{"author_link":"\/author\/igoramendola\/","author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","comments":[{"author_name":"stimpact","author_uid":"38998","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1408982460,"text":"I will be paranoid about anything and everything above my head as I walk down the street tomorrow :) I liked the spritework and animations in this. Was curious what their conversation would be which spurred me on to finish. Congrats on getting a game complete for LD; third time's a charm!"},{"author_name":"d__adee","author_uid":"24414","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1408982700,"text":"Simple and nice :) At the end part, it kinda froze(?) it's like it turned awkward between them all of a sudden xD but otherwise good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Konrad Zegis","author_uid":"32927","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:13pm","epoch":1408982880,"text":"Congratulations on finishing your game!\r<br\/>I like the mood, and graphics, but to be honest at first I was like &quot;whaaa?&quot; when I died from bee.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Keep up good work!"},{"author_name":"ViliX","author_uid":"29167","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 4:16pm","epoch":1408983060,"text":"I really love the graphics style.\r<br\/>Apparently a bee can kill a man now."},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1408985700,"text":"Thanks for your comments!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Btw, the bee doesn't kill them hahaha... but if the bee stings them, they no longer would go to the bench hehe :P"},{"author_name":"PapaCheech","author_uid":"24705","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1408999980,"text":"the killer bees. This was tough but fun, nice work. Great graphics too!"},{"author_name":"Team Sloth Fox","author_uid":"42077","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1409000100,"text":"I liked this game. It was fun to move both of them and the promise of them meeting at the bench made me keep trying when they died."},{"author_name":"pinion","author_uid":"19121","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1409000460,"text":"Nice idea. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>That bird was out to get me but I made it in the end!"},{"author_name":"Josh Riley","author_uid":"14165","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:24am","epoch":1409015940,"text":"I love the art, and I think the squatting pose is my favorite sprite of the weekend!"},{"author_name":"Noah Ratcliff","author_uid":"18011","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:31am","epoch":1409016360,"text":"Nice work! The game seemed to hang every few seconds though."},{"author_name":"artifex","author_uid":"20979","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:46am","epoch":1409017260,"text":"Nice game, it's only that the jump over the hole was a little bit hard, and after dying frequently I notice the bee.  The final conversation reminds me of my social skills with new people. AWKWARD :P"},{"author_name":"Pavel","author_uid":"39828","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:24am","epoch":1409044740,"text":"Very cool. It is simple but very funny. Great pixel art."},{"author_name":"(Not) Ivano","author_uid":"29702","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:43am","epoch":1409045880,"text":"Very cool pixelart, game is unfinished but fun."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1409064360,"text":"Super cute entry - nice work! That bee though, man... that bee :\/"},{"author_name":"dickpoelen","author_uid":"34953","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1409065260,"text":"Nice game. Damn birds and bees trying to get in my way!"},{"author_name":"AmmarAlsharekh","author_uid":"27728","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:00pm","epoch":1409068500,"text":"nice game and art I wish if bee was bigger it is hard to see it."},{"author_name":"chamberlainpi","author_uid":"4398","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1409070660,"text":"Cute game! Like others have expressed, the manhole was a bit difficult, but not impossible to jump! I had to move each characters separately (my brain just doesn't function that way I guess!). I never tried going under the bird-poop or the falling orange... might need to try this game again soon..."},{"author_name":"BeardoGames","author_uid":"25748","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1409074560,"text":"This is my kind of game, where it's GAME OVER for getting pooped on by a bird! I guess you CAN just play with one at a time, but the real fun is in trying to manage both at the same time. It has a very particular sprite style that is super appealing to me. Very nice!"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:02pm","epoch":1409075820,"text":"Thanks again for your comments. I'm going to make a post-mortem version with some fixes and new features, and I'll consider your feedbacks :D"},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 7:13am","epoch":1409123280,"text":"really cute art style!"},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:14pm","epoch":1409180940,"text":"I love how in the ending the conversation just randomly ends awkwardly."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1409246640,"text":"Controls are intuitive, and I like the link with theme (read in description).\r<br\/>It was a great idea not reseting both character when we loose with one.\r<br\/>Also the pixelart are cured.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good luck with the postcompo version, I'm looking forward to test it."},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 8:39am","epoch":1409301240,"text":"Nice work. I couldn't do both at the same time but managed when I switched between the two. Cute graphics and story made for an enjoyable experience."},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 7:38am","epoch":1409383980,"text":"I've managed to play them both at the same time!!\r<br\/>Really great entry, I love how simple yet fun it is. And I looove the awkward small talk at the end, totally connects with one's experience :D"},{"author_name":"H1S2","author_uid":"40166","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 6:54am","epoch":1409467740,"text":"funny game. nice graphics. i would have liked a little more dynamic in it. and its really similar to our entry! :)"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 4:36pm","epoch":1409502660,"text":"Thanks (one more time) for your comments and feedback. \r<br\/>I really appreciate it :))"},{"author_name":"jahmaican","author_uid":"40987","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1409586540,"text":"It's quite short and seriously, they are talking about the weather at the end? Uhm...