{"author_link":"\/author\/teamflare\/","author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","comments":[{"author_name":"JALgames","author_uid":"26549","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:00am","epoch":1398758100,"text":"Very nice game! IT's an interesting adaption of the theme and the game is very polished!"},{"author_name":"sol_invictus","author_uid":"37528","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:51am","epoch":1398761160,"text":"Plain awesome! Can't wait to see the making of."},{"author_name":"pate","author_uid":"37543","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:48am","epoch":1398768180,"text":"Awesome game. Very cool!"},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:12am","epoch":1398834420,"text":"Cool art! Always wondered if something was setting up traps in platformers on purpose."},{"author_name":"ruerob","author_uid":"36728","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:24am","epoch":1398856740,"text":"Very good and exciting game. But i would like another kind of controlls. Thank you for this game."},{"author_name":"Hyoga-3D","author_uid":"23927","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1398860100,"text":"Nice gameplay and art is very very cool. But it was was too big, it too some minutes to load it here, maybe it could be a little more faster."},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:54pm","epoch":1398865740,"text":"Thanks alot :) We'll try to get some better compression for the textures to make the game abit smaller."},{"author_name":"Maniulo","author_uid":"34229","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1398885540,"text":"Very nice idea, but the controls seemed kind of clunky. Maybe optional keyboard controls could work better."},{"author_name":"eteeski","author_uid":"22130","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1398894060,"text":"Very amazing! Great presentation! Really fun gameplay!"},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1398894120,"text":"The development was pretty good, game play felt a little bit stale but other then that, good game!"},{"author_name":"TowelKing","author_uid":"36784","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:48pm","epoch":1398894180,"text":"Incredibly polished game for a jam, well done. I enjoyed the mechanic of slaughtering the invading knights as well. And i really liked the video intro."},{"author_name":"crocantidepollo","author_uid":"36237","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1398894420,"text":"Really nice art! Controls are a little unresponsive sometimes though, but overall it's very good!"},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:52pm","epoch":1398894420,"text":"Very pretty, loved the graphics style, audio was great too. \r<br\/>The controls were a big painpoint for me though, too sluggish and clunky. Takes a good amount of the fun out of it. :( Great entry though :D"},{"author_name":"jellyfishlion","author_uid":"21055","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1398894540,"text":"That was amazing... There was something oddly satisfying about seeing those knights get slaughtered, especially when squishing them with the rocks. ;) Great job!"},{"author_name":"baykush_figtree","author_uid":"32955","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1398894660,"text":"I feel like a terrible person for playing this.\r<br\/>The polish is astounding but the controls feel kinda rigid."},{"author_name":"BuKaneerz","author_uid":"31324","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1398894660,"text":"Awesome !\r<br\/>The music and the graphics are fantastics !\r<br\/>and the gameplay is so cool (:"},{"author_name":"DeathBread","author_uid":"9252","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:00pm","epoch":1398894900,"text":"Overall a great game! Very well polished and a fun experience."},{"author_name":"vilya","author_uid":"10456","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1398898200,"text":"Wow! Absolutely amazing!"},{"author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1398899820,"text":"This is sooo frickin' polished, hot damn nice work y'all. Llllloved it."},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:12am","epoch":1398906420,"text":"The game is gorgeous. Even though this is 3D, at first glance it looked like something you would find in stop motion animation."},{"author_name":"Democritus","author_uid":"35983","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1398946560,"text":"Good job on the intro video - it's really minimal but works well. A bit shorter would have been nice though :)"},{"author_name":"TaleLore","author_uid":"21654","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1398950640,"text":"Very cool."},{"author_name":"Franklins Ghost","author_uid":"35424","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1398951180,"text":"Well done game and the opening intro was something I hadn't seen yet, so nice job. Also fun to kill off those pesky knights."},{"author_name":"blockbot","author_uid":"34717","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1398951600,"text":"Really f***ing fun game, nice!"},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:08pm","epoch":1398952980,"text":"Sublime work ! Absolutely amazing, the sounds and music, the intro video, the wonderful graphics... The ending is also amazing, the lose video is great. Amazing work guys !"},{"author_name":"PriorBlue","author_uid":"35550","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 2:18pm","epoch":1398953580,"text":"Wow, the intro\/outro is just amazing. The graphics speaks for himself and the game concept is hilarious. This is really art! 5 of 5 Stars for your team."},{"author_name":"bombjack","author_uid":"18768","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1398975000,"text":"Amazing art and fun gameplay! great job!"},{"author_name":"MattV","author_uid":"35592","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 8:39pm","epoch":1398976440,"text":"great game, great art, fun to play!  Not much challenge but loved killing those dudes."},{"author_name":"Christina Antoinette Neofotistou","author_uid":"13139","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1398985620,"text":"Punish the knights! Yeah!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The graphics are so beautiful. The best in this LD I think! I'm standing there looking at the 3D. Wow! You guys knew what you were doing!!!!!!!