{"author_link":"\/author\/guestcheap\/","author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","comments":[{"author_name":"sol_hsa","author_uid":"16","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:17am","epoch":1367215920,"text":"Space didn't seem to do anything in the second level, and I got stuck :("},{"author_name":"ThreeUp","author_uid":"23255","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:17am","epoch":1367215920,"text":"Spacebar worked on first level, but not on second."},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:23am","epoch":1367216280,"text":"Sorry guys, when you enter a level you have to click into the game again. Irritating, I know"},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:29am","epoch":1367216640,"text":"Actually... I've fixed it up again. You don't need to do that."},{"author_name":"visibleatom","author_uid":"20588","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:42am","epoch":1367217420,"text":"Jumping seems bugged after moving cubes in edit mode. Whenever I exit edit mode, I often simply cannot jump anymore."},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:46am","epoch":1367217660,"text":"Ran into a bug that wouldn't let me let go of a piece with the mouse. Interesting concept anyway."},{"author_name":"meat_popsicle","author_uid":"21777","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:50am","epoch":1367217900,"text":"I LOVE the concept of editing the level you're in.\r\rI think the only thing that jars me as a PC player is swapping back and forth from keyboard (space + arrows) to mouse, esp. as a right-handed mouse user. (Maybe a left-hander is less jarred by the swap?).\r\rI think a simple reevaluation of the control-scheme makes this a 5-star game :)"},{"author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:50am","epoch":1367217900,"text":"Nice little game. Love the music change when you press space!"},{"author_name":"shaircast","author_uid":"23050","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:52am","epoch":1367218020,"text":"I like edit mode, making my own way. but I can't get the function of switch. I can move locked blocks and spikes without touching it."},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:53am","epoch":1367218080,"text":"@visibleatom\rPlease use the Web version, if you aren't already. The others aren't tested, in fact, I think I'll take them down.\r\r@Suese\rThe blocks aren't picked up by click and drag. Click once, move the block, then click again, on an EMPTY spot (important). It should work fine, as long as you're using the web version."},{"author_name":"RealyUniqueName","author_uid":"20479","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 6:55am","epoch":1367218200,"text":"Everything works smooth for me.\rFresh and innovative idea."},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:10am","epoch":1367219100,"text":"@shaircast\rWhen you move over a lever press E, and it will work. The level where you can move the locked blocks does have 2 possible solutions, but in a later "Hard" level I've implemented levers only. Glad to see you guys are enjoying it."},{"author_name":"Linus Lindberg","author_uid":"20066","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:33am","epoch":1367220480,"text":"Cool game! Reminds me a bit of my own.. but with better collition ^^"},{"author_name":"ChrisGaudino","author_uid":"21246","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:10am","epoch":1367222700,"text":"I like this concept. I think limiting the number of moves in edit mode would make it more challenging."},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:29am","epoch":1367223840,"text":"@ChrisGaudino\rI actually had been thinking of this, but I ran out of time."},{"author_name":"JonRB","author_uid":"4452","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:39am","epoch":1367224440,"text":"Nice game, although the music gets quite repetitive... Pretty original way of platforming and a good game overall."},{"author_name":"Ace","author_uid":"10247","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:41am","epoch":1367224560,"text":"Interesting concept, though the movement felt pretty strange with no friction or inertia whatsoever.\rYou could've made the game a bit harder by not letting you move blocks through other blocks, then more strategy could be involved."},{"author_name":"Broxxar","author_uid":"22132","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:44am","epoch":1367224740,"text":"This could be fun but the challenge is just way too low. Consider limiting the editor a little bit, number of edits, restrict what blocks you can\/can't edit."},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:22am","epoch":1367227020,"text":"@Broxxar\rI've already restricted which blocks can and cant be edited. Only black tiles may be moved around."