{"author_link":"\/author\/zkenshin\/","author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","comments":[{"author_name":"tanner101010","author_uid":"22866","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:31am","epoch":1398734760,"text":"Fun game! I found that killing things with jumping is easier than trying to melee them. Very cute story. I wish they had longer arms."},{"author_name":"chipcaramel","author_uid":"4192","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:24am","epoch":1398737940,"text":"Trying to be unbiased... ...hehee, this was fun to play! Good job!"},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:31am","epoch":1398738360,"text":"the visuals are pretty good! the gameplay is lacking a bit but otherwise it was fun to play! nice job :3"},{"author_name":"Zephyr","author_uid":"35428","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 2:32am","epoch":1398738420,"text":"Great game! It did crash for me though when I threw an axe while really close to an enemy in the second area."},{"author_name":"hexagore","author_uid":"34027","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1398808140,"text":"Very retro. Reminded me of old arcade side scrolling beat 'em ups, especially with the 'continue' thing. Couldn't beat that rat king thing though! Wow!"},{"author_name":"blockbot","author_uid":"34717","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1398809160,"text":"Nice take on the brawler, good vibe."},{"author_name":"javifugitivo","author_uid":"25708","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1398877140,"text":"Good work with the story and the intro. The game is very fun too, but the controls are complicated to memorize. Nice entry!"},{"author_name":"Korwegian","author_uid":"31877","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1398879360,"text":"Le-Lemmiwinks?"},{"author_name":"lajos","author_uid":"14574","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:18pm","epoch":1398888780,"text":"Fun brawler! I couldn't figure a strategy to win fights tough, and seems that sometimes just being close to another mouse decreases my "cheese"."},{"author_name":"LandoSystems","author_uid":"18212","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1398888900,"text":"Fun game, reminded me a Turtles in Time."},{"author_name":"VDOgamez","author_uid":"1634","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1398888900,"text":"The game's quite hard, but it's also well-put together. Nice job."},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 3:33am","epoch":1398914880,"text":"Impressive! Lots of fun playing it, cute mouse graphics and story."},{"author_name":"LPGhatguy","author_uid":"14296","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 7:29pm","epoch":1398972240,"text":"It was a little buggy, the enemies would follow where you're stepping parallel to you so they couldn't get closer to you and you couldn't get them. Other than a few bug issues, good job!"},{"author_name":"MattV","author_uid":"35592","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1398975300,"text":"I killed the first rat, then tried to run past the second and got stuck (we would both move at the exact same time and couldn't move up or down to get closer to each other)"},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1399040580,"text":"Nice game! It was kind of hard meleeing the rats with the prison shanks, but then it got kind of easy once you figure out the timing. The graphics are great!"},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 11:42am","epoch":1399117020,"text":"fun one. nice job."},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1399307820,"text":"I like the overall feel and the idea, but the gameplay seems a little simple. The beginning was too easy for me, but the boss was fun, nice work! I also liked the retro feel of the game."},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1399550460,"text":"Cool game. The fighting is harder than I expected. The graphical style is nice and the music gives the game a nice mood.  The only minor complaint is, that the camera lacked behind a bit.  I would have liked to see more in front of my rat. Still a good entry!"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 12:36pm","epoch":1399552260,"text":"Good graphics and nice audio. Needs a little polish here and there but it was enjoyable nonetheless. Well done!"}],"images":["ld29\/12839-7e3fffdae96744d51b8cd0b4cee4f7a2.jpg","ld29\/12839-1de1865312c3a5eae7139ab9933b22cd.jpg","ld29\/12839-fe958c2f3918274b61b4372edca977fc.jpg","ld29\/12839-a7ded7e79692c77ecfed7eea2a8dfd49.jpg","ld29\/12839-d08ac048f6aeab9cbbc5b8a17a27b2fd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/elementalzeal.com\/Unity\/MakeshiftMouseKingLD\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.elementalzeal.com\/Downloads\/MakeshiftMouseKingWindowsLD.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.elementalzeal.com\/Downloads\/MakeshiftMouseKingMacLD.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.elementalzeal.com\/Downloads\/MakeshiftMouseKingLinuxLD.zip","text":"Linux"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"18256","g_author":"12839","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"18285","g_title":"Makeshift Mouse King","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"435","g_commentcount":"19","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\/\/342546\/12839-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/12839-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/12839-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/12839-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/12839-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"After escaping the animal testing laboratory, TestMouse27 rejoices in his freedom only for it to be cut short by his unexpected trip to the local sewer. \r\n\r\n**Known Bugs**\r\n- Crash when throwing a weapon too close to an enemy rarely still. Updated build just to fix this game breaking bug made it a lot less common.\r\n- Some weird axe movement when thrown sometimes.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nXbox Controller(Recommended) (Windows\/Web)\r\n\r\nMovement - Left Analog\r\nMelee - X\r\nCrossbow - Right Trigger\r\nPickup\/Throw Items - B\r\nJump - A\r\nProgress Story - A\r\n\r\nKeyboard\r\n\r\nMovement - WASD\/Arrow Keys\r\nMelee - Z\/J\r\nCrossbow - X\/K\r\nPickup\/Throw Items - C\/L \r\nJump - Spacebar\r\nProgress Story - Any Key\r\n\r\n(Mac\/Linux builds are untested as of now)\r\n","title":"Makeshift Mouse King"}