{"author_link":"\/author\/ionprogramming\/","author_name":"IonProgramming","author_uid":"14004","comments":[{"author_name":"01rafael","author_uid":"11984","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:59am","epoch":1387252440,"text":"Do you have a web version?"},{"author_name":"incobalt","author_uid":"4524","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:09am","epoch":1387253040,"text":"Sadly, the game crashes rather randomly (Windows 7). It could just be Java. I had it crash once near the beginning of the game and once later on (I saw the exit!)."},{"author_name":"nikev","author_uid":"10750","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:17am","epoch":1387253520,"text":"Running the jar on win8 and it exits immediatly"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:18am","epoch":1387253580,"text":"Solid concept, well executed. Really the biggest downfall is the sounds. The walk sound is like a robot, and the "creepy" sounds are a bit grating."},{"author_name":"IonProgramming","author_uid":"14004","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:35am","epoch":1387254600,"text":"Nope, no web version. Planning to target web next time around. And these crashes are to to with some sort of memory leak in javafx (for sounds), Ill look into it and maybe fix it if I have time. \r\rAs for Win8, I'll take a look as to why that's happening..."},{"author_name":"IonProgramming","author_uid":"14004","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:42am","epoch":1387255020,"text":"Updating Java to the latest version (7u45) fixes issues on win 8 for me..."},{"author_name":"WojWorks","author_uid":"18921","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 4:48am","epoch":1387255380,"text":"Sounds were kind of annoying, like the puzzle you had at the very beginning. Sadly crashed before I could complete it. I'd say this is rather decent, keep trying to improve."},{"author_name":"Seigeengine","author_uid":"24201","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:21am","epoch":1387257360,"text":"Pretty decent idea. Seemed to work fine. Enjoyable, looked nice, sounds were a bit funky, but didn't bother me."},{"author_name":"scott64","author_uid":"26139","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:46am","epoch":1387258860,"text":"Good but since it required java 7 I had to run it on a slower computer (that had java 7 on it) which droped the frame rate."},{"author_name":"kidder","author_uid":"21304","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:48am","epoch":1387258980,"text":"I like the ambiance, with the sound and lighting. Brutally long maze, too. :)"},{"author_name":"Venks","author_uid":"13781","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1387305180,"text":"Sadly enough won't run on Win8"},{"author_name":"Nelien","author_uid":"30744","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:54pm","epoch":1387306140,"text":"Doesn't want to run. Win8 64bit over here :(, tried a few things (compat settings etc., but nothing). Will check back in a while to see if there's a fix."},{"author_name":"IonProgramming","author_uid":"14004","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1387323720,"text":"If it doesn't load, run the jar and make sure java is up to date, worked with that on my win 8 machine"},{"author_name":"MadcoreTom","author_uid":"8678","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:51am","epoch":1387449960,"text":"GRATE game (see what i did there?)\rI didnt manage to finish it (fell in a hole after wandering for ages). It is such a big maze, I would have liked a checkpoint, or doors that lock behind me, to limit my wandering. More variation in the tiles would have been nice too"},{"author_name":"TheStolenBattenberg","author_uid":"31753","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:48am","epoch":1387536180,"text":"A little confusing, but I suck at puzzles so... :3\rIt's a nice concept and it's well done."},{"author_name":"joppiesaus","author_uid":"29014","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 10:32am","epoch":1388399220,"text":"Nice. Not buggy, awesome sounds. The sounds are the best of all I think. It helps the mood really well."},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 2:28pm","epoch":1389018180,"text":"The exe didn't work, but atleast the jar-file works. Or atleast it starts. The game did crash after playing for a while (I might've even been close to getting out!).\r\rWalking down was tedious since I couldn't really see ahead of myself, but the game was pretty decent overall. I don't think the "spooky laugh" helped the mood though, just the ambient track (with rats and water drops or something) would've worked nicely imo.\r\rNice game overall, too bad it crashed."}],"images":["ld28\/14004-6a7e21737c1b910204108ed130ac59c8.jpg","ld28\/14004-66d9b8eb6159fc08411d1339b6df2128.jpg","ld28\/14004-eacb2e20761a06116860dc07e1ccd999.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ionprogramming.com\/LD48\/LD28\/Charcoal.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/ionprogramming.com\/LD48\/LD28\/Charcoal.jar","text":"Jar"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/ion-programming\/LD28","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20722","g_author":"14004","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20751","g_title":"Charcoal","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"328","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/308734\/14004-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/14004-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/14004-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"### IF GAME DOESN'T LOAD, MAKE SURE YOUR JAVA IS UP TO DATE (7u45) ###\r\n\r\nPlot:\r\n\r\nIn charcoal, you play as an escaped prisoner trying to make his way out of the dungeons below a great and powerful castle.\r\n\r\nYou must avoid traps as you navigate through the maze of the dungeon walls, there is a catch though... You only have one torch... \r\n\r\nOne torch worth of light, that's all you get, so move quickly and carefully and try to escape.\r\n\r\nThere's a timer to help you stay on top of things, and a compass to give you an idea of where to head.\r\n\r\nGood Luck!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\nWSAD - Move around\r\n\r\nM - Bring up minimap","title":"Charcoal"}