphical quality. For me personally, it could have a bit more variety in gameplay. More weapons, enemies, a boss etc.\r<br\/>Maybe I'm a bit too strict with my opinion, but at the 10+ ludum dare attempt and with your experience, its just another level :-)"},{"author_name":"jackyjjc","author_uid":"21428","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:00am","epoch":1429516500,"text":"The game looks really polished and it is great fun! The control was kind of hard get around at first but once I got use to it I thoroughly enjoyed the game. Awesome job! I was watching your stream while I was working on my own entry, pretty inspiring!"},{"author_name":"Gunn3rboi","author_uid":"35840","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:15am","epoch":1429517400,"text":"really original, i really liked the whole idea."},{"author_name":"TiberiusC","author_uid":"52876","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:19am","epoch":1429517640,"text":"I really enjoyed watching you build the game, as I was around for about 39 of the 48 hours, and I gotta say, it is a heck of a lotta fun to play. I hope you win the whole thing!"},{"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"50889","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:28am","epoch":1429518180,"text":"A fun really game."},{"author_name":"Malakat","author_uid":"50926","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:40am","epoch":1429522500,"text":"Nice! Very good looker and the theme is fantastic"},{"author_name":"marccspro","author_uid":"26996","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:56am","epoch":1429523460,"text":"Great game but pretty short and .. not so funny ... saddly"},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 9:59am","epoch":1429523640,"text":"Awesome work, caught bits of the livestream too, thanks for everything bro!"},{"author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:58am","epoch":1429527180,"text":"Like every Ludum Dare i'm always like: &quot;i wanna do my own entry, but i wanna watch Quill's stream as well&quot;.\r<br\/>So i spend my development breaks onto Twitch watching you and your different than mine take on the theme. And you always manage to amaze me.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>There is little to say about the game, it's good, very polished and the voiced sound effects are fantastic.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As always i would like to invite you to take a look at my own entry, it would be an honor! :)"},{"author_name":"Malsanity","author_uid":"49923","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:32am","epoch":1429529220,"text":"Would love some WASD movement"},{"author_name":"nicotuason","author_uid":"21669","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 12:22pm","epoch":1429532220,"text":"The world is beautiful to look at, but the characters don't look so good next to it. Still, I love the paper theme and the fact that the walls are books."},{"author_name":"cmayhem","author_uid":"22508","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 1:08pm","epoch":1429534980,"text":"Very fun with great mood, very nice graphics!"},{"author_name":"TwiiK","author_uid":"50152","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 3:13pm","epoch":1429542480,"text":"Watched your livestream while I made my own game. Even though our time zones differ by about 6 hours I still think I watched the entire thing. :p\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The gameplay suffered a bit because you focused so much on presentation, but I got the feeling from watching the livestream that presentation was your focus for this one.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Overall a solid entry and I love the random room generation."},{"author_name":"DeadM8","author_uid":"37275","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 3:38pm","epoch":1429543980,"text":"A great game, very well polished and a really interesting concept. I watched what I could of the livestream, and love all the little details that have been put in :)"},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1429548360,"text":"Overall a fun game."},{"author_name":"DragonXVI","author_uid":"35553","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1429548840,"text":"Love the asthetics of the level design :p And the little letter health pickups that drop. Game's like a simple Cannon-fodder-esque game, easy controls are fairly fun.  Kept running out of ink though!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, no wonder he's havin' trouble writing. All his books are on pirates and ninjas :p"},{"author_name":"Barink-social","author_uid":"37570","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1429549320,"text":"nice job ,quill! wathced the last few hours of your livestream, since i made a game myself as well. i did notice you're getting better at graphics"},{"author_name":"danidre14","author_uid":"32791","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1429551360,"text":"Really cool concept! The graphics we nicely done, the music never got old, and overall a very good submission.\r<br\/>One thing, when you restart, well, for me, the game lags a lot for like 1 minute, then everything smooth-ens out and playing is normal, until you win or lose, and restart again."},{"author_name":"dusho","author_uid":"36575","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:45pm","epoch":1429551600,"text":"nice game, love the environment\r<br\/>combat and targeting feels clumsy, though\r<br\/>also, enjoyed your livestream, again"},{"author_name":"Linus123xbb","author_uid":"28046","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1429551660,"text":"Fantastic game, I really liked it. This is probably my most favourite game you've made on Ludum Dare :D"},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1429559100,"text":"I really like the look to this game, and the idea is great!"},{"author_name":"wilpel1234","author_uid":"37098","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1429559160,"text":"Thanks for this game hope you win!"},{"author_name":"xgeovanni","author_uid":"11296","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1429560360,"text":"Good game, but far from your best. Linux version seems a little screwy but that can only really be blamed on Unity."