{"author_link":"\/author\/iamspencer\/","author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","comments":[{"author_name":"Danman9914","author_uid":"30580","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:27am","epoch":1398655320,"text":"Tight platforming, "Thomas Was Alone"-style narration, and a complete story. Very well done!"},{"author_name":"BallpointPress","author_uid":"33934","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:34am","epoch":1398655740,"text":"Very Douglas Adams."},{"author_name":"Tater_hater","author_uid":"21618","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:40am","epoch":1398656100,"text":"SOOOO awesome! Loved the Stanley Parable-style gameplay, and a wonderful story"},{"author_name":"Idkfawin32","author_uid":"34907","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:41am","epoch":1398656160,"text":"Enjoyed very much"},{"author_name":"WhiteWolf93","author_uid":"33996","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:45am","epoch":1398656400,"text":"Really fun, interesting and lovely. Seems like you mixed some themes in the rounds, glitch, not supposed to do that and beneath the surface, but you did it pretty well. Reminds me to Standley Parable, really nice, a bit laggy sometimes i dont know why but was fun :3"},{"author_name":"atombrot","author_uid":"7738","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:22am","epoch":1398658620,"text":"Very cool entry. Had fun to play it. The buildup to the ending was intense ;)"},{"author_name":"lekochen","author_uid":"12928","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:23am","epoch":1398658680,"text":"Lol this is awesome."},{"author_name":"DrMelon","author_uid":"36229","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:18am","epoch":1398661980,"text":"It's like The Stanley Parable in platformer form! :D Awesome!"},{"author_name":"Ian MacLarty","author_uid":"20641","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:26am","epoch":1398662460,"text":"Wonderful. The synthesized narration was surprisingly effective."},{"author_name":"malmazuke","author_uid":"4959","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:09am","epoch":1398665040,"text":"My favourite so far. Compelled me to keep playing. Found a small bug where you can walk off the edge after dying if you are quick enough"},{"author_name":"malmazuke","author_uid":"4959","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:13am","epoch":1398665280,"text":"Is the game actually beatable? I can't get past the "You must move faster" part"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:42am","epoch":1398667020,"text":"Yes, it's beatable. If your computer is lagging, you might have some trouble at the end, you just need to move fast and make don't get stuck."},{"author_name":"John Drury","author_uid":"22999","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:34am","epoch":1398670140,"text":"This game. LOL AHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAH! Loved the narration. FANTASTIC"},{"author_name":"Aomeas","author_uid":"35147","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:42am","epoch":1398670620,"text":"The story, said by this voice, is kinda cool!\rFound a bug you might want to correct : when you go back to the left after the second level change, you fall to no end."},{"author_name":"Flam","author_uid":"34713","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:43am","epoch":1398670680,"text":"Loving the audio and the narrative! Great game!"},{"author_name":"Karmalis","author_uid":"35945","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:22am","epoch":1398673020,"text":"Really enjoyed it. Found "a or the" easter egg. Could not stop laughing. Downloaded to my machine and am hoping that it will keep me alive during moments of boredom. Really nice work."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:32am","epoch":1398673620,"text":"aww this was real nice too.\rgood pixels and narrative, and not just braindead!\r\rgreat!"},{"author_name":"Techblogogy","author_uid":"25556","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:33am","epoch":1398673680,"text":"This game is really "Beneath the surface""},{"author_name":"terraco","author_uid":"36973","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:06am","epoch":1398675660,"text":"Stanley Parable"},{"author_name":"ovenchips","author_uid":"19236","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:54am","epoch":1398682140,"text":"Any game I finish is good in my book. Well done, Spencer! The narration really sets the mood beautifully. Who needs a score, timer, etc when the atmosphere of a game is so engaging. Congrats."},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1398686400,"text":"Pretty cool story, nice floaty platforming. Loved the narration! Great job!"},{"author_name":"Lars Faust","author_uid":"25107","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1398686760,"text":"Prepared for the Glitch theme as well, eh? \r\rGood job on this. The narration has quite some charme, really."},{"author_name":"ahmeni","author_uid":"4168","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:41pm","epoch":1398688560,"text":"Tight controls, amazing audio! Nicely done."},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1398693960,"text":"It's a shame there is no "narrative" section in the rating. I don't know where to put all my stars :)"},{"author_name":"nagual","author_uid":"36793","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:34pm","epoch":1398695340,"text":"really funny. the narrator is out of "stanley's parable" and quite hilarious. good one"},{"author_name":"asteryz","author_uid":"34841","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1398696360,"text":"Very cool"},{"author_name":"Havacore","author_uid":"19064","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1398697140,"text":"I loved this! The platforming itself was very basic and not terribly engaging, so I'm glad you kept it as short as you did, but I wanted to keep going to see where you were getting at."},{"author_name":"lightsoda","author_uid":"19698","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1398700200,"text":"That was some twist at the end! The narration was a nice touch, felt like an homage to Stanley Parable.\r\rGood work, and congrats on your first submitted LD!"