},{"author_name":"Doccrazy","author_uid":"21790","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:39am","epoch":1367235240,"text":"I really like the idea, its rather easy though."},{"author_name":"Skywilly","author_uid":"4255","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:52am","epoch":1367236020,"text":"Great concept ;)"},{"author_name":"EggDestroyer","author_uid":"9406","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:53am","epoch":1367236080,"text":"Well made and interesting but lacks challenging puzzles, only the last one made me think a little ! The jumps feel a bit strange too, more responsivity could enhance the experience, along with a faster "Edit mode trigger" on Space. Also the music loop is a bit annoying imo.\r\rStill was a pleasant experience :)"},{"author_name":"Griz","author_uid":"14379","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:57am","epoch":1367236320,"text":"Really enjoyed this one. You can't go wrong with non-linear levels."},{"author_name":"RyanK","author_uid":"22183","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:58am","epoch":1367236380,"text":"Fantastic idea. Smooth, nice looking text."},{"author_name":"RyanK","author_uid":"22183","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:58am","epoch":1367236380,"text":"Really nice concept."},{"author_name":"m64","author_uid":"21329","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:02pm","epoch":1367236620,"text":"The best entry I played so far. Editing makes it a bit too easy, but otherwise this is a very nice, inventive and polished game"},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1367236740,"text":"Nice idea, not very good execution, but fun :)"},{"author_name":"josefnpat","author_uid":"11249","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:42pm","epoch":1367239020,"text":"Nice game, but I always found myself with way more blocks than I needed."},{"author_name":"triforcespark","author_uid":"21944","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1367239380,"text":"Everything was nice, the feel, the fonts, the music, the gameplay.\rWish it had more levels and smoother controls."},{"author_name":"Tinco","author_uid":"11765","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:59pm","epoch":1367240040,"text":"Hi, great little game, fun levels. The concept is innovative, but the gameplay wasn't very challenging and it could have used some more polish :) Perhaps letting modifications deduct from your a score would give it a replay value :)\r\rAnyway it was fun I finished the game :)"},{"author_name":"Gustera","author_uid":"22162","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:35pm","epoch":1367245800,"text":"buggy :("},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1367246760,"text":"@Gustera\rHow?"},{"author_name":"Zed","author_uid":"4687","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1367247300,"text":"Ingenious. A really clever mechanic with some great implementation. I'd like to see this expanded into a bigger game. Good job!"},{"author_name":"egos","author_uid":"20701","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1367247420,"text":"nice game and fit with the theme perfectly\rThe edit mode is a good idea but to the level three its so long"},{"author_name":"martijn","author_uid":"20699","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:03pm","epoch":1367247480,"text":"Kind of weird jump physics"},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:08pm","epoch":1367247780,"text":"@martijn\rI was just trying to keep things simple."},{"author_name":"LrdKzrth","author_uid":"22257","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:12pm","epoch":1367248020,"text":"Controls were a bit hit and miss, had to refresh the page in order to make the game recognize input from my keyboard. Overall, a good idea"},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:25pm","epoch":1367248800,"text":"@LrdKzrth\rWhen you select a level from the main menu, you have to click in the screen inorder for the game to rcognize your keyboard."},{"author_name":"kewry","author_uid":"12789","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:59pm","epoch":1367250840,"text":"Loved the idea, but the controls feel terrible since I have to constantly get my hand off the mouse onto the keyboard to used d-pad, maybe wasd would feel better"},{"author_name":"Lizzip","author_uid":"22200","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:49pm","epoch":1367253840,"text":"aaaarg, so frustrating. But fun game, and well made"},{"author_name":"tonic","author_uid":"66","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1367257680,"text":"Well, that was pretty nice towards the end. First I thought it was a bit dumb, but after the introductory thing it became a bit more interesting, and I played all the levels. (Spoiler: Many of the levels didn't even need usage of the lever!)"