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game could be a little more engaging, but it's a good start! Are you developing further?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Lovely to see this, top marks for graphics!!"},{"author_name":"XenosNS","author_uid":"28415","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 11:28pm","epoch":1398986580,"text":"Love the artwork! Gruesome but fun."},{"author_name":"Thorig","author_uid":"14618","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:12am","epoch":1399014420,"text":"Great game and well polished. Great job."},{"author_name":"mortus","author_uid":"20884","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 8:47am","epoch":1399020120,"text":"Awesome game! Glad I've found it, it's getting so much less attention than it deserves!"},{"author_name":"StoneMasters","author_uid":"30482","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:50am","epoch":1399110300,"text":"Got stuck on a few bugs. Had some trouble with changing the active station of the character also. But overall it had humor and was fun to play, with interesting graphics. :)"},{"author_name":"Konrad Zegis","author_uid":"32927","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 10:06pm","epoch":1399154460,"text":"Woah, looks very good, and reminds me visually of Little Big Planet :D and I love concept. It's good to be bad once in a while :)"},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:56am","epoch":1399175460,"text":"Wow, I feel TERRIBLE :|"},{"author_name":"spotco","author_uid":"35477","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:35am","epoch":1399203000,"text":"Ridiculously impressive art!"},{"author_name":"SK16Games","author_uid":"32632","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:14pm","epoch":1399212540,"text":"Hahaha genious game xD Love the sound acting :D"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1399213380,"text":"Absolute loveliness! &lt;3 Main character anim seemed unusual, but it might be the speed he moves out. That's a *very* pedantic and minor point for what is an amazing entry. Well done!"},{"author_name":"ninjascript","author_uid":"35875","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1399213680,"text":"Thanks for the cats!"},{"author_name":"Hippolyta","author_uid":"32967","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1399215720,"text":"A very nice and polished game!\r<br\/>It looks amazing for a LD entry and plays very well - good job!"},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1399218360,"text":"Weird mix of english and german in the title and description (why not just stick with Schwarzwald? Or Black Forest?), but apart from that the presentation is something very unique for a LD game. Good job.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Gameplay fits the theme and plays well, too."},{"author_name":"kristoffer zetterberg","author_uid":"27525","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1399220220,"text":"what a unique style! nice work!"},{"author_name":"flavio","author_uid":"25936","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 4:53pm","epoch":1399222080,"text":"Very nice entry !\r<br\/>The controls where not that easy on a trackpad, but I really liked your result\r<br\/>Nice work !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Looking for the next par of you making of :)\r<br\/>Cheers !"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1399224000,"text":"Great job. I got few problems with controls but otherwise it's perfect!"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:04pm","epoch":1399226340,"text":"It's like a true fairy tale with awesome graphics.\r<br\/>Amazeballs."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 1:20am","epoch":1399252500,"text":"Well done guys, interesting mechanic and really high-quality visuals!"},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 7:09pm","epoch":1399316640,"text":"Quite unique game loosely coupled with the theme. Fantastic graphics and nice sounds. The gameplay is also interesting for a while..."},{"author_name":"Jacques_le_lezard","author_uid":"20660","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1399329600,"text":"Good job guys, that's a really nice game with a unic design! =)\r<br\/>(just there is a bug on level 2, no any new knights was spawning when I reach 12\/14)"},{"author_name":"conormn","author_uid":"31095","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 1:42am","epoch":1399340220,"text":"Really love the concept here. Great job on the execution!"},{"author_name":"wicht","author_uid":"8372","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:22am","epoch":1399360620,"text":"Very well executed game. The art style is quite awesome. Had fun, thanks!"},{"author_name":"jorgemoag","author_uid":"24365","time":"May 7, 2014 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1399498380,"text":"AWESOME GRAPHICS!!!\r<br\/>I love the game"},{"author_name":"Adrian","author_uid":"20592","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 11:42am","epoch":1399808220,"text":"Your game is very nice!!\r<br\/>Gameplay and graphics are fantastic !"},{"author_name":"MokuJin","author_uid":"34210","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1399826640,"text":"When i see the graphics ... WOOAHHH !!! Awesome ! \r<br\/>The animations are impressive.\r<br\/>And when the knights dies ... FATALITY !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The sounds are great too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The end video is very cool and made me laugh a lot.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>An excellent entry.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>11 peoples ! you are an hell of a team !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I've not manage to move the character to see what's coming, maybe some traveling instead of clicking on the next trap to move him."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1399841280,"text":"Excellent work!"},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 1:50am","epoch":1399945500,"text":"Woah, the production value on this is amazing! Loved the intro video and graphics and narration!"},{"author_name":"aelita1992","author_uid":"35892","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1400017740,"text":"Wow, cool graphics and interesting game, hope it will be further  developed."},{"author_name":"Anoarith","author_uid":"24843","time":"May 14, 2014 @ 3:46am","epoch":1400038860,"text":"Ahah I wasn't expecting this intro that was really cool :D !