{"author_link":"\/author\/snoringfrog\/","author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","comments":[{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","author_uid":"11003","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:47am","epoch":1377574920,"text":"Okay, I got a silver in everything but hurdles and high jump, which were waaay too hard.\r\rThe controls were pretty bad, sorry. You could've made jump\/throw the up arrow instead. And it would be far less annoying if, rather than not letting me move if I accidentally press left\/right a second time in a row, allow me to press it twice before not responding to it. That would improve it a lot.\r\rIt's cool that you guys got so many different challenges out of the same basic code, though. It didn't quite fit the theme, though. But all in all, an okay game."},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:33am","epoch":1377584880,"text":"Yep. You pretty much nailed it. xD\r\rYeah...hurdles kept giving us problems too. I nerfed their difficulty several times, then finally opted to just leave more room in their time ranges. If you just brute force your way through them you can pretty much make it in time. \r\rHigh jump is...well, you just have to complete it to magically get 2nd for a reason. That was another case of "Crap...this is difficult. Um...well this one's gonna suck too because I can't shrink this hit box any more and have it make sense."\r\rUp instead of space would have been great. Not sure why that never crossed our minds. Especially since I had a tendency to use my index and ring fingers for left\/right, so my middle finger was basically sitting on that key the whole time. \r\rI tried to stretch the theme. I didn't want to take 10 seconds as a "do something in 10 seconds," since I figured the vast majority of games would go that route. Seconds = second places was all I could come up with; the rest of our ideas were substantially larger.\r\rWe just tried to do too much, and my partner got slammed with homework and comp issues that cut into his coding time, so I ended up rushing most of this together, which I'm sure did the quality no favors."},{"author_name":"Cthulhu","author_uid":"14665","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:34pm","epoch":1377617340,"text":"I am too bad :(\rI like this little alien but he is far too slow to win the Olympics Games!\r\rGood job."},{"author_name":"wally2069","author_uid":"5461","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:49pm","epoch":1377618240,"text":"The control were really really annoying"},{"author_name":"brogrammers","author_uid":"26439","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1377618540,"text":"Wow, this is the most original entry i've rated so far! The theme "10 seconds" is not only well placed, but it adds a lot to the gameplay too. Compliments!"},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:51pm","epoch":1377621960,"text":"Controls were a bit of a pain. Don't see how theme made it in, most of the events, my time needed to be between 11-14, instead of say, 9-11, (forcing me to complete the event in ten seconds)."},{"author_name":"Szedouu","author_uid":"21102","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1377626100,"text":"annoyed controls but otherwise its coll game."},{"author_name":"Literal Games","author_uid":"26056","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1377647640,"text":"Interesting concept, and it was so close to being a good implementation. Really good use of the theme though!"},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:06am","epoch":1377648060,"text":"Good use of the theme but, as others have said, the controls are pretty clunky."},{"author_name":"Kidney","author_uid":"27048","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:54am","epoch":1377744540,"text":"I really wanted to play this in my quest to find game that aren't 10-second checkpoints. However, it does not run.\r\rWindows 7 64bit\rProblem signature:\r Problem Event Name:\tCLR20r3\r Problem Signature 01:\tsilver.exe\r Problem Signature 02:\t1.0.0.0\r Problem Signature 03:\t521bf4c9\r Problem Signature 04:\tMonoGame.Framework\r Problem Signature 05:\t3.0.1.0\r Problem Signature 06:\t512ba03d\r Problem Signature 07:\te45\r Problem Signature 08:\t6\r Problem Signature 09:\tSystem.DllNotFoundException\r OS Version:\t6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1\r Locale ID:\t1033\r Additional Information 1:\t0a9e\r Additional Information 2:\t0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789\r Additional Information 3:\t0a9e\r Additional Information 4:\t0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789"},{"author_name":"SnoringFrog","author_uid":"20952","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:04am","epoch":1377752340,"text":"I really wish I could figure out what to do about all the people this game won't run for. Half the reports of gotten describe my exact system to me, and I can't find any other common traits to pick out why it fails for some people.\r\rIt's really quite aggravating, and if anyone has any idea where to start I'd love to hear it."},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:20am","epoch":1377753300,"text":"Really ambitious for a 3-day game! Congrats! Some were pretty fun, while others were GRUELING like the 400m! But, again, good job on making a series of mini-games in 3 days!"},{"author_name":"Amber","author_uid":"27474","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:04am","epoch":1377766740,"text":"I'm happy to find another game in which "10 seconds" was used as something other than time. I like the concept, but like many other commenters I find the controls to be kind of annoying. I probably would have played more except I think the husband was getting annoyed with the constant key-bashing. :-)"},{"author_name":"nathanhoffer","author_uid":"25795","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:04am","epoch":1377831540,"text":"I really liked your idea here. Really different.. didn't expect to strive to be second best!!"