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:55pm","epoch":1367257800,"text":"Excellent design, level editing always good. Had a problem with mouse getting lost when over game first happened on first level with triangle black tiles - couldn't place them to kill baddie then mouse gone. Control scheme is a bit confusing, but hard to see what else you could do without click to edit."},{"author_name":"Yarek","author_uid":"22486","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1367264460,"text":"Really lovely game ^^ I like the concept and it's fun and tricky. Good job ;)"},{"author_name":"pythong","author_uid":"717","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1367266260,"text":"I like the idea, but when I got to the level 'Spikes kill you', I moved all the black tiles, but the animation got stuck when going back :\/"},{"author_name":"JohnnySix","author_uid":"20903","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:34pm","epoch":1367274540,"text":"Interesting concept - controls are a little twitchy for the leap of faith level - a little too hard, trying to time the pause\/edit beween jumps."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:16pm","epoch":1367277060,"text":"VERY VERY Nice, I like how you can build to get to the exit."},{"author_name":"tankete","author_uid":"21907","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:25pm","epoch":1367277600,"text":"Nice idea. Getting a chance to edit the level made it fun. Initially I thought gravity might eliminate some options when exiting edit mode, but that would probably be too hard (to play)."},{"author_name":"cwilloughby","author_uid":"18255","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:32am","epoch":1367299620,"text":"Cool. Love the concept of edit mode. Reminds me of my #1gam game Blocktion that I did a few months ago - http:\/\/www.chriswilloughby.net\/blocktion\/. Liked the controls. Liked the music. Fit the theme. Good job."},{"author_name":"Ditto","author_uid":"14669","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:16am","epoch":1367305860,"text":"I like the concept a lot, but it wouldn't hurt if it was a bit more difficult!"},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:31pm","epoch":1367324760,"text":"@kewry\rYou can use WASD keys, guess I should mention that in the instructions"},{"author_name":"nilstastic","author_uid":"2443","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:51pm","epoch":1367347560,"text":"Nice idea to edit the level you are playing. The controls need a bit work."},{"author_name":"lotusgame","author_uid":"19058","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:26pm","epoch":1367414460,"text":"Love the idea. with an editor to make personal level it would be fabulous. The Lever and lock on block seem not to do anything. Leap of faith is very long. Good luck."},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:44pm","epoch":1367419140,"text":"Cool little game. I ran into a few bugs (spikes getting stuck in other blocks, and not being able to let go of pieces), but it didn't stop me from finishing the game and enjoying myself."},{"author_name":"CogComp","author_uid":"16225","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1367423520,"text":"Very nice game and a very nice idea. Well done! You should focus on making more levels and maybe polish the graphics a bit (when LD48 voting is over of course, since I'm assuming the current graphics are based on the theme)"},{"author_name":"Frozen Fractal","author_uid":"7882","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1367437680,"text":"Interesting concept, and there are some well-designed puzzles in there. Sadly the controls are too twitchy. It would be easier if E and space worked upon keydown, not keyup. The music is a bit annoying, especially when switching in and out of edit mode."},{"author_name":"Travis Irby","author_uid":"22035","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 4:14am","epoch":1367467740,"text":"really cool concepts nice job!"},{"author_name":"RobKat","author_uid":"14195","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 10:38am","epoch":1367490780,"text":"Liked the level editing, movement was a bit difficult though"},{"author_name":"JimmyLord","author_uid":"23245","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1367498520,"text":"Cool game, the current set of levels are a great intro to the mechanic, well done."},{"author_name":"GranaDa","author_uid":"11561","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1367521920,"text":"Fantastic idea! The jump seems a bit fast but overall is good."},{"author_name":"Rafael Sales","author_uid":"22086","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:41pm","epoch":1367526960,"text":"Very intellinge approach. Congratz!"},{"author_name":"Shugor","author_uid":"14284","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1367532660,"text":"Pretty nice idea, along with some nice background music."