\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Graphics were absolutely awesome ! Gameplay was original but maybe too repetitive.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great game anyway :) !"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 14, 2014 @ 5:14am","epoch":1400044140,"text":"bloody well done - I love the tower defense idea - and the models were great"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 7:13am","epoch":1400224080,"text":"Very fun and very polished! It would be nice to have a bit more time to scout things out before the knights start spawning."},{"author_name":"Oye Beto","author_uid":"7933","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 8:07am","epoch":1400227320,"text":"At first it was confusing which click was for what but then I got used to it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great job with the graphics, animations are too simple but the game looks good overall."},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 10:14am","epoch":1400234940,"text":"Wow, that was simply amazing work, very well done black-forest people!"},{"author_name":"lukepilgrim","author_uid":"35160","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 11:56am","epoch":1400241060,"text":"what an awesome game! the music rocks!"},{"author_name":"Woo Sang Hwang","author_uid":"30156","time":"May 16, 2014 @ 8:34pm","epoch":1400272140,"text":"Superb graphics and mood control, but the gameplay... just lolz"},{"author_name":"phi","author_uid":"20723","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 10:46am","epoch":1400409660,"text":"Love it! You know how to entertain me, even with a simple game like this. I could sit here and watch these knights die all day... Does this sound weird?\r<br\/>But seriously, great job on graphics and sound. I love that the atmosphere is kind of dusky, but the silly music and sound effects make it an awesome combination of mysticality and black humour.\r<br\/>Thanks for this, and congratulations on your victory in advance!"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1400437020,"text":"Very nice!  The timing is a bit hard to work out, though."},{"author_name":"CodeNMore","author_uid":"33942","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 6:40pm","epoch":1400438100,"text":"Well designed, and fun!  Well done!"},{"author_name":"ob6160","author_uid":"31367","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1400442000,"text":"Fun to play great story and humorous too :)"},{"author_name":"kikaz","author_uid":"30717","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1400448180,"text":"Wow, just perfect ! Cool graphics, nice polished, excellent tower defense game style ! nice Intro and Outro ^^"},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 11:10pm","epoch":1400454300,"text":"Very fun game!\r<br\/>The narration was a great special touch.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>And wow... that scenario!"},{"author_name":"Dans17","author_uid":"22050","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1400456460,"text":"Cool game! Except it took me a few times to get it to work. This is due to a bug that happens when you try to crush one of the knights with a block. If you miss by a little bit, the knight will turn around and if they make it all the way back to the beginning of the level they will walk off of the map making the level unbeatable as the knight is still alive."},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 12:17am","epoch":1400458320,"text":"Nice game! Cool sound effects and graphics. Gruesome deaths :("},{"author_name":"wilbefast","author_uid":"14535","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1400537100,"text":"Hehe this is like reverse-lemmings :P might need a little more gameplay polish (too much latency between clicking on a trap and the trap being activated IMHO), but certainly from a graphical and audio point of view the game is just beautiful ^^ I really love the trailer too, you guys are insane ;)"}],"images":["ld29\/25793-0d08b95f5ab12d6f7666af0565a97fdd.jpg","ld29\/25793-a0b4fd327ffdfc958586cd809264022b.jpg","ld29\/25793-acf615d8cebae14a1d17f8d48083bd12.jpg","ld29\/25793-6e22ab6b6f21563530a274945c35bee8.jpg","ld29\/25793-1a38cf69a60a5a3e3fefb4041dbf6472.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/307309\/LudumDare29\/blackwald.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/307309\/LudumDare29\/Blackwald_windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/307309\/LudumDare29\/Blackwald_mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/307309\/LudumDare29\/Blackwald_linux.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/wednesnight.com\/blackwald\/","text":"Post-Jam Bugfix Version (Web, Windows, Mac OS, Linux)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19813","g_author":"25793","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"19842","g_title":"Blackwald Forest","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"38","g_commentcount":"72","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\/25793-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/25793-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/25793-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/25793-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/25793-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Wow! We really got this finished.\r\nTeam Flare presents : Blackwald Forest\r\n\r\nA game completely done from scratch within this Ludum Dare.\r\nFrom the black forest made with the black forest.\r\nMaking of's of the whole process involved with such a big team and all the 3D scanning will follow soon :)\r\nIt's a big download, so be patient :) We'll provide builds for other versions soon.\r\n\r\nBeneath the Schwarzwald lures an lonely lovely imp.\r\nHe and the princess fell in love.\r\nBut the King, is against this tender relationship and sends out the bravest knights of them all to get her into a proper relationship.\r\n\r\nHOW TO PLAY :\r\n-Use right mouse to walk.\r\n-Left mouse to pull a lever.\r\n-Knights must not reach the princess.\r\n-Use the imp's traps to kill 'em all!! \r\n\r\nTeamFlare:\r\nTanja, Tom, Peer, Rebekka, Timo, Jan, Fred, Olaf, Benno, Benito, Steffi.\r\nSpecial thanks to Thomas, Marian and Benjamin. And the old man.\r\n\r\nHappy bloodbath! :)\r\n\r\nEdit :\r\nWe uploaded builds for Mac and Linux, corrected missing teammember in the titlescreen (sorry Olaf!), and decreased the filesize (aka who needs mipmaps)\r\nEnjoy! :)","title":"Blackwald Forest"}