},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1377832260,"text":"The Javelin is backwards - 1st place was closer than 3rd place. For everyone who's complaining about the controls, I take it you've never played any of the old Epyx classics. ;) This reminded me exactly of Epyx Summer Games. Controls were spot on for a bit of nostalgia, just wish I had my old Slik Stik for this. :P"},{"author_name":"drkrunk","author_uid":"20825","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:13am","epoch":1377842880,"text":"Although the controls are hard to deal with, I played this longer than expected =]. Very challenging game."},{"author_name":"awppy","author_uid":"18868","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1377974220,"text":"Found hurdles to be fairly easy; beat it on my first try. Long jump, however, took me more tries than everything else combined. That one was tough.\r\rClever ending!"},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1377980580,"text":"Didn't run for me and I have no idea why. There were no errors or anything it just never appeared to create a window.\r\rI can't imagine it would be missing dlls as I have xna redist, directx sdk, and various .nets installed. Dunno!"},{"author_name":"Terrabyte","author_uid":"12543","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:41am","epoch":1378204560,"text":"It didn't run under WINE :(\r\rI got these errors:\rUnhandled Exception:\rSystem.IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range.\r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawKeyboard.GetRegistryKey (System.String name) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawKeyboard.RefreshDevices () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawKeyboard..ctor (IntPtr windowHandle) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawInput.CreateDrivers () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinInputBase.ProcessEvents () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at System.Threading.Thread.StartInternal () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range.\r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawKeyboard.GetRegistryKey (System.String name) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawKeyboard.RefreshDevices () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawKeyboard..ctor (IntPtr windowHandle) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinRawInput.CreateDrivers () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at OpenTK.Platform.Windows.WinInputBase.ProcessEvents () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 \r at System.Threading.Thread.StartInternal () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 4:20am","epoch":1378440900,"text":"Haha great job making those olympic mini games! \rIt was really hard and loads of button mashing though! I couldn't mash nearly fast enough to even come close to the medals :c\rI enjoyed going through the varieties nonetheless. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 8:19am","epoch":1378800840,"text":"I don't know why I didn't just close the window when I saw the final event, I knew I didn't want to do it. It turned out ok though, good stuff."},{"author_name":"X-0r","author_uid":"25053","time":"Sep 10, 2013 @ 8:30am","epoch":1378801500,"text":"I was very very very close to resigning, maybe not even attempting the last challenge. I really hated the arrow stuff over an extended period - tossing things around is not too bad, since the mashing doesn't last too long... fun fact - I managed to beat the hurdles without jumping and had to wait at the finish line for a few secs... does this mean I overdid the button mashing? o.O\r\rAnyhow, even if my keyboard is still smoking, I had my fun playing ^_^\r\rP.S.: Runs fine on win7 x64 for me"},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1379172840,"text":"The gameplay was a tad repetitive, but I really liked the interpretation on the theme. Very nice."},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 8:41am","epoch":1379234160,"text":"Very original interpretation of the theme, even if is the second (yeah, second) game that used that kind of interpretation! The gameplay should be different for each minigame, just pressing two arrow repetedly is a bit repetitive.."},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1379368140,"text":"Wouldn't run for me either, debugged it: +\t\t$exception\t{"Unable to load DLL 'openal32.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)"}\tSystem.Exception {System.DllNotFoundException}"}],"images":["ld27\/20952-ee9cba980e5a44f786152465e546c642.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/h9cloolmp7dg9tk\/Silver_LudumDare27.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ooqy6rsyybij1gu\/SilverLudumDare27_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23227","g_author":"20952","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"23257","g_title":"Silver","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"405","g_commentcount":"25","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\/20952-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"NOTICE: There have been a few users who've been unable to to get the game to run. If you have problems, leave a comment about it so hopefully we can figure out what the issue is.\r\n\r\nGo get *10 second* places!\r\n\r\nYou are an alien stranded on earth. In order to leave, you must gather 10 pieces of silver. Conveniently, decathlon-like events are happening nearby; if you get 10 second places, you can obtain the 10 silver medals you require.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nAlternate left\/right quickly to move and generate speed\/power.\r\n\r\nPress space to jump\/throw.\r\n\r\nPress p to pause. \r\n\r\nThere's also a secret high-speed run ability, but you don't need it to win.\r\n---\r\n\r\nWe got a bit overzealous in our idea and weren't able to finish everything we wanted or to polish things the way we would have liked, but we're fairly pleased with our result (well, more so pleased with some of the things we ended up teaching ourselves than with the game itself lol), but if you have Decathlon for the Atari 2600, then maybe you should just stick with that. This game has a few difficult parts (hurdles...*shudder*), but I tried to make all running events beatable in just a couple attempts; jumping\/throwing events are a bit more picky because they won't take you as long to repeat. Good luck on that 1500m run!","title":"Silver"}