{"author_link":"\/author\/volute\/","author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","comments":[{"author_name":"Adjotur","author_uid":"23103","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1377486660,"text":"When I clicked on the link it said the page could not be found. Is this just me?"},{"author_name":"Rafael CP","author_uid":"1572","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:22am","epoch":1377487020,"text":"Not found!!"},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:28am","epoch":1377487380,"text":"It should work now."},{"author_name":"Bactopiad","author_uid":"17731","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:15am","epoch":1377497400,"text":"Not working"},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1377524400,"text":"Sorry, I was so tired I forgot to publish the blog page where the game was. As I was logged in the blog system, it was working for me.\rThe page is published now, sorry again."},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:03pm","epoch":1377536280,"text":"Beautiful! Five stars for graphics and mood.\r\rInstead of describing ("Ask her name") you could just put the actual text that you're going to say ("What's your name?"). It both cuts out an extra line of dialogue, and lets the player make more intelligent choices.\r\rThe storyline is amazing and very well designed, and I love how it gradually unfolds. I thought I'd won when I gave away my 10 seconds but then it turned out there was much more story to be experienced, which made me very happy :)"},{"author_name":"pereubu","author_uid":"16143","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1377537900,"text":"cute 3:"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1377537900,"text":"Nothing happens, after i pressed space i only see the three kids and nothnig happens..."},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1377538200,"text":"Did you try to move with the arrow keys ?"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1377546780,"text":"I didn;t realize that the dialogue wasn;t over yet and that i had to press space again, thanks :)"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:01pm","epoch":1377546960,"text":"This game is absolutely gorgeous.\rI love the idea, this is the first game i see that didn;t just use the 10 seconds as a game mechanic, but really made it part of the story.\rThe best one i have seen so far, great story, love the dialogue, was even a bit emotional at one point.\rAbsolutely lovely, i enjoyed playing it a lot, thank you for this one."},{"author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1377554520,"text":"The graphics weren't really to my taste, but they worked. :) Did a great job with the mood, nice work!"},{"author_name":"wally2069","author_uid":"5461","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:09pm","epoch":1377554640,"text":"Nice game but weak use of theme"},{"author_name":"jay griffin","author_uid":"26325","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1377554700,"text":"This is fantastic. Beautiful visuals and a really unique feel to it, I really enjoyed this one. Masterful work."},{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1377554880,"text":"Interesting take on the theme. Very well done. :)"},{"author_name":"MegaMasterX","author_uid":"20152","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:40pm","epoch":1377556500,"text":"Interesting art style, clever use of the theme. Nice!"},{"author_name":"crashbanito","author_uid":"18899","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1377556560,"text":"This is beautiful. In 48 hours you managed to put together a gripping narrative with interesting back and forth interactions. I can't say more for the expansion of this game, but I'd love to see more games in this style."},{"author_name":"gbear605","author_uid":"6087","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1377556680,"text":"I couldn't get anywhere after it opened the map. I could go back to where I wa before, but that was it."},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1377557280,"text":"Thanks for the nice comments :)\r\r@ gbear605 : Did you unlock other places than the Clouds ?"},{"author_name":"Tork","author_uid":"24727","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:57pm","epoch":1377557520,"text":"Maybe the best game till now. Congrats!!"},{"author_name":"SasoriDama","author_uid":"14810","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1377557640,"text":"I really liked the story and I was on the edge of seat. It was a pretty long game and I quite enjoyed it. The pacing of the ending was strange but that was really impressive. Great sound and graphics too!"},{"author_name":"Zuige","author_uid":"24026","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1377557940,"text":"Absolutely brilliant! This was truly a feat if you really did all of this from scratch! Incredible story!"},{"author_name":"andwhatnot","author_uid":"27164","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1377558060,"text":"Beautiful! I like games like this."},{"author_name":"Vico","author_uid":"17659","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 11:15pm","epoch":1377558600,"text":"AWESOME! I just couldn't stop playing until I reached the end. Very good interpretation for the theme! Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:30pm","epoch":1377609900,"text":"I liked the hand drawn look. It has a nice sad mood to it with an interesting story. The characters you control could move a bit faster to make it more enjoyable. Good job otherwise :)"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:37pm","epoch":1377621120,"text":""Over 200 years. I'm from the Internet period".\rThis quote is fantastic.\r\rI like how you linked all the characters to the different places. Nice story."},{"author_name":"AdventureIslands","author_uid":"11391","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1377623880,"text":"Really enjoyed this entry! I liked the characters and how they were all connected together. Great use of the theme!\r\rThe ending felt bit rushed though, were you running out of time?"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1377625260,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1377631860,"text":"Extremely compelling, great job!"},{"author_name":"Mr. Jif","author_uid":"19204","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1377638640,"text":"Pretty impressive depth to this game. 5\/5 Graphics and mood :)"},{"author_name":"Jan Marcano","author_uid":"13980","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:02am","epoch":1377669420,"text":"All my stars are belong to you! This was incredible, I wouldn't have guessed it would have that such depth.