{"author_link":"\/author\/donaldducky\/","author_name":"donaldducky","author_uid":"31430","comments":[{"author_name":"adnzzzzZ","author_uid":"7173","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:40pm","epoch":1387233300,"text":"I knew that one year of Japanese lessons would come in handy one day. Pretty nice and simple game. Good job!"},{"author_name":"windwalkerranger","author_uid":"30671","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:52pm","epoch":1387234020,"text":"Is it just two screens?"},{"author_name":"van noctar","author_uid":"21196","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:56am","epoch":1387248660,"text":"For a game created with javascript, the result is good! It's a little honorable tile game for a first LD!"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:22am","epoch":1387250220,"text":"Great job on this. I felt a little bad, since the tree was pleading with me. But it had to be done."},{"author_name":"doctorscientist","author_uid":"25260","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:24am","epoch":1387250340,"text":"I really like the jkli shooting control. Its a lot of fun and the simple shot animations are perfectly subtle. I hope more people see your game."},{"author_name":"Crigs","author_uid":"30740","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:52am","epoch":1387252020,"text":"I really enjoyed the experience and symbolism. I'm glad you wrote a walkthrough because I would have never been able to finish it otherwise. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Crigs","author_uid":"30740","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:56am","epoch":1387252260,"text":"Just wanted to add that I hope you take this further; I really think using Chinese characters is a brilliant idea and the resulting experience was very, very cerebral, even if very literal in this entry."},{"author_name":"Katamori","author_uid":"25228","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1387320660,"text":"Damnit, too short! You should really expand it!"},{"author_name":"donaldducky","author_uid":"31430","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 1:32pm","epoch":1387373220,"text":"Thanks for the kind comments!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I really enjoyed creating the game and want to share my experience. I've created a post in my journal but more will follow as time permits:\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/?category_name=ld-28&amp;author_name=donaldducky\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If you get stuck, I recommend reading\/using the walkthrough to get the full experience of the game. It's not very long but I don't want to take up too much of your time since there are so many games to try :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Here's the link: http:\/\/pyjamacoder.com\/ld28\/walkthrough"},{"author_name":"postmodestie","author_uid":"8113","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:55pm","epoch":1387403400,"text":"Wow, the asthetics blew me away! One of the reasons why i learned a little chinese (forgot everything).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>IMO it was relatively easy to end, so i played it twice, for 'both' endings. Great!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Is there some relevant folklore innit, i guess so?"},{"author_name":"Alex Rose","author_uid":"19499","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 3:17am","epoch":1387422720,"text":"I burnt the world tree. Like a boss.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great concept man, really enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"mortl8324","author_uid":"9841","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 6:46am","epoch":1387435260,"text":"Awesome game. Very innovative to use Chinese characters to represent things."},{"author_name":"triforcespark","author_uid":"21944","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 8:53am","epoch":1387442880,"text":"I was actually thinking about also using Chinese characters for one of my games, and this just showed how useful (and powerful) they are.\r<br\/>Nice story you got there."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1387457820,"text":"Interesting take. Glad you provided that character table. The shooting and different kinds of attacks felt cool. I'm not sure how the theme fits in, though. Still, great aesthetics."}],"images":["ld28\/31430-a07b6bc918dede2db382c43708edc7b4.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/pyjamacoder.com\/ld28\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/donaldducky\/ld28-existence","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/pyjamacoder.com\/ld28\/help","text":"Character Guide"},{"url":"http:\/\/pyjamacoder.com\/ld28\/walkthrough","text":"Walkthrough"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22378","g_author":"31430","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"22408","g_title":"Existence","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"296","g_commentcount":"14","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\/31430-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"tech: javascript \/ canvas \/ css\r\ntools: grunt, backbone, underscore, jquery, requirejs, keymaster\r\n\r\nUsed Chinese characters for the sprites.\r\n\r\nCoded using VIM!\r\n\r\nFirst LD!\r\n\r\nEdit (Dec 16 9:30pm EST):\r\nFor those of you who can't make out what those Chinese characters are, I've created a guide here:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/pyjamacoder.com\/ld28\/help\r\n\r\nI recommend you try playing through the game yourself to get the full experience (it's not very hard or long) but if you get stuck, here's a walkthrough of the entire game:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/pyjamacoder.com\/ld28\/walkthrough\r\n\r\nBoth of those links can also be found on the game's page itself.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!","title":"Existence"}