{"author_link":"\/author\/anjack\/","author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","comments":[{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Apr 28, 2013 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1367189820,"text":"Oops, I said "the Unity3D Pro trial key offered on the Ludum Dare "Tools" page", but it was actually on the "Deals" page."},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 1:26am","epoch":1367198460,"text":"Updated to include sound! (ambient sounds only)"},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:39am","epoch":1367231640,"text":"Delightfully dark! I felt overcome with nietzschean existential despair whilst playing this. Full marks."},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:13pm","epoch":1367244480,"text":"@Dusty: Thank you very much! I was worried that it might be too depressing."},{"author_name":"Tiago Ling Alexandre","author_uid":"10988","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1367245140,"text":"Nice mechanic for saving the patients! I felt very bad when i let the first one die..."},{"author_name":"grimpunch","author_uid":"11189","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:29pm","epoch":1367245440,"text":"I liked it. :)"},{"author_name":"nintendoeats","author_uid":"22819","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:34pm","epoch":1367249340,"text":"A: I am red\/green colourblind. The gameplay is an exercise in the utmost frustration for me :(\rB: When the buttons pile up on eachother they cannot be clicked.\r\rOther than that, very good concept and use of the theme. A proper emotional game."},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:16pm","epoch":1367262660,"text":"Thank you for the feedback!\r\r@nintendoeats: I was so focused on rushing to complete the game that I didn't think how it would affect colorblind individuals. I've added a link to a "Jam" version which uses shapes and text to denote healed wounds and critical patients. Hopefully this makes the game more playable."},{"author_name":"ming_tea","author_uid":"17824","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:21am","epoch":1367280960,"text":"I really liked this. Great take on the theme!"},{"author_name":"aneeslol","author_uid":"18671","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1367375580,"text":"Very interesting monologue. Clicking things fast is also fun! :)"},{"author_name":"Ray_Mickelino","author_uid":"17914","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 2:47am","epoch":1367376120,"text":"Awesome. This game is so complex and simple at the same time. I give it an A+. The only thing that I would change, would be to close the surgery window after healing. It felt like a pain to have to move to close it, afterwards. Good job."},{"author_name":"rodrigomotta","author_uid":"15106","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:01am","epoch":1367376960,"text":"I like the concept. But I think you need evolve this gameplay. It's a great idea. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"AaronYip","author_uid":"4897","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:24am","epoch":1367396340,"text":"Very, very cool use of real world concepts! I googled triage after reading the instructions, wow. Heavy stuff. I also definitely liked the game mechanics! Simple, and the effect of losing a life is portrayed pretty powerfully."},{"author_name":"Squared Muffin","author_uid":"22969","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:33pm","epoch":1367450880,"text":"Pretty interesting idea, and I liked playing it, but I was a bit disappointed that I didn't actually perform triage, as there was no way to see which soldiers we're less likely to live."},{"author_name":"anjack","author_uid":"20602","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 12:02am","epoch":1367452620,"text":"Thank you all for your feedback! I appreciate all of your comments and suggestions!\r\r@Ray_Mickelino: Yeah, a couple of my friends have commented on that. I didn't realize how inconvenient it was until I played it a few more times myself. I'll definitely keep this sort of thing in mind for future games.\r\r@SquaredMuffin: The original idea was to give each soldier a different number of wounds and have them "bleed out" more quickly with more wounds. However, as time progressed I felt that I wouldn't be able to complete the game if I spent too much time trying to implement that functionality. Hopefully as I gain more experience with game development (this was my first) I'll be able to implement features more quickly."},{"author_name":"woftles","author_uid":"21852","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 12:33am","epoch":1367454480,"text":"Maybe it's just me but fun was one of the largest parts of this game, the lack of sound and mood and poor graphics however detracted from that a lot, the game had an interesting mechanic but seemed overall to drag on with no end-goal."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1367613960,"text":"Very thought provoking. Simple graphics. Nice interface EXCEPT pressing escape to remove text before carrying on moving... that interferes with flow of game I think."},{"author_name":"Felix20","author_uid":"6525","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1367709900,"text":"Seems a little rough around the edges, the healing mechanic isn't very fun or challenging.\rThe graphics aren't too appealing, but they aren't too bad.\rIt was a nice take on the theme though.\rIt's a nice concept but it still has a ways to go."},{"author_name":"oatsbarley","author_uid":"5172","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 3:17pm","epoch":1367766720,"text":"I agree that the actual game mechanic isn't too fun, and it ends up sort of seeming like work after a few rounds. It's very artistic and it has an interesting subject. Good job for 48 hours!"},{"author_name":"SuperlevelSebastian","author_uid":"23031","time":"May 9, 2013 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1368109680,"text":"Very great mood."},{"author_name":"Super Hamster","author_uid":"22460","time":"May 18, 2013 @ 9:12pm","epoch":1368911220,"text":"Very nice idea, it would have been nice to have a timer to show how much time you had left."}],"images":["ld26\/20602-e4b6b2bdabe0c0e6f8ed36952a0a9c89.jpg","ld26\/20602-da13b6ccdb496335af9ba740ebbcda6f.jpg","ld26\/20602-8f5a3be6c9b5212ed4896e2033f93b13.jpg","ld26\/20602-771b1e576cd5c920067d1fc8719a536a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.reifpages.net\/Games\/LD26\/Build.html","text":"Unity (Web)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.reifpages.net\/Games\/LD26\/LudumDare26.zip","text":"Source (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.reifpages.net\/Games\/LD26Jam\/LD26Jam.html","text":"Jam version (Web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26306","g_author":"20602","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"26336","g_title":"Triage: The life of a combat medic.","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"353","g_commentcount":"21","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\/20602-shot0.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20602-shot1.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20602-shot2.gif-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20602-shot3.gif-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":" Triage: Life of a Combat Medic is my first game. I created it using the Unity3D Pro trial key offered on the Ludum Dare \"Tools\" page. The models and terrain were created within Unity and the textures were created with The GIMP. Coding was done in Mono Develop. I also used NFOPad for some text editing.\r\n\r\n UPDATE: Added ambient sounds for the battlefield and city scenes! These were made using Audacity.\r\n\r\n UPDATE 2: The game should now properly identify when a patient has died.\r\n\r\n UPDATE 3: Added a link to the source. I basically just zipped up all the files in the project directory, so you get the assets as well.\r\n\r\n UPDATE 4: Added a Jam version to fix a few issues.\r\n\r\n Here are a few known bugs:\r\n\r\n* Some of the text is off-center. I'll work on that.\r\n* Sometimes wounds will overlap or obscure one another. You can still win a level even if a patient dies.\r\n* Sometimes the \"Patient is stable\" message doesn't appear even though you've clicked on all of the wounds. I'll fix this.\r\n* There are a few places where you can bug through the terrain\/walls and walk off the edge of the map. I'm okay with that. ;)\r\n* If you don't save SAM, the wrong dialog will display the next time you enter the city.\r\n\r\n Still no score tracking. I hope to have it for the jam version.\r\n\r\n Also, I didn't state it in the instructions (included in the game menu system) but there is a time limit to heal each patient. As a patient's timer runs down, the window background will change to yellow and then red. If it's red, then you have less than 30 seconds to heal them.\r\n\r\n\r\n Please let me know if you observe any additional bugs, or if the game doesn't play properly.<\/p>","title":"Triage: The life of a combat medic."}