},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1398701700,"text":"So inspired by The Stanley Parable... Quick, but cool ;)"},{"author_name":"GiveMeAllYourCats","author_uid":"32239","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1398706020,"text":"Great mood and a story:D"},{"author_name":"zebi24","author_uid":"28347","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1398716580,"text":"Really liked the story, cool game! And that voice... :O :)"},{"author_name":"Jools64","author_uid":"17060","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:31pm","epoch":1398716760,"text":"Very cool game, I loved the idea of the narration as you progress. It was otherwise quite a simple game but the narrative kept me playing to the end. A very enjoyable experience, good work!"},{"author_name":"Garris","author_uid":"33993","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1398718380,"text":"Very atmospheric, with good controls and a very good sense of scale. Solid entry! I like it."},{"author_name":"pancakecity","author_uid":"28537","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1398718560,"text":"The ending was great!!! Ah, really creepy~~"},{"author_name":"pawegio","author_uid":"34988","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1398721800,"text":"Enjoyable narration."},{"author_name":"Jeffalisk","author_uid":"11298","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:32am","epoch":1398760020,"text":"Great work, loved it! The ending was really well done, liked the glitching. And I liked the payoff when I pressed 'A'!\r\rI will have to check out the tool you used for the narration, I can see it being really useful for my projects."},{"author_name":"gre","author_uid":"18803","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:45am","epoch":1398760800,"text":"This is awesome! Very smart to use the voice, and especially with all the humor your put in!\rCheers"},{"author_name":"reidrac","author_uid":"24731","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 12:03pm","epoch":1398772680,"text":"Very cool, I love the audio (very "Thomas Was Alone"). It sets the mood perfectly. Awesome!"},{"author_name":"randoman","author_uid":"13710","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:37pm","epoch":1398778320,"text":"I really like the mood and the level design. Very cool!"},{"author_name":"GreatBigJerk","author_uid":"36263","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1398786180,"text":"Fantastic!"},{"author_name":"howieV (binarygirl)","author_uid":"8824","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:18pm","epoch":1398805980,"text":"loved the narration :)"},{"author_name":"Balloonsfor600","author_uid":"35061","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1398808260,"text":"Really nicely done. I love the narration. Very Stanley Parable-y."},{"author_name":"Spotline","author_uid":"11703","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:19pm","epoch":1398809640,"text":"Very good entry, the narration is really well written, level design is stimulating, good job :) It recalled me a lot of recent indie hits as Thomas was alone, the floor is jelly etc.."},{"author_name":"matt_j","author_uid":"35819","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1398811980,"text":"BRILLIANT. (I wasn't able to beat it for some reason)"},{"author_name":"BrothersT","author_uid":"12722","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:23pm","epoch":1398813480,"text":"Really liked it! great mood, very funny. was genuinely kind of afraid at the end :D nice glitch effects"},{"author_name":"epiplon","author_uid":"19410","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1398814560,"text":"Very creative, I almost felt sorry for Jacob! Haha!\rI sse were the inspiration came from. However, thanks for the experience. :)"},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1398814800,"text":"Thank you everyone for all your amazing feedback, this has been a great experience for me :)"},{"author_name":"ninjacharlie","author_uid":"24096","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1398815640,"text":"I liked the narration a lot. It reminded me of Thomas was Alone. The narrator was kinda choppy, but I guess that's to be expected with a computer generated voice :)\r\rAnyway, good job :)"},{"author_name":"Elforama","author_uid":"23982","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:02am","epoch":1398815820,"text":"I really enjoyed playing your game. I liked the story. Good job!"},{"author_name":"vexille","author_uid":"35792","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:14am","epoch":1398816540,"text":"Loved the narration!"},{"author_name":"npgames","author_uid":"31500","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:22am","epoch":1398817020,"text":"Wow, unexpected ending, good job on the narration"},{"author_name":"pinkmonkeyhead","author_uid":"11711","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:26am","epoch":1398817260,"text":"Awesome"},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:44am","epoch":1398818340,"text":"Amazing narration."},{"author_name":"mcapraro","author_uid":"28472","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 3:08am","epoch":1398826980,"text":"i loved the narration. well done!"},{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:22am","epoch":1398842220,"text":"Reminded me a lot of "Thomas Was Alone"!\rI love how everything gets all glitchy at the end!\rThis is really, really great! Well done! :D"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:35am","epoch":1398843000,"text":"Very entertaining! Great work!"},{"author_name":"pandavigoureux","author_uid":"29443","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 8:09am","epoch":1398845040,"text":"Nice narration. This seems to lack some kind of challenge though (enemies?), but I'm being picky for a 48h compo :). Good work"},{"author_name":"AmmoreChicks","author_uid":"30938","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:19am","epoch":1398849240,"text":"I confirm the lags... but a GOOD entry!"},{"author_name":"eLLectron","author_uid":"33113","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1398869520,"text":"Really entertaining ! Simple and fun :D"},{"author_name":"Meedoc","author_uid":"5207","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 5:22pm","epoch":1398878220,"text":"Really nice narrative! Well done!"},{"author_name":"LazyParia","author_uid":"34706","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 6:47pm","epoch":1398883320,"text":"Very nice, Loved the ending !"