{"author_link":"\/author\/jdpalmer\/","author_name":"jdpalmer","author_uid":"28804","comments":[{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 4:40am","epoch":1387168500,"text":"I couldn't tell what I was really doing but still great graphics and sound."},{"author_name":"xrm0","author_uid":"25867","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 6:19pm","epoch":1387217640,"text":"Not easily understandable"},{"author_name":"Venks","author_uid":"13781","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1387302300,"text":"Not half bad a very original idea dude. It should have a tutorial for being such a complicated game. ANd maybe a bit more action to keep the player interest. But over all a good game"},{"author_name":"jdpalmer","author_uid":"28804","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1387303800,"text":"I *totally* agree about the tutorial Venks. Thanks for checking it out!"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1387305060,"text":"I liked the game mastermind, so I get used to it really quick. But you should have made descriptions on the screen what the colored icons mean. The graphics are cute, anyway. I got some glitches, like if you press the attack button again while the death animation of an enemy is triggered. Finally, I would make it all faster - especially swapping colors and sensing, to get a quick game flow. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Dmitrix","author_uid":"10093","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1387305600,"text":"Looked good. Same as others, not really sure what I was supposed to do?"},{"author_name":"Jago","author_uid":"4020","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1387314840,"text":"Nice visuals and great Mastermind spinoff!"},{"author_name":"stefan","author_uid":"21963","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1387315440,"text":"I also had some problems understanding what to do first, but then I found all explanations below the game. Maybe there should be some kind of tutorial. Also I think that the input is very elborate, maybe this could be easier. The idea is nice and the graphics are great. I enjoyed watching the people jump around even if they had the wrong formation ;)"},{"author_name":"dray","author_uid":"5284","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1387316160,"text":"Great game, like it, a bit complicated but you make good instructions under the game. i stopped at level 6 because i have more games to play. rythm could be better with fastest character switch and sense animation."},{"author_name":"pele","author_uid":"30821","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1387316460,"text":"For those who have never played mastermind this might be slightly confusing, but I particularly found this to be a very interesting re-interpretation of the game! Congratulations :)"},{"author_name":"Kimau","author_uid":"15","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1387316640,"text":"Great use of the Mastermind style design on old style RPGs. Though the colour feedback was confusing because most people would think green is good.\r\rI think icons might have helped there."},{"author_name":"jdpalmer","author_uid":"28804","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1387318260,"text":"@Kimau, my wife said the same thing about the colors! In the next version it will be green and yellow with icons on them to make it more obvious."},{"author_name":"AtomicVikings","author_uid":"25123","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1387318320,"text":"The Graphics are realy cool! And I love the music. It's raining Stars for you! :)"},{"author_name":"viinnyk","author_uid":"26358","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1387318620,"text":"Honestly I had no idea how to play. It looks amazing, though, and very polished!"},{"author_name":"tiffi_gaming","author_uid":"29484","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1387318620,"text":"Amazing graphics, but it took me ages to understand what was going on. None the less a great game"},{"author_name":"antila","author_uid":"27189","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1387318800,"text":"Really nice idea and great execution!"},{"author_name":"viinnyk","author_uid":"26358","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1387318800,"text":"ohhh I figured it out! Very nice gameplay!"},{"author_name":"viinnyk","author_uid":"26358","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:26pm","epoch":1387318860,"text":"Very nice! Extremely well made!"},{"author_name":"JaymeeMak","author_uid":"30729","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:37pm","epoch":1387319520,"text":"Pressing 'Z' is unintuitive and kind of frustrating.\r\rThe hint system also seems a bit buggy\/incorrect, which means I have absolutely no way of figuring out how to defeat monsters."},{"author_name":"HeyChinaski","author_uid":"11211","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1387320360,"text":"I guess I should read some more Knuth! I definitely haven't worked out the optimum strategy. This reminds me of the mastermind board game. Nice idea to take it into a turn based battle format. The character design is great."},{"author_name":"bradleypollard","author_uid":"17874","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1387322880,"text":"I was a bit confused at the start, mainly because I'm an idiot and can't read (I presumed green was right position and blue was correct but wrong position) but also I thought that the lights were in the order your dudes were. Then I remembered you don't get that much information in Mastermind. Neat though!"