{"author_link":"\/author\/tacospice\/","author_name":"Steve","author_uid":"26369","comments":[{"author_name":"JosephLittle","author_uid":"15937","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:11am","epoch":1408961160,"text":"Really nice. Great art :)"},{"author_name":"skullum","author_uid":"32976","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 10:49am","epoch":1408963440,"text":"Impressive game"},{"author_name":"robbiehunt","author_uid":"10796","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 11:10am","epoch":1408964700,"text":"Really impressed with the graphics and audio. Seriously, this is worthy of expanding on - at least into a short little game."},{"author_name":"ryguydavis","author_uid":"15577","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1408975920,"text":"I really enjoyed this. It's a shame you didn't get to finish the way you had hoped, but as it is I am really impressed. I want snappier controls and maybe a bit more contrast in the art, but otherwise I had no complaints. Great work."},{"author_name":"dickpoelen","author_uid":"34953","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:43pm","epoch":1408977480,"text":"Really cool. Untill I got stuck in a rock... But, to be far, I was throwing around a lot of rock"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1408989480,"text":"Please turn this into a full game! Music, art and sound are really cool."},{"author_name":"Clavus","author_uid":"18043","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:52pm","epoch":1408992420,"text":"Great art and audio. However I get stuck at the cold lifeless place. The creature there backs me in a corner, and either kills me (which doesn't restart the game or anything), or I jump over him and reach an area I can't get out of."},{"author_name":"Sheepolution","author_uid":"5959","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1408995420,"text":"Too bad it's unfinished. It looks nice and I like the interaction with the villagers, but that's about it. Better luck with the next jam!"},{"author_name":"Steve","author_uid":"26369","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1409001660,"text":"SPOILEEEERS !\r\rClavus: when you reach the large bottom area, there's another npc you should talk to in order to proceed, all the way on the left side."},{"author_name":"Steve","author_uid":"26369","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1409001900,"text":"Actually.. it seems I posted the wrong version :("},{"author_name":"duncankeller","author_uid":"5260","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:07am","epoch":1409014920,"text":"Really impressed with the characters and general feel of the game. Music was nice and I liked the mechanic too. Not sure if I was stuck or if I reached unfinished parts of the game. I guess that's what happens when you overscope, but hey, this proves that it would make a really nice game if you fleshed it out and finished it. I hope you do!"},{"author_name":"ZirconCode","author_uid":"5338","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:34am","epoch":1409030940,"text":"Amazing atmosphere, love the feel of the audio and graphics. Funny dialog too =)\r\rGame suddenly slowed down, might be a Love2D issue."},{"author_name":"plash","author_uid":"14542","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 5:47am","epoch":1409031720,"text":"This is great. I got killed by a zombie twice, then threw a rock at him. The music is pretty good. This is the first entry I hummed along with. I'm not sure I have any nitpicks with this except for length, but that's par for the LD course :D"},{"author_name":"C_Walden","author_uid":"41004","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 6:03am","epoch":1409032680,"text":"Pretty super for 48 hours! I enjoyed the art style and the feeling of exploration. The zombie thing utterly destroyed me the first time though, and I never did figure out if it was beatable. I reached the "end", fully enjoyed it. Thank you for making and sharing."},{"author_name":"Pitzik4","author_uid":"8883","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:15am","epoch":1409037000,"text":"Great game, loved the graphics, and the characters always had great dialogue. It feels like you put in some thought to your world, too. \r\r~ misson20000, voting on the behalf of our team"},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:19am","epoch":1409044440,"text":"Really good. Great atmosphere. You were obviously aiming for something higher. Would love to see it fleshed out more."},{"author_name":"Phaix","author_uid":"38968","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:31am","epoch":1409045160,"text":"Cool Game! I really like the Art."},{"author_name":"MalphasWats","author_uid":"19859","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 11:27am","epoch":1409052120,"text":"Fun game, I liked the art and the conversations :)"},{"author_name":"Ogniok","author_uid":"39370","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1409069160,"text":"Nice and funny game :D Very good humour and nice, simple art"},{"author_name":"Hoopsnake Games","author_uid":"30913","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1409069640,"text":"Fun game, bit odd controls though. In the end I got stuck in a dead end with a slowly approaching ice zombie :P"},{"author_name":"capsizedmoose","author_uid":"30615","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1409083920,"text":"nice little platformer :D"},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1409086920,"text":"Awesome art, awesome mood, awesome audio (wish it would repeat). had a great time playing this. expand on it :D"},{"author_name":"Cryovat","author_uid":"19066","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1409087040,"text":"I'm really impressed you were able to pull this off in 48 hours. The graphics and music is awesome and the worlds are compelling.\r\rYou need to extend this. Seriously!"},{"author_name":"ZoneOne2","author_uid":"36419","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 12:43am","epoch":1409099880,"text":"Looked polished and the music was great."},{"author_name":"LaFleur","author_uid":"40030","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 5:05am","epoch":1409115600,"text":"You've got the beginning of something great here! I hope you plan to keep developing this!"},{"author_name":"nesis","author_uid":"2726","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:06am","epoch":1409119260,"text":"Good to see more Steves doing Ludum Dare :p\r\rCool game, the graphics and sound effects are good, but the music's great! Nice take on the theme too."