{"author_link":"\/author\/zuige\/","author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","comments":[{"author_name":"dmastergames","author_uid":"27437","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:17am","epoch":1377483120,"text":"Very Good Game :) I wish there was shortcuts for the buttons but that doesn't matter that much because the game is really good"},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:36am","epoch":1377484260,"text":"Amazing idea, awesome entry :)"},{"author_name":"Adjotur","author_uid":"23103","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:59am","epoch":1377485640,"text":"Bit awkward to control but overall, a great game."},{"author_name":"lcass","author_uid":"26653","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:17am","epoch":1377486720,"text":"odd controls very fun though, good work!"},{"author_name":"OldPeculier","author_uid":"25979","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:31am","epoch":1377487560,"text":"Super! I had fun!"},{"author_name":"gigitrix","author_uid":"4783","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:31am","epoch":1377487560,"text":"Only real complaint is the lives system: I feel that a full game reset is too harsh a penalty for a game like that..."},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:36am","epoch":1377487860,"text":"gigitrix: checkpoints are every 5 levels. :)"},{"author_name":"Erigitic","author_uid":"24918","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:51am","epoch":1377488760,"text":"Great game and very cool way of controlling the player."},{"author_name":"nexust","author_uid":"24739","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:54am","epoch":1377514140,"text":"Great idea and really well made!"},{"author_name":"Armix","author_uid":"15191","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:01am","epoch":1377514560,"text":"A really good game, with (I'm guessing) intentionally awkward controls for the player. My brother and I laughed quite a bit over the difficulty, thanks. :) Keep it up, awesome stuff."},{"author_name":"Zelun","author_uid":"26563","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:29am","epoch":1377516240,"text":"The music is superb. I just think that you should put to stop when you double click in any button."},{"author_name":"rephus","author_uid":"16605","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:34am","epoch":1377516540,"text":"Nice game, and more difficult that it seems. The quick stop tape button is essential. Good work."},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:37am","epoch":1377516720,"text":"Zelun: That's not how tape recorders work. :)"},{"author_name":"dekart","author_uid":"14826","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:58am","epoch":1377517980,"text":"Cool concept! The was a retro game about controlling the robot (i don't remember the name) and you reminded me of it."},{"author_name":"netguy204","author_uid":"5044","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1377518160,"text":"Glad to see you're getting a lot of positive feedback. I personally found the controls to be so maddening I wasn't willing to continue past my first reset (at level 4). Neat idea and I'd say you executed it very well... I just get angry when there's that much indirection between me and what I'm trying to manipulate. I wouldn't do well in politics."},{"author_name":"Steve","author_uid":"26369","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:03pm","epoch":1377518280,"text":"Nice!\r\rGetting sent back levels is annoying though. I already managed to beat the level, what's the point of doing it again because I couldn't beat a *later* level?\r\rCool idea though. Simple but nice graphics. Sound\/music pretty good also. Overall quite good!"},{"author_name":"rustybroomhandle","author_uid":"10871","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:05pm","epoch":1377518400,"text":"Very cool idea. I do agree though that a full reset is a bit harsh - I think just restarting the level would be fine. Love the art and sound though, and it's a great concept :D"},{"author_name":"TheJackiMonster","author_uid":"14882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:16pm","epoch":1377519060,"text":"This is totally awesome! I have never seen such controls.. :D\rI think it's a really good game.."},{"author_name":"Zelosfan","author_uid":"5711","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1377519120,"text":"Nice game! Good job :D"},{"author_name":"Latency","author_uid":"25407","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1377522000,"text":"Great game, loved the music, had a bit of trouble controlling the character and wish there were shortcuts for the buttons, but overall was fun."},{"author_name":"g_o","author_uid":"24655","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:07pm","epoch":1377522120,"text":"Pretty nice :)"},{"author_name":"Elrobo","author_uid":"21627","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1377523260,"text":"The only thing I didn't like was the lives\/forced backtrack on failure."},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:41pm","epoch":1377524160,"text":"I like it! Annoying... but fun ;)"},{"author_name":"Kwrky","author_uid":"17889","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1377527040,"text":"Something totally new and fun =D"},{"author_name":"Obscuremoon","author_uid":"16732","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:48pm","epoch":1377535380,"text":"Awesome game, at times I was panicked and crashed sideways into walls :D\r\rLoved every second of it"},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1377546060,"text":"Good concept, good execution, and pretty unique to boot! Nicely done, congrats!"},{"author_name":"Afal","author_uid":"27397","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1377547800,"text":"pretty cool :)"},{"author_name":"Blooperly","author_uid":"18930","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:17pm","epoch":1377551520,"text":"Interesting idea, and I like how the robot handles."},{"author_name":"coreym1988","author_uid":"19105","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:00pm","epoch":1377554100,"text":"If the controls were mapped to keyboard buttons, it would feel more like controlling an actual tapedeck, which would be a lot of fun."},{"author_name":"elementz123","author_uid":"25641","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1377557280,"text":"There is a nice amount of polish in this game!"},{"author_name":"vanderZwan","author_uid":"25238","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:36am","epoch":1377592260,"text":"Rage inducing frustratingly challenging controls. But losing is fun, so it's a quality in itself. :) \r\rIt works really well with a touchpad too.\r\rGreat polish all around. The soundtrack is especially nice!"},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:13am","epoch":1377601680,"text":"The controls were very interesting and the game was fun, but it would have been nice to have more checkpoints."},{"author_name":"olafurw","author_uid":"25450","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1377618240,"text":"Good idea, controls could use some work, for example pressing a button again = pressing stop."