},{"author_name":"darkblue","author_uid":"31864","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:36pm","epoch":1387323060,"text":"I don't understand it. Is it kind of a "mastermind" replica ? Controls are painfully slow !"},{"author_name":"Mechatodzilla","author_uid":"29150","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:46pm","epoch":1387323660,"text":"This is a great new application for an old challenge. And the level of polish given the timeline is impressive! Lots to be proud of here."},{"author_name":"sknoslo","author_uid":"14586","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1387380900,"text":"Had I not seen your demonstration in class (I'm one of your students) I wouldn't have any idea how to play. Very well made game."},{"author_name":"Thecoolestnerdguys","author_uid":"17792","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1387381800,"text":"It's very complicated and hard to understand.\rIn fact, I still don't know how to play it =P\rShould have a tutorial.\rThe clearly procedurally generated music is kinda annoying, but still better than having no sound."},{"author_name":"occash","author_uid":"31683","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1387387200,"text":"Sorry..but i don't understand control..."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1387389900,"text":"Interesting concept!"},{"author_name":"Ryusui","author_uid":"12635","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:24pm","epoch":1387390740,"text":"Clever mash-up of Mastermind and Final Fantasy. I just wish the music wasn't so grating."},{"author_name":"LatFoued","author_uid":"30371","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:30pm","epoch":1387391100,"text":"The idea is pretty good, but the instructions are really bad. I didn't understand what i was doing or what i had to do for a long time. Nice art and music though. Good job"},{"author_name":"Danman9914","author_uid":"30580","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1387392660,"text":"Very confusing with no in-game instructions given. I think there is a real game here but I could not figure it out. Very pretty graphics!"},{"author_name":"veiadoida","author_uid":"29924","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1387394040,"text":"* sigh * ... how people can't understand such amazing puzzle? guess we are truly in the era of the "don't make me think" games. it's a bit sad. anyway, i love it and it's very well designed. congratz!"},{"author_name":"miwuc","author_uid":"6177","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:02pm","epoch":1387400220,"text":"Man I hadn't played mastermind in ages. Congrats, the games feels very polished. The music also got annoying really quick though."},{"author_name":"ThatGuy","author_uid":"17563","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1387424040,"text":"Awesome re-imagining of mastermind! The directions could be a bit more clear, perhaps some examples before starting. Otherwise, great work!"},{"author_name":"ENDESGA","author_uid":"19270","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:08am","epoch":1387425780,"text":"Confusing... But it looks pretty cool!"},{"author_name":"Ozeotropo","author_uid":"19200","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:21am","epoch":1387437360,"text":"Answering you question to my game: no, it doesn't support ouya pad right now. It's just a fast port. Maybe in the future..."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1387460220,"text":"Wow, this was seriously brain wracking. Managed to get up to level 7. And the graphics and soundtrack are good, felt nice and polished. The puzzles are a bit hard though, and take time to solve even when you know what you're doing, so gets tedious there."},{"author_name":"Hiku","author_uid":"22687","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 4:45pm","epoch":1387471200,"text":"Wow this is cool even if the tweens are too slow :D"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1387485420,"text":"Keep at it :)"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1387486320,"text":"Well I never played mastermind, so I was hopelessly confused for quite a while...\rJust one suggestion is that formation selection will be easier with a back key like x instead of selecting done at the bottom.\rGreat job nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"iiechapman","author_uid":"14399","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1387494480,"text":"Pretty interesting concept, love the little round looking characters, very cute, and neat way to utilize the "YOGO" theme. Also BTW, I fixed the issue with the mouse in my game, I put an updated version that resolved game breaking bugs! Thanks for your time!"},{"author_name":"stvr","author_uid":"26473","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 1:26am","epoch":1387502460,"text":"Really clever! Unlike anything else I've seen this jam."},{"author_name":"jacklehamster","author_uid":"20841","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:00am","epoch":1387508100,"text":"I think green for correct position and blue for correct color would have been a bit more intuitive."},{"author_name":"archaeometrician","author_uid":"27214","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1387509840,"text":"Cute game, I like the graphics and the sounds too !"},{"author_name":"somepx","author_uid":"29702","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 8:45am","epoch":1387528800,"text":"For a moment I thought I was the eye, silly me! ;)\rVery interesting entry, this deserves post-compo love!"},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1387567860,"text":"Fun little puzzle game and a really nice take on the theme! The visuals were clean and striking. The music was decent - though it got a little grating by the time I got to the last few levels. Overall a good, polished effort!"