},{"author_name":"Pixelulsar","author_uid":"10737","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:54am","epoch":1367542140,"text":"On the level where you had to move the spikes, I could pick them up but it wouldn't let me place them near the enemy(even though the place I wanted to put them was empty)"},{"author_name":"guestcheap","author_uid":"20716","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 9:15am","epoch":1367572200,"text":"@Pixelulsar\rYou have to click a couple of times to get the spikes to be stay still."},{"author_name":"ashdnazg","author_uid":"21623","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 11:11am","epoch":1367579160,"text":"Absolutely wonderful game idea, I especially liked leap of faith :)"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1367595780,"text":"nice original idea, and like the simple graphics and mellow game tune."},{"author_name":"lightnarcissus","author_uid":"20680","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1367597340,"text":"Very original concept. I think you can definitely develop this into something proper with more time. Still, given the 48-hour constraint, you did it quite well IMO."},{"author_name":"SmilingCat","author_uid":"21630","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1367687760,"text":"Pretty cool! Love the concept of switching between editor and gameplay."},{"author_name":"Prelucid","author_uid":"17759","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 5:53pm","epoch":1367689680,"text":"Clicking black tile wouldn't move it. Oh well. Good stuff."},{"author_name":"oatsbarley","author_uid":"5172","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 3:40pm","epoch":1367768100,"text":"The edit mode controls are a bit finicky but other than that this is really nice. Good job, I like the idea!"},{"author_name":"mollymus","author_uid":"13074","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 7:41am","epoch":1367912160,"text":"Think I might've found a bug. If you place a black block in the very tile you're standing - you will teleport to ontop of it. This meant that for potatolevel I could just go stand at the edge, build a huge tower on top of me and teleport up to the potato! Cool game, nonetheless! I enjoyed it!"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 12:30pm","epoch":1368015900,"text":"Nice concept :D"},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"May 19, 2013 @ 1:11pm","epoch":1368968760,"text":"Cool idea. I think it would have been better if you had very few blocks to work with though. Also I somehow got stuck in edit mode on the first level that has a lever. (Edit mode text was visible, but I couldn't move blocks and pressing space did nothing)."}],"images":["ld26\/20716-810d39109bf4900bbba37381b8dec5d9.jpg","ld26\/20716-64f5241eb99a31c17a93eacda9165efc.jpg","ld26\/20716-4fd2f49f648612d6cbdd280ff6b167e8.jpg","ld26\/20716-f7a9a8cf1cd0be07ccc859e547c8f65b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/is.gd\/AlterSpace","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/8s8k88wek336kz3\/LudumDare.zip?m","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25375","g_author":"20716","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"25405","g_title":"AlterSpace","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"634","g_commentcount":"72","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\/\/233892\/20716-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20716-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20716-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20716-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Alter your surroundings in this minimalistic platformer - with a twist!\r\n\r\nLooks like that lazy game developer has left his levels unfinished again! Luckily for you he's left behind some spare parts... See if you can win the game without him!\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nThe goal each level of the game is to kill all the baddies (in red), and reach the green square.\r\nPress Space at the beginning of each level to find the objective and a small hint.\r\nPressing space opens the edit mode as well, where you can drag and drop tiles to form your own level.\r\nPress Space again to exit edit mode and see if you can finish the game!\r\nPress E when near a lever to toggle it on or off.\r\n\r\nThere are 4 easy levels, 4 medium levels 3 hard levels and a bonus #potato level as well.\r\n\r\nMusic by WolframTones\/sfxr.\r\n\r\nUPDATE:\r\nThanks for the bug reports, guys, but I'm just going to clarify some of the common issues here:\r\n1)Please play the web version only. I've removed the other links so this shouldn't be a problem anyway.\r\n2)You can not move in EDIT MODE. This was intentionally disabled.\r\n3)Placing blocks is done by clicking the required black block, (not click-and-drag) and click again on an empty space.\r\n4)Blocks can not be place on spaces that are already filled.\r\n\r\nThanks for the feedback!","title":"AlterSpace"}