},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:56pm","epoch":1377618660,"text":"olafurw: that's not how an 80's tapedeck works :)"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1377620100,"text":"Great idea and a fun game! Not too easy, not too hard."},{"author_name":"GigaBass","author_uid":"27097","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1377620160,"text":"Fun mechanic, I really like the idea. The game itself sort of goes boring the longer it stretches though, that's my only gripe. :)"},{"author_name":"Capro","author_uid":"16077","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:35pm","epoch":1377621000,"text":"Pretty clever idea."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1377627300,"text":"Very cool idea - I agree with coreym1988 about mapping controls to buttons, though. Would feel more like a tape deck because it would allow for multiple finger use. Great entry!"},{"author_name":"kidanger","author_uid":"15611","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:35pm","epoch":1377628200,"text":"Nice game!\rQuite hard to master the rotation, but that's one of the mecanism :)"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1377632040,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1377636480,"text":"This game is awesome, its a bit hard but I love the mechanics! Its great! I featured it in my comilation video of Ludum Dare 27 Games, if you wanna check it out http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y1UJ96l2scE"},{"author_name":"N0_Named_Guy","author_uid":"5344","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1377702840,"text":"Will post video review when ready."},{"author_name":"Atmospherium","author_uid":"24518","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1377717480,"text":"Very cool game idea. It really gives a unique challenge to player movement, with the ideas for movement being simple but the execution being difficult. The art and graphics fit the game perfectly as well."},{"author_name":"Dream Of Sleeping","author_uid":"25172","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1377730680,"text":"I love original games with simple concepts and as this is one of those games, I love this!"},{"author_name":"N0_Named_Guy","author_uid":"5344","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:51am","epoch":1377744360,"text":"Video review: http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/n0_named_guy\/c\/2835409"},{"author_name":"Beardbotnik","author_uid":"20439","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:38pm","epoch":1377804780,"text":"Cool concept, the controls were easy to understand and worked well. The theme seemed a little tacked on but it works. I do with there was shortcuts for the other controls rather than just stop though. other than that it looks nice, sounds nice and plays nice."},{"author_name":"Jacob123","author_uid":"26000","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1377805980,"text":"This was an enjoyable game. I liked the ide behind it. Although I think the tiles are just a little bland. Maybe add a new texture to them? Something science-like!"},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:19pm","epoch":1377807240,"text":"Awesome gameplay mechanic."},{"author_name":"LordHellMaX","author_uid":"19103","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1377814500,"text":"Very nice idea of gameplay, it's very challenging. I would have liked to be able to press space to start going straight after stopping though. But it's quite nice, music fits the robotic theme of your game. Did you compose it? Nice job!"},{"author_name":"Latcarf","author_uid":"19457","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1377970560,"text":"Nice game, but the controls are very awkward."},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1377987180,"text":"The title screen made me laugh :D\r\r(Additional) Keyboard shortcuts really couldn't have hurt for that - it was a little bit awkward to control with the mouse. Apart from that it was fun though - and I liked the graphics and the music a lot!"},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 6:16am","epoch":1378015860,"text":"Very nice use of the theme. Not a fan of the lives system."},{"author_name":"bitowl","author_uid":"25615","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 8:24am","epoch":1378714740,"text":"really love the idea that you have a tape of ten seconds and not a general time limit. gives more time to think and makes everything feel better :)"},{"author_name":"Roan Contreras","author_uid":"2043","time":"Sep 12, 2013 @ 12:26am","epoch":1378945260,"text":"I love the idea, it was unique :D ... It was really fun."},{"author_name":"xhunterko","author_uid":"1960","time":"Sep 13, 2013 @ 8:32am","epoch":1379060820,"text":"Very interesting and well put together concept! Although I was a tad confused at first at how the buttons worked, I eventually got it. Nice job!"},{"author_name":"xrm0","author_uid":"25867","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 12:14pm","epoch":1379246940,"text":"Nice idea. When rotating the robot, it would be better (at least for me) if it would do it in 90° steps."},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1379261940,"text":"Really nice game, too hard and not addictive enough to finish for me though. Got to level 13 before giving up.\rComplete keyboard controls would make this game even better."}],"images":["ld27\/24026-f1b5d35102bc1988b37aa705f1f9fdb6.jpg","ld27\/24026-34f5bcf0ec931f367d28ee7eb95607d8.jpg","ld27\/24026-0bf2be43fa35dc7031883c9b4e3fd188.jpg","ld27\/24026-c157b6975a39f99dd72c558aad3c67e6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/zuige\/ludum-dare\/downloads\/GIMP.zip","text":"Binaries"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/zuige\/ludum-dare","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/portal\/view\/624082","text":"Web (Newgrounds)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23031","g_author":"24026","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23061","g_title":"GIMP the Tapedeck-Operated Robot","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"174","g_commentcount":"57","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\/\/273708\/24026-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24026-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24026-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/24026-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Platforms: Flash, Windows, OS X\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\nInstructions: \r\nMOUSE to operate buttons \r\nSPACE to quick stop tape \r\nENTER to self destruct \r\nP or ESC to pause game\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\nGIMP the Tapedeck-Operated Robot\r\n\r\nThis game is an experiment with mouse UI controls for a typical 2D top-down puzzle game. \r\n\r\nThere are 15 levels. Shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes to complete the entire game. Checkpoints are every 5 levels!\r\n","title":"GIMP the Tapedeck-Operated Robot"}