},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1387575840,"text":"If you know the board game Code Breaker or Master Mind, this is actually quite easy, but it is really a nice implementation of it. I'd like to see some easier and faster input (maybe just up and down to select your hero, left and right to switch his colour).\r\rVery beautiful graphics and sound!"},{"author_name":"GagaPete","author_uid":"16147","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1387577040,"text":"I really like the idea behind this. Very well done. There are some technical difficulties (play z before the animations are displayed results in instant loose) but that"s fine for a result of 48 hours."},{"author_name":"Bruno Massa","author_uid":"26154","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:11pm","epoch":1387577160,"text":"i lost the first stage 15 times. i could not get the logic totally.\r\rnice graphics tough."},{"author_name":"Denis Chakarov","author_uid":"26461","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1387577460,"text":"Cool idea. Reminds me of Bulls and Cows http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulls_and_cows . But man that was difficult to grasp at first! It's not that the concept is hard to understand, but I think a better explanation is needed. Tutorials for sure as others suggested. Anyway - great accomplishment for such a short time!"},{"author_name":"jdpalmer","author_uid":"28804","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1387578000,"text":"@rnlf great ideas - I may have to experiment with that in a post-compo version."},{"author_name":"van noctar","author_uid":"21196","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1387645680,"text":"It's difficult to understand rules! But graphics and sound are funny!"},{"author_name":"TheSheep","author_uid":"11694","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1387659720,"text":"Are there only 2 levels, or do can you somehow unlock more?"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 4:56pm","epoch":1387817460,"text":"I had a lot of troubles to understand how does it work. More instructions in game would have been better. Now I get it and this game is really cool !"},{"author_name":"GFM","author_uid":"7375","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 1:30am","epoch":1388021100,"text":"It took me a while to understand what to do, but mostly because I didn't pay attention to the instructions and because I expected the info displayed by sense to have something to do with position of the character (instead of being a mere counter).\r\rThat aside, this was a nice game. Too slow to my tastes... I think that tweening and animations could be faster. There's no gain in keeping it at that speed. (My computer may be making it slower... but it's not the only culprit XD)\r\rBut the idea itself was nice! I liked trying to figure out the best combination with the fewer moves... though I don't know (nor did I search for it) an algorithm to do that...\r\rOh, and cute graphics! :)"},{"author_name":"greytram","author_uid":"28843","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 1:43pm","epoch":1388065080,"text":"Cool graphics! Characters are cute.\rMusic is cool but sound FX are a bit crunchy.\rGame rules are a bit difficult to understand at first, a tutorial would be welcome."},{"author_name":"foumart","author_uid":"14368","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 1:49am","epoch":1388367840,"text":"Nice concept and cute graphics.\rCompleted the third level and the sound of attacking\/defeating the enemy played in the background twice.., then the fourth level just passed, when I selected it."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"Dec 31, 2013 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1388506800,"text":"Wahou ! hard to understand ^^ It needs a button to cut the music. However i really like the graphics and the gameplay. I never played a game like that. So unique ! Very good and interesting work :)"},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Jan 6, 2014 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1389044160,"text":"Awesome! Interesting how you made a game that looks like one game, that plays like another."}],"images":["ld28\/28804-91b5c5b293c160755aff361a756139c2.jpg","ld28\/28804-977220b1aa3bdce1c40d9373625d4bc8.jpg","ld28\/28804-423081c92234fbae67e4374c17988198.jpg","ld28\/28804-e2d85e16dfabfb9c77ba1774f45534f6.jpg","ld28\/28804-c7e6d4f19537e724fe9709908d31de68.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jdpalmer.org\/games\/ld28\/low.html","text":"Web 640x360"},{"url":"http:\/\/jdpalmer.org\/games\/ld28\/index.html","text":"Web 720p"},{"url":"http:\/\/jdpalmer.org\/games\/ld28\/ld28.apk","text":"Ouya"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6rXogc4kfdk","text":"Youtube Gameplay"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/jdpalmer\/ld28","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20975","g_author":"28804","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21004","g_title":"SPELLBREAKER","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"584","g_commentcount":"58","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\/28804-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/28804-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/28804-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/28804-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/28804-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In this tribute to Mastermind only the right combination and number of forces can defeat the war wizard, Azaroth and his legions. 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