{"author_link":"\/author\/apoorvaj\/","author_name":"ApoorvaJ","author_uid":"30207","comments":[{"author_name":"ApoorvaJ","author_uid":"30207","time":"Dec 15, 2013 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1387142760,"text":"My first Ludum Dare game! I hope you guys enjoy it."},{"author_name":"sheigeno","author_uid":"27392","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:12am","epoch":1387181220,"text":"..(T_T) this game is soo deep, i like it :)"},{"author_name":"Tao","author_uid":"23135","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:35am","epoch":1387186200,"text":"Poignant, touching, kept me riveted."},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:49am","epoch":1387187040,"text":"Both pretty to see and play!"},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:55am","epoch":1387187400,"text":"A very touching work of art, great work."},{"author_name":"rorycooke","author_uid":"30038","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:17am","epoch":1387188720,"text":"my favorite game of the compo so far, Its seems complete I don't think you need to add any thing to it\r<br\/>\r<br\/>it's really good :)"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:20am","epoch":1387188900,"text":"Interesting.  There are two entries called &quot;monochrome&quot;.  I couldn't figure out what to do aside from clicking on all the objects.  It's more an interactive piece of artwork than it is a game, no?"},{"author_name":"Kar","author_uid":"29445","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:25am","epoch":1387189200,"text":"That was simply brilliant. The story, music, graphics, everything is great here. Congrats."},{"author_name":"kookoon","author_uid":"30303","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:31am","epoch":1387189560,"text":"Nice feels.\r<br\/>Awesome. :D"},{"author_name":"Coblynau","author_uid":"29114","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:33am","epoch":1387189680,"text":"Damn, can't score lower than top marks on Mood, what an emotionally driven story. Well done!"},{"author_name":"crockid5","author_uid":"12651","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:46am","epoch":1387190460,"text":"Wasn't fun, I didn't understand what I was supposed to do, got bored after examining objects for around 5 minutes. Really nice mood though, poor old man."},{"author_name":"TheCze","author_uid":"17841","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:52am","epoch":1387190820,"text":"Really great entry. I liked the way you worked with the colors."},{"author_name":"SamH","author_uid":"26183","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:53am","epoch":1387190880,"text":"The mood and the artwork are great. I'm a bit frustrated by the slow pace, though; it almost feels like the game is lagging and I must admit it didn&rsquo;t motivate me enough to play to the end."},{"author_name":"Dry Tree","author_uid":"5357","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:57am","epoch":1387191120,"text":"good work on the story and pixel art"},{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:12am","epoch":1387192020,"text":"Wow the thought in the game is great, Touch and deep love the story you got."},{"author_name":"sarang","author_uid":"32010","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:49am","epoch":1387194240,"text":"Nice one! Simple enough to navigate, touching enough to keep on exploring and the subtle color changes made it more &quot;interaction inviting&quot;"},{"author_name":"AlanZucconi","author_uid":"21108","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1387195800,"text":"Ohhh! *_*"},{"author_name":"Avichal","author_uid":"12048","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1387202160,"text":"Nice game Apporva :)"},{"author_name":"SnehaEndait","author_uid":"32062","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1387213680,"text":"Beautiful! I wanted to keep clicking for more colors !"},{"author_name":"kik0729","author_uid":"30623","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1387222800,"text":"Damn fine entry. Reminded me of To The Moon in a way."},{"author_name":"Crisius88","author_uid":"32028","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1387228320,"text":"I love the art work, fits very well. The music fits the scene very well."},{"author_name":"soy_yuma","author_uid":"7620","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1387234740,"text":"It's a great game! I really liked it!"},{"author_name":"person124","author_uid":"28512","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:04am","epoch":1387238340,"text":"This game is amazing."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 9:00am","epoch":1387270500,"text":"Wonderful use of the theme, and the atmosphere\/story is perfectly crafted! Great work with this!"},{"author_name":"Arkrothe","author_uid":"29482","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1387282380,"text":"The only word that comes to my mind after playing this game is &quot;Beautiful&quot;. I love the way you've used the theme with a simple story but still created something that's deep."},{"author_name":"mrjordan","author_uid":"25844","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 6:51am","epoch":1387349160,"text":"Wow, I *love* the mood you set. Stroke of brilliance, draining color from the objects you interact with."},{"author_name":"drkrunk","author_uid":"20825","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:30am","epoch":1387358700,"text":"This game was so well-done and moving. My girlfriend cried while playing it, the mood was perfect."},{"author_name":"ghostinthesoft","author_uid":"20530","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:57am","epoch":1387435920,"text":"Great entry, one of my favorites"},{"author_name":"Zerot","author_uid":"12098","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:25pm","epoch":1387459200,"text":"More story than game, but I liked it."},{"author_name":"madflame991","author_uid":"5035","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1387485300,"text":"I almost shed a tear! Great art game, both from a graphics perspective but especially from a story perspective. I started playing being absolutely sure of the ending, but the actual resolution took me by surprise. Good job!"},{"author_name":"jdpalmer","author_uid":"28804","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1387580880,"text":"I enjoyed both the art and storytelling.  Great work."},{"author_name":"arrogant.gamer","author_uid":"22995","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1387666200,"text":"Unity, eh? From the sound of it, this is a pretty epically cool game that I won't get to play because there isn't a linux build. \/\/(T.T)\\\\"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 3:12am","epoch":1387681620,"text":"Awesome presentation. I touched me really. cool game art. nice soundstrack... well written short story. Enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"NightShadow0","author_uid":"20302","time":"Dec 28, 2013 @ 4:18am","epoch":1388203980,"text":"Lovely concept, nice work."},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Dec 30, 2013 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1388407440,"text":"A superb dose of melancholy."},{"author_name":"isaacmarco","author_uid":"30525","time":"Dec 31, 2013 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1388505240,"text":"I see it as a very nice and original experiment. I love the speed of the old man"},{"author_name":"s73ph4n","author_uid":"31818","time":"Jan 1, 2014 @ 2:06pm","epoch":1388584860,"text":"Wow. This is gorgeous. I will play it again later for sure. Congrats. Makes me want to learn Unity ;) What did you use for tilemaps?"},{"author_name":"jimmypaulin","author_uid":"6965","time":"Jan 1, 2014 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1388604900,"text":"Wow, that packed some real emotional punch! Thank you for that pause in my day - moving and haunting, this is a great &quot;game&quot;"},{"author_name":"Shaun Lebron","author_uid":"31638","time":"Jan 7, 2014 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1389129000,"text":"this made me cry.  the monochrome effect on objects is a really good way to drive the way story and interaction.  and that ending.."}],"images":["ld28\/30207-06906fd221eb29891a72f7bcc2569880.jpg","ld28\/30207-b1505369629df2639aea148debb5d640.jpg","ld28\/30207-b7f457760c793c8607793338a90597d5.jpg","ld28\/30207-f92f55c7fd60ea792b23705b3a85282d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/thegamecoder.com\/monochrome\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/42899760\/MonochromeScripts.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21858","g_author":"30207","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21887","g_title":"Monochrome","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"26","g_commentcount":"39","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\/30207-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/30207-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/30207-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/30207-shot3.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Monochrome is a short and moody point-and-click story-based experience.\r\n\r\nA cold winter night. An old man stands in front of the window, gazing into the horizon. Colors evade him, and so does the light. What is it out there, that he is drawn to?\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nClick on objects to see their descriptions. Click on the ground to move.","title":"Monochrome"}