\r\rThe story was really inmersive and I loved the fact that the 10 seconds were part of the narrative rather than the gameplay. The end did feel a bit rushed but I think it still was really good.\r\rIf you rushed the story, please develop it further in a post-compo version! Would definitively play it :)"},{"author_name":"zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:25am","epoch":1377670800,"text":"just beautiful. very well done."},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:25pm","epoch":1377717600,"text":"Good story and the last 10 seconds idea was well used."},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:31pm","epoch":1377887160,"text":"Lovely dreamy mood. Great visuals. I enjoyed playing this."},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1377892680,"text":"Bravo! That is all :D"},{"author_name":"Lokarunith","author_uid":"25012","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:06pm","epoch":1377892860,"text":"Great entry I like way more plot based games than gameplay based. The story is very well done and we can feel each character's own personality. Loved it."},{"author_name":"SayersLabs","author_uid":"25217","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1377964320,"text":"Very great story, overall a really well made game."},{"author_name":"jackdw31","author_uid":"27512","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1377964860,"text":"That game was AMAZING!!! I loved it to pieces - the only problem I had with it was that it ended so quickly and suddenly. Overall - AMAZING GAME!!!"},{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1377976620,"text":"clap clap clap clap. it was longer than i expected. the story was good, the graphics cute. wish I could totally understand everything though."},{"author_name":"darkshadow","author_uid":"15698","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:06pm","epoch":1377982860,"text":"Yeah Finished it :D Like the flowy drawing style and a nice little story, glad the pace sped up a bit at the end, either that or I was getting the hang of what\/where I needed to do\/go. Story didn't explain what Alice had to do with the accident."},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1377983160,"text":"The hand-drawn characters are great!"},{"author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1377984180,"text":"Thanks for the nice comments !\r\r@AdventureIslands, jackdw31 : The ending wasn't more rushed than the rest of the story in the writing. But if I had more time, I would have put a little animation at the end where the ghosts disappear. It would have been less brutal that way.\r\r@darkshadow : I deliberately not explained everything, I wanted to leave some things to the interpretation of the player, but it was probably a bad decision.\r* Spoilers * What Alice has to do with the accident is that she helps to prevent it by knowing her way around the place and being willing to help others."},{"author_name":"Antidote","author_uid":"27803","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 12:34am","epoch":1377995340,"text":"Daaamn that was a good game! Just wish the screen was empty for a few seconds on the end before the "The end" message appeared xD"},{"author_name":"Roan Contreras","author_uid":"2043","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 12:34am","epoch":1377995340,"text":"Nice graphic style of this game."},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 9:04pm","epoch":1378155540,"text":"Very nice feeling, but honestly I felt like the game was a bit too long. Either way, beautiful dialog and feeling!"},{"author_name":"alts","author_uid":"18267","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 4:08am","epoch":1378180980,"text":"This is a really great game. I loved the graphics and really enjoyed the premise as well. The connection to the theme isn't terribly strong, but it works in the end. Fantastic job."},{"author_name":"Mlle Eole","author_uid":"8751","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 9:53am","epoch":1378201680,"text":"Love love love love love ! :)\rMy eyes are full of stars. ;)"},{"author_name":"Almax27","author_uid":"21581","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 8:26am","epoch":1378628460,"text":"That was awesome, the story, the art, and the delicate music. Nice take on theme too. :)\r\rGreat stuff!"},{"author_name":"smash ball","author_uid":"27436","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 11:57pm","epoch":1379202720,"text":"That was a long one, but I enjoyed it. The story was really well developed."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 9:21pm","epoch":1379366160,"text":"That was a long story with a surprise twist in the beginning! It was kind of obvious I would get to control the headache girl last though."}],"images":["ld27\/11243-4c1c2ca18b40d0e19f87926fa3956445.jpg","ld27\/11243-a1294b91d1debfaed98deb22ef5c12ac.jpg","ld27\/11243-7c70120d29b1143b42e5c9c270706ef7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/stormalligator.com\/10-seconds","text":"Web (flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/stormalligator.com\/LD\/10%20secondssource.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/08\/31\/how-i-painfully-made-a-story-based-game\/","text":"Post-mortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24315","g_author":"11243","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24345","g_title":"10 seconds to save the day","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"64","g_commentcount":"50","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\/11243-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/11243-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/11243-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"10 seconds to save the day is an adventure game where you play as a ghost.\r\n\r\nYou died in a terrible accident that made dozens of victims. You remember that for 10 seconds, you knew you were going to die. In the clouds, such moments are called \"extra time\".\r\nThere's a rule that if you have unfinished business on Earth you can give this \"extra time\" to another person. But who to give it to and can 10 seconds be enough to prevent the accident ?\r\n\r\nINSTRUCTIONS\r\n- there's no preloader, so it's a blank screen until it loads.\r\n- you may need to click on the game window to set the focus.\r\n- [SPACE] to advance dialog\r\n- [ARROW KEYS] to move\r\n- [M] to show the map (it only work when you have more than 1 place to visit)","title":"10 seconds to save the day"}