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1398892920,"text":"I liked how the mood suddenly changes when Jacob realizes his situation. The music and video glitches afterwards really gave me a sense of haste :D\r\rAlso the voice-over caught me off guard. Really good job!"},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1398896940,"text":"the narration is brilliant, the game itself needs some enemies or goodies or something I think :)"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1398967080,"text":"The platforming is a bit rough but the unexpected twists really made this a stand-out entry. Good work!"},{"author_name":"aaronjbaptiste","author_uid":"19914","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1398970440,"text":"Really enjoyed this. You sir, are a great story teller and general human being."},{"author_name":"Lucariatias","author_uid":"14242","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1398977700,"text":"The story kept me gripped, and was very amusing. I think I found a literal "easter egg".\rSolid physics, good music, and decent enough graphics - some variety couldn't have hurt, perhaps some old mining tracks or something.\rA very very good entry, though. The voice acting was great, even if it sounded slightly unnatural at points."},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 9:40pm","epoch":1398980100,"text":"Excellent game! It was fun but a bit sad about the poor fella situation."},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 3:36am","epoch":1399001460,"text":"Great game and use of the theme!\rThe narrator was the best part of the game. It kept moving me forward, for I wanted to know what he was going to say next, and also made me curious about what was happening.\rThe ending was also quite nice, with all the effects and the accelerated music.\r\rGreat work!!"},{"author_name":"local minimum","author_uid":"24765","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 9:44am","epoch":1399109940,"text":"I had very fun and as a fellow Phaser, this is a source I'll be looking at to learn some of those tricks you implemented.\r\rReally awesome and simple game.\r\rThe only critique would be that the controls were somewhat floaty and that I missed some jumps due to that. On the other hand, since the game was so nice in checkpointing your progress it really didn't matter that much."},{"author_name":"end3r","author_uid":"19938","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1399127400,"text":"Love the idea with narration, good balanced platformer."},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:13am","epoch":1399183680,"text":"Great entry for a first. A lot of entries are like yours without the narration. By adding the narration, you made the whole game not only better but meaningful. I hope you don't get too many people try your entry with sound off.\r\rI haven't checked comments yet, I hope I got the prize ;D"},{"author_name":"Oddly Shaped Pixels","author_uid":"33840","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1399213500,"text":"Excellent, narration is just perfect!"},{"author_name":"tenpn","author_uid":"1921","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 7:15am","epoch":1399360200,"text":"Really nice Thomas Was Alone vibe. Also genuinely had me laughing in places. Nice idea and well executed. Good stuff!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 8, 2014 @ 10:47am","epoch":1399545720,"text":"Awesome! Love the narration. And I found the egg :D"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"May 11, 2014 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1399829520,"text":"I think I love Jacob. I included it in part 23 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/yJ4mg8nxxfM"},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 8:15am","epoch":1399968600,"text":"Very good game, the narration twists and turns all over the place! I was having real difficulty with the controls though, jumping would often completely stop my sideways movement, which made the ending impossible"},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"May 13, 2014 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1400002980,"text":"Pretty cool, love the narration, very Thomas Was Alone-y."},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"May 15, 2014 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1400192160,"text":"That was really good fun. The writing was great. Reminded me of Thomas Was Alone, really drives you on through. Then the ending with the sudden need to hurry was a brilliant surprise."},{"author_name":"Andrei M\u00fcller","author_uid":"19796","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 3:55am","epoch":1400385000,"text":"One of the best games I played so far in this Ludum Dare!\rNice game! =D"},{"author_name":"NicoM","author_uid":"32562","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1400445600,"text":"Slick art, and animation, solid platforming, and good writing, reminded me of thomas was alone, loved it, great job!!:)"}],"images":["ld29\/24919-79340126646d684db01c05ffd8c46fb4.jpg","ld29\/24919-740aa4f6242938a662fa91729f0d1b1c.jpg","ld29\/24919-a9c76a6e06f2c1b18c93824f82930175.jpg","ld29\/24919-636d6a011bf8b4dfb4794ab4e82b21a2.jpg","ld29\/24919-f3ef87fb8361e98c29ff5f6efa0f726c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/iamspencer.itch.io\/beneath-the-memories","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/mega.co.nz\/#!7IdCEZaR!NiuMnVW_PIX_mXB5fqUKjXOH0E3_6eS0_hIDEKXbeRA","text":"Desktop (ALL)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/I-Am-Spencer\/LudumDare29","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20002","g_author":"24919","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20031","g_title":"Beneath The Memories","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"56","g_commentcount":"80","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\/24919-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/24919-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/24919-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/24919-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/24919-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is my first (submitted) Ludum Dare Entry, yay! Hope you enjoy!\r\n\r\nMade in html\/javascript using Phaser. exe packaged with node-webkit. Sounds are in ogg, so make sure your browser supports it!","title":"Beneath The Memories"}