},{"author_name":"Jeedan","author_uid":"51386","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 10:31pm","epoch":1429568760,"text":"Awesome! I really liked your game, not at all biased as I love ARPGs...and use your youtube tutorials a ton!"},{"author_name":"Sim00n","author_uid":"29770","time":"Apr 20, 2015 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1429574040,"text":"I like the idea and the graphics but the game overall seems kind of boring."},{"author_name":"killthealias","author_uid":"36494","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:21am","epoch":1429575360,"text":"The graphics, sound and such are all very well done. However I have a big complaint with how movement was handled as I had trouble targeting an enemy as the game always moved me when I was trying to target an enemy. The procedural generation was done very well also."},{"author_name":"Alexander Ramsay-Baggs","author_uid":"42098","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 12:41am","epoch":1429576560,"text":"Very good, though I found it hard to target the flying books."},{"author_name":"mockthebear","author_uid":"16447","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:54am","epoch":1429584540,"text":"I really enjoyed. Ive been playing thought all rooms waiting a boss or something. XD\r<br\/>Well, but still 5\/5!\r<br\/>fun 5\/5 because the &quot;dish dish dish&quot; with voice"},{"author_name":"muromets","author_uid":"14188","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 3:28am","epoch":1429586580,"text":"Great one! It is hard sometimes to hit consistently enemies, but nonetheless it was a fun ride"},{"author_name":"Vulture Tamer","author_uid":"41917","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:56am","epoch":1429599060,"text":"good game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>love the theme concept!\r<br\/>especially the main menu!"},{"author_name":"marinalucio","author_uid":"45037","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:10am","epoch":1429610700,"text":"I really like the concept of the game. The controls are a bit rough, but i guess it can be easily improved (maybe add WASD to move character). The sfx is a bit too loud for the bg too. Overall nice game! hope to see it more polished. :)"},{"author_name":"PohyCZ","author_uid":"6511","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:59am","epoch":1429613640,"text":"The controls are a bit wonky, but overall, good experience."},{"author_name":"norwalnate13","author_uid":"50898","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1429626480,"text":"I loved it! I watched it come together in the livestream. I've got to say, it is very pretty for a LD game."},{"author_name":"liquidmedia","author_uid":"45679","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1429633920,"text":"The best LD 32 game that I have played yet!"},{"author_name":"fixitteam","author_uid":"52954","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1429641960,"text":"Awesome job as always, quill :)"},{"author_name":"Nysten","author_uid":"34563","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 9:42pm","epoch":1429652220,"text":"Pretty looking game with good gameplay. Works well."},{"author_name":"iDisOrder","author_uid":"53462","time":"Apr 21, 2015 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1429654260,"text":"Love it, love it, love it!!!!"},{"author_name":"tigerbyte","author_uid":"39187","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 12:41am","epoch":1429662960,"text":"Great job as always, Quill! I laughed out loud when I heard the &quot;dsh&quot; sound of the pen."},{"author_name":"KunoNoOni","author_uid":"6464","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 1:23am","epoch":1429665480,"text":"Well done Quill. You did a top notch job on this one. When you pick up the letters the sound is a little too loud."},{"author_name":"ironleonem","author_uid":"49950","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 8:50am","epoch":1429692300,"text":"Great title! I felt like the ninjas were a little too difficult, but otherwise I had a LOT of fun playing your game! Thanks for sharing! (I beat it! Woo!)"},{"author_name":"OzlFX","author_uid":"46938","time":"Apr 22, 2015 @ 9:02am","epoch":1429693020,"text":"Honestly one of the best games I have ever played, awesome job dude! P.S. I Watched the livestream :D"},{"author_name":"JALgames","author_uid":"26549","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 10:52am","epoch":1429786020,"text":"Amazing! Altough the controls still need some work, I otherwise really enjoyed this game because of the unique ink mechanics. I'd really like you to make a post-compo-version with the features you mentioned in the post-mortem video."},{"author_name":"kabutakogames","author_uid":"51243","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 1:51pm","epoch":1429796760,"text":"I like the concept - it'd be cool if the respawn function didn't just plop you back where you were though as often when I was getting wailed on by ninjas I would just keep getting mauled when I respawned"},{"author_name":"Xanderzoo","author_uid":"50396","time":"Apr 23, 2015 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1429799700,"text":"Nice game."},{"author_name":"andrewkennedy","author_uid":"20990","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 2:15am","epoch":1429841400,"text":"Great idea - loved the setting an awful lot! Found the combat to be a bit uninspiring (winning wasn't all that rewarding and dying didn't feel like your fault). The environment was cool, and picking up the letters was a nice touch. Great idea for the start menu by the way!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 1:01pm","epoch":1429880160,"text":"Cool unique style for the graphics and a great take on the theme. Absolutely love how you did the opening menu too, really cool!"},{"author_name":"th4t","author_uid":"52691","time":"Apr 24, 2015 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1429895760,"text":"Cool game. I really enjoyed watching your Post Mortem.\r<br\/>Of course there is room left for improvement (e.g. I don't really like the voiced sound effects) but great work for the limited time frame."