{"author_link":"\/author\/ethankennerly\/","author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","comments":[{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"26780","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:38am","epoch":1408955580,"text":"Great game! I've never thought that remembering shapes could be so interesting."},{"author_name":"DSalles","author_uid":"42106","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1408989900,"text":"Perfect!"},{"author_name":"Alexandre Szybiak","author_uid":"18469","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1408997340,"text":"Coolgame :)"},{"author_name":"akymos","author_uid":"33966","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1409058480,"text":"Nice game."},{"author_name":"the","author_uid":"29514","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1409058540,"text":"Nice concept."},{"author_name":"Alexandre Szybiak","author_uid":"18469","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 9:02am","epoch":1409129820,"text":"Thanks a lot for the great advice you gave me on my game ! I'm working right now on an improved version.\r<br\/>The bomb are indeed random and have a simple 25% chance of appearing, your &quot;deck of card&quot; idea could work, I'll try to implement it as soon as I have the time.\r<br\/>Again for the down arrow idea, I tried it and it's great.\r<br\/>Thanks a lot for your involvement, have a nice day !"},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:30am","epoch":1409138700,"text":"Very good idea! Looks so easy on begin but gets tough later on. Needs sound badly!"},{"author_name":"43iscoding","author_uid":"35110","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 11:37am","epoch":1409139120,"text":"Very simple gameplay and suddenly game becomes pretty hardcore :) Well done!"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1409153280,"text":"@Endurion You're right:  it feels empty without sound.  The latest version (finegamedesign.com\/dotdot) now has connect animation and musical notes that play when you connect."},{"author_name":"t4u","author_uid":"34334","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1409179380,"text":"Love the feel of connecting the points. It really encourages me to play."},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 11:00pm","epoch":1409439300,"text":"Cute! This game works very well on my touchscreen PC!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But it was definitely lacking sound.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I think showing the sleeping child between 'levels' could have added something to the game, too."},{"author_name":"andrewkennedy","author_uid":"20990","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 3:11am","epoch":1409454360,"text":"Thought it would be easy - turned out to be way harder! Nice graphics and intuitive gameplay. Could have used some sound to really put it over the top!"},{"author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 5:24am","epoch":1409462340,"text":"Cool game! Really innovative!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As has been said, it needs sound. Also, sometimes the dot would snap to where I didn't want it and the level would restart. I didn't think precision dragging should have been part of the game but maybe that's just me. Maybe you should set a fraction-of-a-second timer so the player doesn't lose immediately if they're just passing by a point that's not in the design.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also, was there an end screen? Did I just click past it by accident? It seemed like the game just restarted after the last level.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for the game and good job!"},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:15am","epoch":1409472600,"text":"Neat idea!  I only wish it had a some nice ambient music and sound to go with it.  Going to play the post compo version now."},{"author_name":"SteveSalmond","author_uid":"24965","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:17am","epoch":1409472720,"text":"Played the post-compo version. The sounds help a lot!  It would be great if there was a piece of music playing along that the 'connection notes' fit into, so you're kinda playing music while you connect stars. Again, very nice concept - keep developing it!"},{"author_name":"0x0961h","author_uid":"21155","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 11:37am","epoch":1409484720,"text":"Years of Android lock screen usage trained me for this! :D\r<br\/>Nice concept, I like it. :)"},{"author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 3:22pm","epoch":1409498220,"text":"Cool, simple game! Sound and music would improve it to another level, though. Smart theme usage."},{"author_name":"Skyfish","author_uid":"26006","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1409501100,"text":"Really good result you got here, I played with my touch screen and it felt nice. It could use more visual effects to make the experience superb in feel too."},{"author_name":"HayManMarc","author_uid":"40890","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1409516040,"text":"Neat dot-to-dot game.  Seems like it needed something more, not sure what tho."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 8:13am","epoch":1409558880,"text":"It's working pretty well.\r<br\/>The last level (the character face) gave me some hard time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I also tried the post compo, the audio add a lot to the experience, although I'm missing some difficulty in that version (nice touch to make the player draw is own score)."},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 10:38pm","epoch":1409610780,"text":"Very cute but pretty easy (and a little repetitive after a couple of levels)."},{"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"2982","time":"Sep 2, 2014 @ 11:50am","epoch":1409658300,"text":"Very interesting puzzle idea :) \r<br\/>At first I thought &quot;meeeh too easy, I don't see how it could be difficult&quot;. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>The it became quite hard for me :) Good job."},{"author_name":"Atlantis Ho","author_uid":"38476","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 11:26am","epoch":1409829660,"text":"Very nice. I like it."},{"author_name":"villetou","author_uid":"36242","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1409862780,"text":"Ooh that smiley face was a tough one! :)"},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 2:41am","epoch":1410143760,"text":"Nice memory game! I reckon it would be great for kids to help them with their learning process, but some of the shapes are challenging for adults too. Good job!"}],"images":["ld30\/3040-8b9a2f6c11f62099d52502407b674960.jpg","ld30\/3040-a520ef5c94ba0a88ac3dde8c1d0d8918.jpg","ld30\/3040-8ddbc40d5e59ffa14fa067dafdba1f7a.jpg","ld30\/3040-4432252eb29a9292e3f2ec7fa0f30b29.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/finegamedesign.com\/starstar_20140824\/","text":"Flash"},{"url":"http:\/\/finegamedesign.com\/dotdot\/","text":"Post-compo"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/ethankennerly\/connectedworlds","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18085","g_author":"3040","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"18114","g_title":"**","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"172","g_commentcount":"25","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\/3040-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3040-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3040-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/3040-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Post compo features:  \r\n+ Score.\r\n+ Tuned illustrations.  \r\n+ Connect animation and musical notes from a song by Jade Brewer.\r\n+ New name \"..\" (DotDot).\r\n\r\nPlaytesters:  Diana Salles, Jennifer Russ, Bethany.  \r\nPost compo playtesters:  Anders, Aubrey, Kerry.\r\nInspired by conversation with Matt and Diana at http:\/\/themade.org","title":"**"}