{"author_link":"\/author\/pikmin4000\/","author_name":"pikmin4000","author_uid":"13796","comments":[{"author_name":"pikmin4000","author_uid":"13796","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:12am","epoch":1367194020,"text":"For a better experience, play the windows version. If you insist, play it on Google Chrome to hear all the sounds and music."},{"author_name":"Fervir","author_uid":"20857","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:09am","epoch":1367215440,"text":"The game's pretty tough, due to the controls, but I really like how the shrinking mechanic works.\r<br\/>For some reason when I move left or right, I jump as well.\r<br\/>Tighter controls, and this would be a pretty cool platformer"},{"author_name":"gizmo","author_uid":"5900","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:11am","epoch":1367215560,"text":"what a crazy weird (and hard) game this is! in a good way.. great fun!"},{"author_name":"CagedRat","author_uid":"557","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:26am","epoch":1367220060,"text":"Very interesting but hard to master shrink mechanics."},{"author_name":"pikmin4000","author_uid":"13796","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1367237520,"text":"@Fevrir - well you have to jump when you move left or right as it gives a new sense of direction for you to minimize and move in that direction."},{"author_name":"free_napalm","author_uid":"12423","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:13pm","epoch":1367323680,"text":"Nice shrink mechanic, but I was unable to pass through the first level where you had to go through a small passage."},{"author_name":"pikmin4000","author_uid":"13796","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1367353620,"text":"@ free_napalm thanks! all i can say is that with only three controls, I was able to make several techniques to make the game easier\/possible to play, like sliding on the floor with friction perhaps"},{"author_name":"Thanat0s","author_uid":"8214","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1367373360,"text":"You gave me a very nice and thorough review so I figured you deserved the same. :D\r<br\/>It's such a wonderful mechanic! Takes some time to get used to, but man, it's cool.\r<br\/>I got stuck on the second level, so there are a couple hitbox issues, but other than that I really like it!"},{"author_name":"AlbertoSM","author_uid":"18201","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:17pm","epoch":1367439120,"text":"Weiiiiiiiird game. Yet fun!"},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1367524140,"text":"Interesting mechanic, at least if I'm playing it right - move, and hit space when dude is heading at the angle you want to fly."},{"author_name":"HelkeGames","author_uid":"20522","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1367524140,"text":"Nice game, very minimal! :D"},{"author_name":"spacechase0","author_uid":"10574","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:05pm","epoch":1367524800,"text":"Seemed like level 5 was harder than 6 for me, but it was very fun. Needs more levels. :P"},{"author_name":"aquilicoco","author_uid":"22746","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1367593200,"text":"Good game. I's a little hard to master"},{"author_name":"Blinked","author_uid":"8072","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 10:48pm","epoch":1367620980,"text":"Pretty good, but the controls made it a pain, though that may have been intentional. Overall pretty good though."},{"author_name":"Roan Contreras","author_uid":"2043","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1367622060,"text":"This game is very hard... But I like the graphics and the audio of this game :) ... Great game."},{"author_name":"Fnkee","author_uid":"22198","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1368058440,"text":"Awesome concept. So simple, yet very addicting. Took me a couple of tries to understand the mechanics, but once I got the hang of it, it was really fun! Goodfeel music as well. Good job! Top score on innovation!"}],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sandbox.yoyogames.com\/games\/216183-shrinking-contract","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/chillhammer.com\/shrink\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/66802056\/shrinking_contract.gmz","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25199","g_author":"13796","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25229","g_title":"Shrinking Contract","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"416","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"N","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"text":"Shrink. Just. Shrink.\r\nThis retro game is like Mario meets Pong!\r\n\r\nSpace to Shrink.\r\nArrow keys to move.\r\n\r\nHow is this minimalism?\r\nWell, when I googled it, google said an artistic movement. Movement. That gave me the main mechanic to mess around with. I did not add any special features to over complicate things I wanted to keep it as 'elegant' as possible. I also took in the artistic approach as well by implementing a clean shape-ish design to all the objects in the game (including the player)- the goal is to collect triangles. I'm keeping the story as simple as possible. I also only have 5 different colors throughout the whole game. I only have 5 words throughout the whole game as well trying to keep explanation to a bare minimum. My last reason is the word minimalism itself. I took the prefix 'min' and made that the main mechanic- to Shrink.\r\n\r\nGame made by Andrew Hoyt, AKA. pikmin4000, AKA. chillhammer.com\r\n\r\nMusic made by Daniel and Sam (Estudio Evergreen)\r\nhttp:\/\/estudioevergreen.wordpress.com\/","title":"Shrinking Contract"}