{"author_link":"\/author\/tijmentio\/","author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","comments":[{"author_name":"pvwradtke","author_uid":"3728","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:30am","epoch":1367220300,"text":"Man, where do I start? The game is cute looking, plays great and is easy to pick up. A bit more balancing for picking up potatoes, but other than that, a very enjoyable experience!"},{"author_name":"deathray","author_uid":"17861","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:59am","epoch":1367222040,"text":"Picking up the potatoes is hard. But it's so cute; your art style and animation are incredible."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:02am","epoch":1367222220,"text":"This is awesome! Great art, fun gameplay and funny as hell. Great, great game. Perfect size and scope for a LD effort. Good work."},{"author_name":"Luxorix","author_uid":"22476","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:33am","epoch":1367227680,"text":"Good game! Only a size large."},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1367242380,"text":"The graphics are decent."},{"author_name":"aquilicoco","author_uid":"22746","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:39pm","epoch":1367242440,"text":"I love the graphics :)"},{"author_name":"Ernyz","author_uid":"2537","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1367243760,"text":"Graphics are nice indeed. I also liked the humour, overall, really nice entry :)"},{"author_name":"PushmePullyu","author_uid":"2817","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:04pm","epoch":1367243940,"text":"Just so very fun. Very very well done. 5 stars! XD"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:10pm","epoch":1367244300,"text":"Very very good, +1 for the pinguin !"},{"author_name":"cmayhem","author_uid":"22508","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1367245200,"text":"Absolute adorable game. Easy controls."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1367248980,"text":"Really fun game. I think it was well balanced and the graphics were really nice. :) And it was funny too!"},{"author_name":"numpad","author_uid":"17264","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1367254440,"text":"Awesome game! Looks so adorable, fun to play, overall: Something like a winner!"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1367254500,"text":"Delightful! I actually had to search for this after seeing it on the front page of LD earlier. Glad I did! Works great on OSX here."},{"author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1367254920,"text":"Thanks for all the kind comments so far! They put a big smile on my face :)"},{"author_name":"Lythom","author_uid":"7763","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1367256240,"text":"Nice entry here ! This is really what you want to see in a LD small but polished game.\rMaybe a little more depth in game and\/or a closer synergy with the theme would have made it just perfect.\rHad fun with this one, thanks for the game !"},{"author_name":"Filth and Money","author_uid":"23016","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1367268000,"text":"Wow, awesome game — 5 stars for all. My only issue is that I believe the manual says to click to collect potatoes, which was confusing since I started using my mouse."},{"author_name":"JohnnySix","author_uid":"20903","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1367268060,"text":"Absolutely loved this one - the narrative style from the outside leading you into the game with the instruction manual, simple controls, simple concept and wonderful pixelly graphics. Just give me moar potatoes. :D"},{"author_name":"naughtyloose","author_uid":"7317","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1367270760,"text":"exactly what pvwradtke said :)"},{"author_name":"Macroz","author_uid":"10556","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1367270820,"text":"Great minigame, loved the comments and the look of it."},{"author_name":"egos","author_uid":"20701","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1367271720,"text":"simple and efficiency"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1367273520,"text":"WOW! This is twice in a row that you've blown me away with your style and addictively fun gameplay! Great job all around. The music is wonderful, the sprites are charming, and the gameplay is unique, challenging, and exciting. The dialogue is also a great touch. Little things like the transparency of the cursor when you're 'reloading' and the way the health bar swells and then shakes when the castle takes a hit... nice touches. Great work but PHENOMENAL work for 48 hours. KUDOS ONCE AGAIN!"},{"author_name":"Markavian","author_uid":"10967","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:37am","epoch":1367281920,"text":"I think you mashed the theme. Fun little game. Sucks to be a penguin. Love the art style."},{"author_name":"Tiago Ling Alexandre","author_uid":"10988","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:50am","epoch":1367289900,"text":"One of the best i've seen so far! Very fun and polished! Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"summontherats","author_uid":"23591","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:34am","epoch":1367292540,"text":"OH MY GOSH ITS ADORABLE\r\rAlso, hilarious. Why am I laughing so hard at a cocky penguin?\r\rBut yeah, you have to pick up a lot of potatoes to keep that thing going. Eventually I got paranoid enough that I went out after every single volley. And that led to my doom."},{"author_name":"Arcana","author_uid":"22457","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1367294160,"text":"Great art. Great animation. Awesome humour."},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:01am","epoch":1367297760,"text":"I really enjoyed this game.\rIt's well polished and the graphical style is adorable - so is the music.\r\rif you continue developing this you might want to think about porting it to mobile - I'm sure it would be great an android\/iOS\r\rvery well done"},{"author_name":"dick_claus","author_uid":"11148","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:18am","epoch":1367305980,"text":"Amazing. Sending my feelings back to good old school games. Wanna see large exploration adventure games from you."