{"author_link":"\/author\/coffeemuggames\/","author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","comments":[{"author_name":"elkiwydev","author_uid":"40741","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:35am","epoch":1408959000,"text":"Can't open it..I can only listen the music and it's kinda creepy"},{"author_name":"fcpfoof","author_uid":"28932","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:44am","epoch":1408959540,"text":"You should have used ImageIO.read + Main.class.getResourceAsStream instead of Toolkit.\r<br\/>Compiled from source ;)"},{"author_name":"fcpfoof","author_uid":"28932","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:46am","epoch":1408959660,"text":"Music is kinda weird and the game is quite difficult but the idea with the graphics are awesome ;D. Also that funny weird tune in the background makes the game even more fun ;p."},{"author_name":"McFood","author_uid":"40120","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:50am","epoch":1408959900,"text":"Unfortunately mine says &quot;A Java Exception has Occurred&quot;\r<br\/>My JRE release: 1.7.0\r<br\/>x64 and x86 jre installed."},{"author_name":"mess110","author_uid":"12300","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1408972020,"text":"the tune goes with the game. a few hints to weather I am doing good or not would be nice"},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1408972560,"text":"It is very important that you unpack all the files from the archive and then run it! Else it won't work"},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1408973760,"text":"Okay please tell me if it works for everybody now, it's just a .jar now :)"},{"author_name":"alastairbreeze","author_uid":"29986","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1408977120,"text":"Whenever I try to run I always get a NoClassDefException? :("},{"author_name":"Mali","author_uid":"5540","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1408977960,"text":"Getting an error when running it. &quot;A java exception has occured&quot;. After running it through a batch file it says that it can't find the main class."},{"author_name":"TheMorfeus","author_uid":"36140","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1408978140,"text":"Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: TheMakersHand : Unsupported major\r<br\/>.minor version 52.0"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1408978620,"text":"Java exception occured..."},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1408980900,"text":"@TheMorfeus Be sure you have the latest version of Java. This exception generally tells you that you don't have the latest java. The game was compiled with the newest version 8."},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1408981560,"text":"Please be sure you have the latest and full java 8. Also please check if you don't have an autostarter, that you ran it with 'java -jar TheMakersHand.jar'."},{"author_name":"runvs","author_uid":"29172","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1409054820,"text":"I also get the java exception. There Java 1.7.0_25. I want to play this, the graphics look great!"},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1409058000,"text":"That is not the latest java version ;) The latest version is Java 8, meaning 1.8.0_20. That being the compiler version, your runtime environment can't run the game. I will try and compile with an outdated version of java.\r<br\/>But if you update your Java to Java 8 it should work right away. ;)"},{"author_name":"Julian_Wodrazka","author_uid":"38779","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1409077500,"text":"Nice idea!"},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1409077560,"text":"Sorry, no Java."},{"author_name":"JoshuaBurr","author_uid":"37414","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:32pm","epoch":1409077620,"text":"This didn't run for me"},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1409079540,"text":"I've uploaded a version compiled with the NEWEST but java 7 version. It is outdated, but for those with not the newest version of java, it should work. Please try that version (Java Jar Java 7) ;)"},{"author_name":"4xisblack","author_uid":"21606","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:00am","epoch":1409129700,"text":"This game has a cool look!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was fun once I got the hang of the economies involved. Scored about 800 :P"},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:02am","epoch":1409129820,"text":"Cool, and that's a really good score! :)"},{"author_name":"MintArcade","author_uid":"35966","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:06am","epoch":1409130060,"text":"Manage to build small tower, but &quot;God&quot; was to far away. Limited amount of initial resources make it hard at the beginning. Nice game!"},{"author_name":"magmaCrab","author_uid":"40609","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:12am","epoch":1409130420,"text":"Cool, interesting audio! Finished it with a score of 706."},{"author_name":"Lythom","author_uid":"7763","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1409149500,"text":"Hi there ! Here are some feedbacks.\r<br\/>What i liked :\r<br\/>- It's a management game =D\r<br\/>- Balancing seems pretty great.\r<br\/>- The game is fully playable.