{"author_link":"\/author\/dekart\/","author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","comments":[{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1387227000,"text":"Nice game. It's not very innovative, but it's fun :-)"},{"author_name":"5elephants","author_uid":"31847","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:04pm","epoch":1387306740,"text":"You can't go wrong with a match-3 game. It's not what I expect to see in a Ludum Dare but it's still very well polished. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 7:08pm","epoch":1387306980,"text":"Really solid game, works perfect without any glitches. Would love to see music added."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1387310100,"text":"This worked like a charm. :) The sounds could have used a bit more oomph but a really enjoyable take on a familiar genre. Solid job. :)"},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:46am","epoch":1387413660,"text":"Implementation of theme is time-based again...sorry to say but after LD27, which had the theme "10 Seconds", I got sick of similar games! Terribly sorry, but 1 star for theme.\r\rSolid entry, so may deserve a 3 overall, but in fact, the game gives only a little few extras.\r\rI can appreciate it only by words: so go on with game developement! It's promising!"},{"author_name":"kcpunk666","author_uid":"24605","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 2:49am","epoch":1387421040,"text":"good job!"},{"author_name":"emmelineprufrock","author_uid":"22454","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:34am","epoch":1387427340,"text":"Solid and polished."},{"author_name":"vikingpotato","author_uid":"27438","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:45am","epoch":1387431600,"text":"Really polished and solid! However the game is strikingly similar to that popcap game bejeweled blitz, even the name (alchemy \/ alchemist).. a little more thought on the gameplay would have been nice"},{"author_name":"sekaru","author_uid":"23171","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:57am","epoch":1387432320,"text":"Pretty standard match-3 game though apart from that I don't have any complaints, it was pretty polished."},{"author_name":"Mezzomatto","author_uid":"17847","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:41am","epoch":1387452960,"text":"Very polished and smooth. High scores did some weird things for me. Gave me a top score for a terrible game and didn't give me access for a good game."},{"author_name":"lorniebear","author_uid":"31739","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:28pm","epoch":1387470180,"text":"I really enjoyed it because it was fun, and fit the theme. To improve, I would come up with a more original idea, but overall I like it!"},{"author_name":"Erik \u00d6rjehag","author_uid":"18108","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1387471980,"text":"Very nice gamplay! Felt a lot like Candy Crush which I'm sure was a good source of inspiration. Thumbs up!"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1387473960,"text":"It's bejeweled, but I don't care because it's lovely! :)"},{"author_name":"peacegiverman","author_uid":"13850","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1387486200,"text":"Familiar gameplay, but well polished! Btw, I didn't have sound in Firefox on Windows."},{"author_name":"lasagnegames","author_uid":"30505","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:40pm","epoch":1387492500,"text":"a sort of candy crashed but polish and funny!"},{"author_name":"somepx","author_uid":"29702","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1387493160,"text":"A solid entry, flawless! Maybe the theme reference is a bit stretched, but game is fun and polished, good work!"},{"author_name":"Shigor","author_uid":"5242","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:34pm","epoch":1387574940,"text":"Not innovative, just another match 3 style game with a tiny difference, but - solid, professional work. Could have used some (generated would be enough music)"},{"author_name":"Jgpicatoste","author_uid":"16419","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 11:46am","epoch":1387626060,"text":"As it has already been said, it's not innovative and the take on the theme is not one of the best, but it looks and behaves like a charm. Good job."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Dec 25, 2013 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1387989420,"text":"Nice match four game, well done. I included it in my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/Sii3dnpSvEI"},{"author_name":"Kayelgee","author_uid":"15267","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1388331240,"text":"In Opera there's no audio. \rIn Firefox: After some time my score said "NaN".\rIt didn't feel like I had to look at the potions I have to brew because I can't seem to really work towards the igredients. \rMy highest score was 12 potions with 432 ingredients while not caring for the potion ingredients and 6 potions with 243 ingredients while trying to go for the needed ingredients :\/"},{"author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1388336820,"text":"Really nice impression with good clean graphics and smooth animations.\rAudio did not play for me in Chrome but I know how much of an issue audio on the web still can be."},{"author_name":"eskivor","author_uid":"25329","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1388337900,"text":"I think programming a match-3 under 48h could be a good exercise, I should try once ^^\rIt's nice to have a leaderboard, but we don't know who is the first of all, it's very frustrating."},{"author_name":"WhoaConstrictor","author_uid":"31841","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1388338680,"text":"Incredibly well-polished. Lots of nice subtle touches, such as distinct icon silhouettes, click+drag support and clean UI layout. My score hit "NaN" at one point."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1388840220,"text":"Really polished piece - nice having the high-score table in there as well. If you continue on with this, it'd be nice to see some special blocks, or having things like matching 4 or 5 pieces counts as more ingredients."}],"images":["ld28\/14826-9b6abcd025ba05f8aa978c4ab78211dc.jpg","ld28\/14826-a738664d80c669a0446533a2b873a953.jpg","ld28\/14826-4377089715e8db6fefc50d683879d2af.jpg","ld28\/14826-02d68f5dba0419bb4f281000fa40e866.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/glacial-taiga-5985.herokuapp.com\/","text":"Web (may take some time to load)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/dekart\/alchemist","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20769","g_author":"14826","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20798","g_title":"Alchemist","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"444","g_commentcount":"24","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\/14826-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/14826-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/14826-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/14826-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You're the Alchemist, you're mixing potions from ingredients, and you're in rush - you only get one minute to make as many potions as you can!\r\n\r\nHow to Play:\r\n\r\n* Swap items of the same color to match 3 or more of them in a row\r\n* One ingredient of the matched color will be put to the potion\r\n* Collect all required ingredients to complete potion\r\n* Each successfully mixed potion gives you more time\r\n* Don't forget to save your highscore on our server\r\n\r\nTechnologies:\r\n\r\n* HTML5 and JavaScript using CoffeeScript\r\n* pixi.js, spine.js, preloadJS, SoundManager 2, Underscore\r\n* Ruby on Rails (server and asset compilation)\r\n* TexturePacker, Audacity, Photoshop CC, Sublime Text Editor 2","title":"Alchemist"}