},{"author_name":"FuzzyWuzzie","author_uid":"22923","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1367336520,"text":"Such a cute and fun game! Love the art and music and gameplay! Picking up potatoes was dicey, but introduced the necessary challenge. Very well done!"},{"author_name":"corrigan_sam","author_uid":"16490","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1367336580,"text":"Awesome, Loved it!"},{"author_name":"JimmyLord","author_uid":"23245","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:53pm","epoch":1367336880,"text":"Cute game, did the potato cannon manual really tell me to go outside to pick up potatoes? Enjoyed your game, nice work :)"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1367336940,"text":"Loved the art ! Also, it's as minimalist as good so well done !"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1367341980,"text":"Hey great game ! I would have prefer a special key (down) to go out instead of coming back to the door. Reactivating the key could have make the penguin abort the potatoe collect and running back to the castle :) Top Gfx Fun and Theme"},{"author_name":"qdowngames","author_uid":"15224","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1367354400,"text":"Bonus points on everything! Music, style, humor - great game!"},{"author_name":"ahm99","author_uid":"11270","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1367355000,"text":"I really enjoyed this one. I liked the graphics. Funny too. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"lfpetrini","author_uid":"14452","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1367356020,"text":"This is great! I loved everything!!"},{"author_name":"Alex Rose","author_uid":"19499","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1367356140,"text":"This was awesome. Graphically, absolutely amazing. All the little things, like shaking etc. just really add to it, and the pixel art itself is beautiful - the penguin particularly looks great. Even the font choice was great.\r\rThe text though was the best. Had a smile on my face the whole way through. I particularly enjoyed him saying "LOL". And the "KABOOOM" - Zelda reference?\r\rAnyway, awesome job man. Nice one."},{"author_name":"omaromeir","author_uid":"23110","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1367356260,"text":"Loved the art, the gameplay is fun, and the music is pretty good. You've got a pretty good package here ;)."},{"author_name":"TijmenTio","author_uid":"18775","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1367357280,"text":"@Alex Rose I had to make the font myself to get it to look nice on Mac haha"},{"author_name":"Siewart","author_uid":"10724","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1367360820,"text":"Not really minimalistic, but still very awesome :D"},{"author_name":"ArkadyDracul","author_uid":"14249","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1367360820,"text":"Really Nice!"},{"author_name":"Nezzhil","author_uid":"21727","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1367361960,"text":"I love pengüins *____* Now, really... i think it's a very, very good game."},{"author_name":"7heSAMA","author_uid":"6811","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1367365620,"text":"Not being able to control your potato-gathering movement is really, really annoying. Other than that, it was good."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:23am","epoch":1367371080,"text":"I do enjoy a good game with a penguin protagonist. :P"},{"author_name":"DaanVanYperen","author_uid":"22396","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:55am","epoch":1367373000,"text":"I love the cute style. You had a lot of attention to detail (chat ticker, the spud particles). Very nicely done!"},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:13pm","epoch":1367413680,"text":"Fun little game, very polished for 48 hours.\r\rExtra points for the soundtrack :)"},{"author_name":"dem0","author_uid":"8546","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1367415000,"text":"Really cute game!"},{"author_name":"lightsoda","author_uid":"19698","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:21pm","epoch":1367424960,"text":"Overall pretty great."},{"author_name":"Blizzil","author_uid":"13795","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 4:41pm","epoch":1367426160,"text":"Lovely minigame, had fun playing it!"},{"author_name":"psychomonster","author_uid":"17723","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:03pm","epoch":1367438280,"text":"Cooooool Game... like the character so much"},{"author_name":"multitude","author_uid":"21762","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1367451180,"text":"very nice game. enjoyed playing it :D"},{"author_name":"Thijsku","author_uid":"16151","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 7:23pm","epoch":1367522280,"text":"Awesome game! I simply LOVE the graphics and the simplicity of the game! Perhaps some sort of repair feature would be nice. Also: the humor is really good!\r\rOne of my favourite entries yet! :)"},{"author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 12:04am","epoch":1367539140,"text":"Wow this game is really well polished. Everything has some animation and some effect going for it adding to an overall very good experience. Also nice to have an actual achievable ending.\rA bit too much meme-heavy on the humor for my taste, but everything else is perfect."},{"author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1367545020,"text":"Just LOVED this game. Amazing pixel art and nice gameplay zipped on minimalist (duh) setting. Top entry. Amazing job!"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 2:49am","epoch":1367549040,"text":"Really neat game. That penguin is awesome. Really solid gameplay too. Good job!"},{"author_name":"axcho","author_uid":"8060","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 5:58am","epoch":1367560380,"text":"Nice polish. I like the solid chunkiness of the art and the mechanics."},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 6:12pm","epoch":1367604420,"text":"Love this! It's so funny and simply well done!"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 6:55pm","epoch":1367607000,"text":"Really awesome, must collect ALL the potatoes."},{"author_name":"Exclamation Mark","author_uid":"22286","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1367614380,"text":"I think this is the first likeable character I've met so far on this dare :D Well done!"