{"author_link":"\/author\/drachlen\/","author_name":"Drachlen","author_uid":"27311","comments":[{"author_name":"Vaughn","author_uid":"25876","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:01am","epoch":1377474960,"text":"Definitely not for the faint of heart. Very challenging (especially levels 13\/19\/20), but some nice production here. Bonus points for level editing!"},{"author_name":"conix","author_uid":"27608","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:09am","epoch":1377486240,"text":"Cool game. Graphics are nice and clean, and gameplay is fair and challenging."},{"author_name":"Ravetcofx","author_uid":"25489","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:38am","epoch":1377487980,"text":"Man, no Linux version"},{"author_name":"kidder","author_uid":"21304","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1377488040,"text":"Woah, fun, challenging, stressful. Great atmosphere and polish."},{"author_name":"The Jahn","author_uid":"2485","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1377488040,"text":"... this is spectacular. the gameplay is great. music is great. the graphics work well. works perfectly for the theme."},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:42am","epoch":1377488220,"text":"The snappy sounds and polished pixels gratified me and the arrow typing in ten seconds interested me!  If you continue to develop this, have you considered hinting at the keys to press in the first trial?"},{"author_name":"shockedfrog","author_uid":"1078","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:56am","epoch":1377489060,"text":"Simple, fun gameplay, appealing graphics and sound\/music, and even a level editor - great entry overall, already feels quite complete but I'd love to see it developed further."},{"author_name":"timothyolt","author_uid":"20228","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 4:02am","epoch":1377489420,"text":"Runs in WINE! :D"},{"author_name":"@TeddyNashor","author_uid":"24963","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:46am","epoch":1377502860,"text":"Nice! I saw you stream this for a bit!  really good outcome!"},{"author_name":"bonsairobo","author_uid":"25347","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:48am","epoch":1377502980,"text":"This is a cool take on &quot;rhythm&quot; games. You make your own rhythm. Finger patterns are fun :)"},{"author_name":"netgrind","author_uid":"12128","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:49am","epoch":1377503040,"text":"12 Bombs on my first go. That was well wicked. I really enjoyed getting into a button tapping zen."},{"author_name":"juaxix","author_uid":"10960","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1377521580,"text":"I love this game, if you adopt the swipe touch controls you would be able to deploy to mobile devices too, i would love to play there :)"},{"author_name":"01010111","author_uid":"11474","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1377540960,"text":"Really cool concept for bomb defusing! It was a rush to play, great work!"},{"author_name":"ripatti","author_uid":"15853","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:57pm","epoch":1377546720,"text":"Good entry.\r<br\/>My record is 16 wires after 6-7 tries.\r<br\/>The 14th (or 13th?) is hardest one, I lose here almost always)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Small bug: no music repeat."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:41am","epoch":1377578160,"text":"That was really fun! Such a simple concept and controls and it starts to get really difficult when you introduce lots of wire slices and alternating gold nodes. Great job!"},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1377633720,"text":"The good kind of stress right here! I like that it's difficult but not frustrating and also nicely polished."},{"author_name":"Kragnir","author_uid":"26709","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:44pm","epoch":1377646740,"text":"It give a good sense of lack of time when you start failing. Like the game overall."},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:27am","epoch":1377660120,"text":"This game stressed me out so much I had to be taken to hospital. I was then diagnosed with an extreme mental disorder which I then had to undertake 3 years of mental rehabilitation in the end, diffusing a bomb reinstated my mentality. Thank you for this life changing experience."},{"author_name":"ix","author_uid":"18837","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:38am","epoch":1377660780,"text":"Very solid entry!"},{"author_name":"Fervir","author_uid":"20857","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:46am","epoch":1377661260,"text":"This game is great.\r<br\/>Got my adrenaline going.\r<br\/>Couldn't beat lv 19 though."},{"author_name":"Wertle","author_uid":"22452","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:53am","epoch":1377661680,"text":"Really good pacing and difficulty ramp-up, not just between levels but within each level. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Thermite","author_uid":"27791","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:12pm","epoch":1377706020,"text":"That. Was. Awesome. I love this game."},{"author_name":"tamat","author_uid":"7857","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1377956100,"text":"Loved the mechanics! I was missing maybe a countdown sound in the last 3 seconds to make you get more nervous. Great work"},{"author_name":"moomoo112","author_uid":"11665","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1378247220,"text":"Amazing game, very well put together!"},{"author_name":"Eelfroth","author_uid":"7288","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1379368140,"text":"That is some innovative and fun gameplay! Nice soundtrack, too."}],"images":["ld27\/27311-27f981d7492599ab7121ef37681cbe6c.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.drachlen.net\/Tracewire\/Tracewire.zip","text":"Windows Zip"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.drachlen.net\/Tracewire\/TracewireInstaller.zip","text":"Windows Installer"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.drachlen.net\/Tracewire\/TracewireSource.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23471","g_author":"27311","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"23501","g_title":"Tracewire","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"39","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\/27311-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Tracewire is a game about defusing bombs before the timer runs out.\r\nYour goal is to trace along the wires as quickly as possible.\r\nYou have 10 seconds to trace out each wire.\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\nArrow keys to trace along a wire. Spacebar to clear gold nodes.\r\n\r\nThe game also includes the level editor, which was used to make all the levels. View the readme for more information.\r\n\r\nIf you're unsure whether you have the .NET framework to run XNA, use the Windows Installer. If you do have the framework, use the Windows zip.","title":"Tracewire"}