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But I love your interpretation of the theme! Plus, nice graphics."},{"author_name":"Nooner Bear","author_uid":"41949","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 3:17pm","epoch":1409670720,"text":"Pretty nice :) Not too much to it, but the idea was great. I wasn't entirely sure what was killing me at first, but it was just the little bee."},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"Sep 3, 2014 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1409786040,"text":"Good character art. It took me a while to figure out why I was failing at first, those birds are pretty stealthy. But I triumphed in the end. Nice little story!"},{"author_name":"Saphyre","author_uid":"36664","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 7:35am","epoch":1409815800,"text":"Nice :-)"},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1409976360,"text":"Soooo difficult! The art is nice, I hope you can develop it further and improve the experience. Well done!"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 5:14am","epoch":1409980140,"text":"Great graphics! Cool idea!"},{"author_name":"anserran","author_uid":"27412","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 11:12am","epoch":1410001620,"text":"Nice little idea!"},{"author_name":"mystakin","author_uid":"28484","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 1:49am","epoch":1410140640,"text":"Really dig the screen separation and controlling two characters as once. I think there's a lot of depth to that mechanic left to utilized, and that's exciting. Enjoyed the ending as well. :)"},{"author_name":"torvik88","author_uid":"27021","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1410374760,"text":"Needs some getting used to the controls and i wish the jump was bigger on the players but other than that i liked the two worlds of the characters. Nice game, cheers!"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Sep 11, 2014 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1410455580,"text":"Again, thanks for your comments!! :))\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm working (slowly) on a post-compo version and I already added some things: title; intro; a bigger bee and a bigger bird's poop; new elements (cars, flowers, ...). And I have improved the collision and jumps, also fixed some bugs."},{"author_name":"sephyka","author_uid":"23770","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 9:03am","epoch":1410512280,"text":"Hehe simple but really fun and poetic idea.\r<br\/>I like the graphics. It might be better with a more extended ending maybe. :)."},{"author_name":"Shmackson","author_uid":"39901","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1410636240,"text":"Interesting concept. Good art."},{"author_name":"Natrium729","author_uid":"39258","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 2:30am","epoch":1410661500,"text":"A nice little game. Not really ambitious, but it was ok. Too bad that it ends abruptly, without knowing what will happen to them."},{"author_name":"racarate","author_uid":"10426","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 5:36am","epoch":1410672660,"text":"i won't lie, i spent a lot of time making them dance with the down button"},{"author_name":"fisholith","author_uid":"40999","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 6:40am","epoch":1410676500,"text":"Interesting game, and a cool concept. I like the zigzag split screen effect. :)\r<br\/>Also interesting that the speech only shows up in the speakers world. Is that on purpose? Anyway, cool idea overall. :)"},{"author_name":"igoramendola","author_uid":"31253","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 6:58am","epoch":1410763980,"text":"Thanks everyone!! Your feedback is important to me :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-----------\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@racarate my girlfriend did the same hahaha\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@fisholith yes, it was on purpose ^_^ thank you!"}],"images":["ld30\/31253-cbcccee3f53840c7f608ab922eb8cd75.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/action\/linked\/33104\/","text":"Web (Flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/igoramendola.com\/extra\/linked_win.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/igoramendola.com\/extra\/linked_mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/igoramendola.com\/extra\/LD30.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16633","g_author":"31253","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"16662","g_title":"Linked","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"781","g_commentcount":"42","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\/\/375043\/31253-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"*OBJECTIVE*\r\nThe objective (for both) is to get to the bench and avoid any obstacles that could prevent it.\r\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nUnfortunately, I didn't have time to make the Title Screen with a text intro about Connected Worlds (\"every person lives in his own world.. etc\") and the final words (\"The End <3\"). Also, I hadn't time to make the music :'\r\n\r\nThis is my third attempt and it is the first time that I can submit on time...\r\nIt's simple, but I hope you enjoy :D\r\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nMade with:\r\nFlash \/ AS3 (+TweenMax)\r\nPhotoshop\r\nas3sfxr \r\n\r\n...\r\n\r\n*FUTURE PLANS* (post compo version) - added on August 27th -\r\nFirst of all, I want to work on what was on the original plan and I didn't have enough time to do:\r\n- add Title Screen\r\n- add Intro\r\n- add The End: basically, a text that indicates the end of the game... a happy ending ^^\r\n- add instructions: an arrow\/something that indicates where to go.\r\n- add music\r\n- add more sounds\r\n- add more sprites (car, dog, flowers...)\r\n- improve collisions\r\n- fix bugs\r\n\r\nBesides, I'm considering to work on new ideas, some of them based on the feedbacks:\r\n- make the bee bigger\r\n- change some details on the final dialog to be more natural\/friendly and less awkward :P\r\n- add a Time Trial Versus Mode (with new characters)\r\n\r\nWell, I think that's it... for now :D","title":"Linked"}