},{"author_name":"RealityCheck","author_uid":"44504","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1429977000,"text":"Really love the idea behind this game. The theme is used perfectly for what is ultimately a well polished 48hr game. Found it a bit strange\/uncomfortable to both move and melee with the left mouse, but other than that - great stuff."},{"author_name":"TheScopelessOne","author_uid":"50730","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1429988760,"text":"The sound when picking up letters can get a bit loud, otherwise this is impressive for 48h."},{"author_name":"Jacob Eriksson","author_uid":"49719","time":"Apr 25, 2015 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1429995000,"text":"Can't believe this was made in just 48 hours!"},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"Apr 26, 2015 @ 12:03am","epoch":1430006280,"text":"Very nice. The environment and menu were beautiful, and the player and enemy graphics were consistent. My only critique would be that the ink attack mechanic felt a little clunky, but I got by. Thematically, this was excellent! You really did a good job of making all the elements complement each other."},{"author_name":"coderitual","author_uid":"22182","time":"Apr 28, 2015 @ 4:03pm","epoch":1430236680,"text":"I've watched you stream, it was great to watch how you've worked on the game. Game itself is a masterpiece, taking into account the time in which it was done. When it comes to time management, I still have a lot to learn :)"},{"author_name":"funisfun8","author_uid":"51044","time":"Apr 30, 2015 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1430416680,"text":"Wow, came here from your post-mortem video. DANG! Great job! The game is innovative, interesting, has a fun theme, great mechanics, and overall just VERY well executed!"},{"author_name":"FeniX","author_uid":"44283","time":"May 2, 2015 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1430569920,"text":"Great idea and graphics! The game looks awesome, great job! I love the fact that bats are flying books. :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>However, there are some bugs - I had problems with shooting ink, sometimes that didn't happen and sometimes the ink got stuck in the smoke left after dead of an enemy an there was a sound played till the moment I shot again. An there was a moment, when a letter was stuck on the edge of the wall and I wasn't able to reach it."},{"author_name":"ButtonMasherBros","author_uid":"11937","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1430754960,"text":"Pssst - you are in todays Ludum Dare to Believe! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5huV5G4H100"},{"author_name":"Lukbebalduke","author_uid":"26331","time":"May 4, 2015 @ 4:38pm","epoch":1430757180,"text":"Cool idea and nice graphics style!"},{"author_name":"Anti","author_uid":"33991","time":"May 6, 2015 @ 8:27am","epoch":1430900520,"text":"Good execution! Really fun to watch you make it and play it."},{"author_name":"Archonthewizard","author_uid":"52352","time":"May 7, 2015 @ 4:21am","epoch":1430972160,"text":"One of the most impressive compo entries I've seen! I think it was a good idea to keep it short.  Very cool!"},{"author_name":"NuvlearGames","author_uid":"36219","time":"May 7, 2015 @ 10:59am","epoch":1430996040,"text":"Seriously quill!!!! You damn show off. I demand that you develop the game forever. One of the best games you have made."},{"author_name":"sharp911","author_uid":"36736","time":"May 7, 2015 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1431015300,"text":"Great Job!"},{"author_name":"marccspro","author_uid":"26996","time":"May 12, 2015 @ 10:43am","epoch":1431427080,"text":"0% Coolness... That's a shame. A big part of Ludum Dare is about voting for other games."}],"images":["ld32\/7862-9d2a431ee475b5191649a3503fa43d01.jpg","ld32\/7862-04d7f47f465ae02bb4dda604a524e043.jpg","ld32\/7862-6a0be6630b4688d6f49842f2d1a83167.jpg","ld32\/7862-53f9a6e4cc0c10d2251a70f76d2ca5f6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/quill18.com\/ld32\/rc2\/Quill18-LD32-win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/quill18.com\/ld32\/rc2\/Quill18-LD32-mac.zip","text":"Mac"},{"url":"http:\/\/quill18.com\/ld32\/rc2\/Quill18-LD32-linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dsvPsHui7HY","text":"Post-Mortem Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/quill18.com\/ld32\/rc2\/LD32%20-%20Quill18%20-%20Source%20Submittion.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"12638","g_author":"7862","g_event":"LD32","g_eventkey":"27","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"12668","g_title":"ink","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"109","g_commentcount":"72","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/7862-shot0-1429492406.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/7862-shot1-1429492406.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/7862-shot2-1429492816.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/444368\/7862-shot3-1429506714.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"\"ink\" is a dungeon crawler set in a literal literary land that is procedurally generated.  Tales of oriental adventures will summon ninjas made of ink while flying novels go for your face.\r\n\r\nLuckily, you have brought your fountain pen and can turn your aggressors' ink against them!\r\n\r\n(48-hour Solo-Compo)\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nCONTROLS\r\nLeft Click:  Move & Melee Attack (does area damage).\r\nRight Click: Fire your high-powered INK BEAM attack!\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nGOAL\r\n\r\nCOLLECT three pieces of INSPIRATION to complete your novel before your editor gets mad!\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nMADE WITH:\r\nUnity 5\r\nSubstance Designer\r\nBlender\r\nPhotoshop\r\nAudacity\r\nAudioTool.com\r\nBFXR\r\n\r\nMade by Martin \"quill18\" Glaude.\r\nUnity Tutorials:  http:\/\/youtube.com\/quill18creates\r\nLet's Plays:  http:\/\/youtube.com\/quill18\r\nTwitter: @quill18\r\nEmail: quill18@quill18.com\r\n\r\n<3 <3 <3 to everyone who watched the livestream!\r\n","title":"ink"}