\r<br\/>What imo could be improved :\r<br\/>- Borders on the display, could't play with whoosing a proper background.\r<br\/>- hard to construct high because the UI in front hide what your building.\r<br\/>- Music ! I'm not against mouth recorded music but there is really too much noise on your record.\r<br\/>- Could have been a mouse only game, would have been easier to play.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great overall, thanks for the game !"},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1409153040,"text":"That music :O\r<br\/>Everyone died :("},{"author_name":"HeuGamer","author_uid":"10826","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1409174280,"text":"I found the music creepy, but interesting game."},{"author_name":"elemel","author_uid":"19459","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1409174520,"text":"Quirky. I like it."},{"author_name":"nerd burglars","author_uid":"41215","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1409245440,"text":":) :) :) Challenging, Original, and Fun!"},{"author_name":"Christian Scandariato","author_uid":"39908","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1409245440,"text":"Strange game, but I liked it a lot! I love management sims."},{"author_name":"borgi","author_uid":"39688","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1409421060,"text":"Cool music :D Cool game :D"},{"author_name":"ForeignGuyMike","author_uid":"37077","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 1:33am","epoch":1409621280,"text":"I like it. A little easy though. Maybe you could make a sell\/destroy building function."},{"author_name":"fauge","author_uid":"40489","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 2:49am","epoch":1409625840,"text":"creepy music, hard to read yellow text. also should be a restart button"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Sep 13, 2014 @ 11:21pm","epoch":1410650160,"text":"Nice game! I couldn't get to the top, it seems like a bug  when i get to a specific height, i can't get any taller so i don't reach to the gods. First entry that I listen to human voice made music. LOL. You should have varied it more, so it won't be so repetitive. Nice little game!"},{"author_name":"Shmackson","author_uid":"39901","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 12:16am","epoch":1410653460,"text":"First game that I had legitimate mood rating for. It all worked together to create a unique and strange feel to it."},{"author_name":"racarate","author_uid":"10426","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 4:25am","epoch":1410668400,"text":"i really liked your music...  didn't realize i could WASD move until the second game...   played a few sessions but could never afford pipes to heaven.  i really liked the handmade look though."},{"author_name":"coffeemuggames","author_uid":"41591","time":"Sep 14, 2014 @ 9:27am","epoch":1410686520,"text":"Thanks for playing and commenting you all :)\r<br\/>@hbocao To finish the game you have to get straight to god, so the tower must finish right beneath him. That is a 2x1 field where you can win."},{"author_name":"Rehacked","author_uid":"41818","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 9:44am","epoch":1410773940,"text":"Cool game.Goodjob"},{"author_name":"creative630","author_uid":"8156","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 10:34am","epoch":1410776940,"text":"Not a bad game, figured out after a little while that if you don't build a farm first you're stuffed. The sounds were cool, but that tune in the background got really annoying after a while."},{"author_name":"Conk","author_uid":"40797","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 11:52am","epoch":1410781620,"text":"It was a cool concept, if you expand it, i'd play it! The art does seem a little vague (took me a while to realise gold wasn't crops for farm) however it fitted well together. The audio I ended up muting, it fitted nicely, but after long periods it got really annoying."}],"images":["ld30\/41591-4c820a15c64129cc5e5a130eacb764bb.jpg","ld30\/41591-fe688e185c8c3835c40c2b895de85450.jpg","ld30\/41591-89e4f9d53d630738c5355caf7a59be2e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/superknightworld.game.lc\/files\/LD%2330\/TheMakersHand_java7.jar","text":"Java 7 .JAR (all platforms!)"},{"url":"http:\/\/superknightworld.game.lc\/files\/LD%2330\/TheMakersHand.jar","text":"Java 8 .JAR (all platforms!)"},{"url":"http:\/\/superknightworld.game.lc\/files\/LD%2330\/TheMakersHand.java","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17673","g_author":"41591","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17702","g_title":"The Makers Hand","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"709","g_commentcount":"39","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\/41591-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41591-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/41591-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The apocalypse is near! \r\nGuide your people to obtain ressources. Build houses and most importantly - that tower to the sky out of pure gold!\r\nConnect our world with the god's world!\r\n\r\nYour last chance to escape the apocalypse - you've got 5 minutes!\r\n\r\nHave fun ;)\r\n\r\n____\r\n\r\nIf you have trouble running it, take the Java 7 JAR Version! It should work for everyone, even with an outdated version of java :) But please update your Java!","title":"The Makers Hand"}