{"author_link":"\/author\/ashalah\/","author_name":"Ashalah","author_uid":"46895","comments":[{"author_name":"LandoSystems","author_uid":"18212","time":"Dec 9, 2014 @ 4:51am","epoch":1418100360,"text":"Great game!  Clever idea to alter the map as you move through it, great use of light and shadow, very nice art style.  Good work all around!"},{"author_name":"Junuxx","author_uid":"46264","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:41am","epoch":1418193360,"text":"Yay I won! That was fun to play and provided a decent challenge. I absolutely love how the level layout changes where it's dark, very nice.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think I died 5 times in the last big room. First time I died I was transported all the way back to the start, so I had to walk a long way through an empty level. I think that's not supposed to happen? The entries and side corridors of the boss room also glitched a lot for me, and after a while the shield stayed on indefinitely. Don't know why\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Suggestions for future improvement: Maybe only regenerate HP after x seconds out of combat? Or make enemies actively chase you? Right now it's to easy to hide and recover full strength. Also, the light resource recovers very quickly; I never ran out, so so maybe reduce the gain rate. Finally, I couldn't figure out how to trigger the offensive spell mentioned in the readme.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>All in all very nice, would recommend."},{"author_name":"Junuxx","author_uid":"46264","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 6:42am","epoch":1418193420,"text":"Oh forgot to mention the art style. I think it's great! Could have been a commercial game in the 90s, and that's not meant as a dig."},{"author_name":"Linear","author_uid":"25368","time":"Dec 10, 2014 @ 10:12pm","epoch":1418249220,"text":"This is one of the most fun games I've played so far.  Very well done with the way the level wraps around on itself!  The only points you lost were that you didn't have sound, which affected the mood."},{"author_name":"xaedes","author_uid":"31351","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1418312400,"text":"I get &quot;MSVCP120d.dll missing&quot; error, even after installing vcredist_x86.\r<br\/>As it seems to be the debug version (http:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/q\/21707992\/798588), this could may be fixed with a release build instead of debug.\r<br\/>Please fix this =)"},{"author_name":"ZNCatlaw","author_uid":"42407","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1418314500,"text":"I got the same error as @xaedes .\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Would love to try it out, though. :)"},{"author_name":"NPException","author_uid":"28802","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1418314620,"text":"I get an error message, saying that &quot;OpenColorIO.dll&quot; is missing. I take a look at google."},{"author_name":"NPException","author_uid":"28802","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1418314800,"text":"ignore the last comment. wanted to write that in another tab :D"},{"author_name":"NPException","author_uid":"28802","time":"Dec 11, 2014 @ 4:33pm","epoch":1418315280,"text":"Just... perfect in everything it tries to do, imo!\r<br\/>Seriously. The level design is nuts! LOVE IT!\r<br\/>The art style! You are a genius. 5 Stars everywhere. Shut up and take my money!"},{"author_name":"Victory Garden","author_uid":"22357","time":"Dec 12, 2014 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1418421900,"text":"I get the same &quot;MSVCP120D.dll is missing&quot; error, even after reinstalling directly from microsoft support. It looks like a great game, and I'd love to play it, though. For reference, I'm running 64-bit Windows 8."},{"author_name":"Ashalah","author_uid":"46895","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 10:23am","epoch":1418465880,"text":"Hey guys, this is indeed the debug build. I'll upload the proper release build tonight, it should work on everyones PC provided that vcredist_x86 is installed. Sorry about this silly mistake. Thank you for playing my game :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Linear, I know :( It pains me that there's no sound, it would really add a lot to the atmosphere. I've got no experience with sound\/music though. Maybe I can find a friendly sound artist to help me finish the game."},{"author_name":"Ashalah","author_uid":"46895","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1418476500,"text":"Updated. Should no longer give &quot;MSVCP120D.dll is missing&quot; error."},{"author_name":"rd127p77","author_uid":"39898","time":"Dec 13, 2014 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1418489460,"text":"Pretty Cool Game, Love the graphics"},{"author_name":"Scam","author_uid":"35226","time":"Dec 14, 2014 @ 9:39am","epoch":1418549640,"text":"I loved the art style. Dynamically changing map is a cool idea. With sounds and music it would be more captivating."},{"author_name":"anael","author_uid":"45582","time":"Dec 16, 2014 @ 7:10pm","epoch":1418756700,"text":"awesome game !! it deserves more rating !"},{"author_name":"xaedes","author_uid":"31351","time":"Dec 29, 2014 @ 5:45pm","epoch":1419874800,"text":"Nice graphics and lights! Gives a god damn good mood. Sound would really add a lot to this. I like the concept with the changing level"}],"images":["ld31\/46895-2785d54433b19345c452c9787ac8add8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/uc?export=download&amp;id=0B4P83XTz3VbxNlFXZHdsUXlRcGs","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"13912","g_author":"46895","g_event":"LD31","g_eventkey":"26","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"13942","g_title":"Two Steps from Darkness","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"16","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\/\/407933\/46895-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You, a brave adventurer, have fallen to a cursed tower!\r\nYour soul will be forever trapped within these walls,\r\nunless you defeat all of the cursed souls and find your way out.\r\n\r\nEvil seeps from the walls, twisting the very fabric of reality.","title":"Two Steps from Darkness"}