},{"author_name":"nesis","author_uid":"2726","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:06am","epoch":1409119260,"text":"Also, if you feel like playing my game, here's a link: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=2726"},{"author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:38am","epoch":1409135580,"text":"Great entry! I'm glad you shared this on IRC during development; it's been a lot of fun watching it come into being.\r\rFor being incomplete, it actually feels very complete and satisfying. I would have liked to have not had to start back at the village after dying, but given your lack of content I actually think this was a smart move.\r\rI didn't like the way the guy's arms moved when he jumped. (There's not much critical I have to say)\r\rThe graphics were great, the audio was excellent, and that song was perfect! The screenshake was also really well-done and satisfying; I may have to see how you do that and steal your technique :3"},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1409171760,"text":"I like how the objects you can pickup correspond to each theme. The tiles are well made, you even had some breakup tiles for the surface. I'm also impressed by the animations, idle - falling, jumping, run cycle that have a great style. \rIf you die on the ice palace level it kind of stinks to restart the entire game. \r\rI also somehow missed the last text that says that the game is over and replayed again trying to carry ice\/a pouch."},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 4:57am","epoch":1409201520,"text":"This is really captivating, despite its state of completion. The ice zombie took me three tries."},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 7:25am","epoch":1409210400,"text":"some funny dialogues and overall nice art. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"Jacob123","author_uid":"26000","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1409258880,"text":"That was hilarious! The ending was probably the best ending in a game ever seen!"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 9:43pm","epoch":1409261880,"text":"A proper ending would've been nice."},{"author_name":"Crocanti de Pollo","author_uid":"36237","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 11:24pm","epoch":1409267940,"text":"Loving the dialogs. The first enemy in the cold world killed and having to restart was a bit of a bummer. Other than that it's cool."},{"author_name":"Ofursnati","author_uid":"22793","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1409320080,"text":"Love the art style. Good controls. Well done"},{"author_name":"varun","author_uid":"1675","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1409336220,"text":"Loved the fact that objects come with you! Would definitely like to see this expanded further!"},{"author_name":"Menesetsu","author_uid":"22515","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 1:36pm","epoch":1409405460,"text":"Nice looking game) Feature with picking up objects and throwing them reminds me Mario 2) I wish I could pick up people in village and throw them too."},{"author_name":"WetDesertRock","author_uid":"30221","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1409430240,"text":"In terms of a LD game, this one is very well thought out (or at least seems like it) and planned out well. Everything has its own sound, and everything is designed like how you would see it in a game done without time constraints. Obviously there are improvements that you could do with more time, but for a LD game I say its pretty solid.\r\rOf course, the only things I would complain about would be the control structure (I can jump with space and w, but not move with asd, nor can I jump with up arrow?), and the fact that it wasn't full length. The latter complaint is just an issue of time though, so good job!\r(Music wise, I like both tracks, good job there)"},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 1:53pm","epoch":1409492880,"text":"Top-notch entry!"},{"author_name":"headchant","author_uid":"4232","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1409576820,"text":"I like it, the controls felt great and the idea was good."},{"author_name":"Artamus","author_uid":"39880","time":"Sep 7, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1410105900,"text":"Nice game, congrats!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 2:55am","epoch":1410144600,"text":"Interesting game. I included it in part 22 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/_5a2Oj9U9sk"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Sep 10, 2014 @ 12:09am","epoch":1410307440,"text":"Pretty interesting game. I actually like how there's quite a bit to explore and the graphics and audio were really nice as well."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Sep 15, 2014 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1410824340,"text":"Enjoyed the graphics, audio and mood. And exploring. Was solid to run around in and explore. I would finish it and polish it up if I were you. No reason not to."}],"images":["ld30\/26369-548e6789554826de6e159d7896b78dec.jpg","ld30\/26369-741c01f336db8e1227c3b42121cce3f9.jpg","ld30\/26369-a8f8b05531188aba65ba99299e4ca732.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/platformer\/elemens\/33082\/","text":"Windows (GameJolt)"},{"url":"http:\/\/gardenvariety.itch.io\/elemens","text":"Windows (itch.io)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/8234820\/ld30\/final\/elemens-ld30-final.love","text":"Love2D \/ source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17853","g_author":"26369","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"17882","g_title":"elemens","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"200","g_commentcount":"44","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\/26369-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/26369-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/26369-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Update:\r\nI'd accidentally uploaded an earlier, unfinished version with the \"proper\" last-3-hours rushed ending missing.\r\n\r\nIf you've already played and you happened upon this page once more, feel free to play again.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nargh :(\r\n\r\nhad too wide of a scope, but here it is.\r\npseudo-finished.\r\n\r\nwindows link is an exe file.\r\n\r\nlove2d link is a love2d package which requires https:\/\/love2d.org\/ to run, but should work on any platform it supports (win, osx, linux?)\r\nif you already have it installed, make sure it's 0.9.1 (latest as i write this), because that's what it's targeted for.\r\n\r\nsince it's lua, source is unavoidably included (.love file is really a zip archive).","title":"elemens"}