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 9:30am","epoch":1367659500,"text":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/05\/04\/sonnybones-rad-game-roundup-ld26-edition\/"},{"author_name":"jhrrsn","author_uid":"18114","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 9:41pm","epoch":1367703360,"text":"I really like the soundtrack, and it's nicely put together as a whole. Good job man!"},{"author_name":"Crynix","author_uid":"18900","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 12:19am","epoch":1367885640,"text":"Love the art style. Gameplay is great, a little more balancing would be nice though. Overall, great entry!"},{"author_name":"Zccc","author_uid":"14205","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 12:27am","epoch":1367886120,"text":"This is amazing!! Very well done :)"},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 4:04am","epoch":1367899140,"text":"very fun although it was pretty hard to play -- a few more potatoes perhaps -- great job!"},{"author_name":"Saturnyn","author_uid":"12149","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 11:35am","epoch":1367926200,"text":"Nice one, loved the graphics :)"},{"author_name":"atraxgames","author_uid":"15195","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1367963580,"text":"Pure fun"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:22am","epoch":1367986620,"text":"Cute artillery game. Very well thought out. If you continue to develop this, the text centering distracted me a little, because the text was moving on the left and the right side as each new letter was appended. Have you considered left justification? As you can imagine, then there would only be motion where letters are being added."},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1368023040,"text":"Cute & fun game ;)"},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1368024780,"text":"I liked it alot, sadly the collecting of potatoes gets a bit difficult because you can't defend your castle meanwhile (and the collecting lasts too long or you have too little potatoes). Visuals and music are just great. Good job!"},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:02pm","epoch":1368028620,"text":"Really fun game with lovely graphics. =)\rPity for lack of scoring system."},{"author_name":"lasergans","author_uid":"18111","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1368029880,"text":"Pretty nice game :) Looks good. Potato <3"},{"author_name":"Nambew","author_uid":"20366","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1368030240,"text":"The game is fun to play and finish, it's need a little balancing for potatoes. Great game and good job."},{"author_name":"AlexFili","author_uid":"12941","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 5:06pm","epoch":1368032460,"text":"Great game. I especially like the graphics and the humour. It's great to shoot potatoes and then collect them. It's a little hard, I only managed to survive to Wave 2. Great way of sticking to the theme and using the development tool to the best of your ability."},{"author_name":"sfernald","author_uid":"258","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1368053280,"text":"Great game. Really simple yet clever. Excellent game design."},{"author_name":"fermcg","author_uid":"22219","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 2:39am","epoch":1368066840,"text":"Man you're on my top 3! Such a tiny amazing game!"},{"author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 6:51am","epoch":1368081960,"text":"Really cute game! It's harder than it looks, which is wonderful. With a little upgrade system I can imagine it being the next popular defense-type game!"},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 7:32am","epoch":1368084420,"text":"Hehe, the castle with potatoes projectiles is a fun idea.\rI love the penguin too."},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 4:01pm","epoch":1368114960,"text":"Really enjoyed it. The comments after you make a hit are pretty hilarious."},{"author_name":"Jan.M","author_uid":"21939","time":"May 10, 2013 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1368220200,"text":"Super cute!! I love this game. And penguis are awesome anyway!! Greate stuff."},{"author_name":"SuperDisk","author_uid":"11035","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 4:13am","epoch":1368245280,"text":"Graphics were good, but you can just get stuck in an endless thing with no potatoes and no way to get any more."},{"author_name":"ZYXer","author_uid":"20509","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 3:51pm","epoch":1368546360,"text":"Awesome graphics, great humor. But I'm too clumsy to get over wave 2. :S"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"May 21, 2013 @ 2:02am","epoch":1369101420,"text":"AWESOME SCORES, MAN! WHEN YOU'RE SUPER FAMOUS AND RICH, REMEMBER ME! hahaha\r\rCongrats! Seriously!"}],"images":["ld26\/18775-661569a7b462bca7432144a9f5ceae10.jpg","ld26\/18775-55e09f44bd1fd85db611bb80ac2e3c7e.jpg","ld26\/18775-e63afd80ffb752092fcaae4f7581c22e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/92553069\/MyMiniCastle%20for%20Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/92553069\/MyMiniCastle%20for%20Mac.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HD87Tjs1U3s&feature=youtu.be","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/92553069\/MiniCastle_android-Default-1.0.12.apk","text":"Android(post-compo)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/92553069\/MyMiniCastle.gmk","text":"Source (.gmk)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"25985","g_author":"18775","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26015","g_title":"My Mini Castle","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"33","g_commentcount":"81","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\/18775-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/18775-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/18775-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"My second Ludum Dare!\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n- Left & right arrow keys \r\n- Spacebar\r\n\r\nSummary:\r\nHelp Mr Peng defend his Mini Castle while notorious square shaped blobs try to run it over!\r\n<\/p>","title":"My Mini Castle"}