{"author_link":"\/author\/jlauener\/","author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","comments":[{"author_name":"paranoiks","author_uid":"22081","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:14am","epoch":1367204940,"text":"How do I vote for games?..\rthis one is awesome btw"},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1367245680,"text":"I like the mechanics and I was really happy to discover extra levels after the secret ones.\rLevels are nicely designed and I like a lot the ones where the player has to decide to release red squares at the right moment."},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1367264040,"text":"Errrgh - how do i get throught that crazy lot-of-red-boxes level (maybe level 4 or 5)?"},{"author_name":"Chman","author_uid":"17883","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1367264100,"text":"Very simple game but the clever level design makes it very fun to play. Good work !"},{"author_name":"tonic","author_uid":"66","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:41pm","epoch":1367264160,"text":"Pretty nice bunch of levels there."},{"author_name":"rainblade studios","author_uid":"18642","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1367264280,"text":"Real neat. Good puzzles."},{"author_name":"gameXcore","author_uid":"7049","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1367264280,"text":"Really smart, the last level was rather tough!"},{"author_name":"Masadow","author_uid":"22572","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:45pm","epoch":1367264400,"text":"Strong entry. Perfect game mechanics. Also, everything suit the theme perfectly, I loved !"},{"author_name":"Ditto","author_uid":"14669","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1367264460,"text":"Sooo aesthetically pleasing! Didn't really like the music, but that is a personal thing I guess :P Really well done!"},{"author_name":"Sophie Houlden","author_uid":"36","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1367264520,"text":"I really enjoyed this, it all fits together very nicely and the music gave me this lemmings-y "keep trying!" vibe even when I died a few times."},{"author_name":"metadept","author_uid":"15489","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1367264580,"text":"I really like this one. The mechanics are tight, the puzzles are well designed, and the graphics\/audio fit perfectly. Usually I try to offer some kind of suggestion for improvement, but this is pretty much complete. Also, wonderful secret level! Great job!"},{"author_name":"sparkleswirl","author_uid":"22944","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:49pm","epoch":1367264640,"text":"Simple game. Dare I say, minimalist? The great level design makes it awesome."},{"author_name":"Norritt42","author_uid":"22594","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1367264760,"text":"So nice that you introduce the game in a pedagogical way"},{"author_name":"fpMiguel","author_uid":"6214","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:53pm","epoch":1367264880,"text":"Great level design!"},{"author_name":"neight","author_uid":"21813","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1367264940,"text":"Nice level design, good music, very minimal. Had fun with it."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:07pm","epoch":1367265720,"text":"wow thanks a lot for all those kinds comments :)\r\rparanoiks: You have to be logged in. Sometime it doesn't work due to cache issue in which case you have to clear your browser's cache.\r\rmrspeaker: I don't like to spoil but can give a clue maybe. Level 1 teach you that the only objective is to reach the purple square."},{"author_name":"unusualcadence","author_uid":"20697","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1367266140,"text":"Very slickly designed, especially given the time constraints! Had fun playing this and was muchly charmed by the soundtrack and Atari graphics"},{"author_name":"justin35f","author_uid":"17367","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1367266620,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"domrein","author_uid":"12960","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1367269320,"text":"I really like it. Fun and simple mechanic and puzzles that explore it well. Good job."},{"author_name":"screech","author_uid":"15470","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 9:31pm","epoch":1367270760,"text":"Got stuck at level 9 D:, great game"},{"author_name":"Husky","author_uid":"17464","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:56am","epoch":1367301060,"text":"Cool!!\rSimple yet brilliant,\rThe level of Pac Man and potato is really awesome!\rGood job!"},{"author_name":"tankete","author_uid":"21907","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:02am","epoch":1367301420,"text":"Wow! Loved it! First couple levels are perfect. Then it gets super impossible...if you're dumb like me. Easily my favorite so far. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Canyon","author_uid":"6228","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:19am","epoch":1367306040,"text":"This is my favourite so far. I think it is the winner.\rI love how thoroughly you explored the idea. It struck me this game is just like old first person shooters e.g"},{"author_name":"Canyon","author_uid":"6228","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:20am","epoch":1367306100,"text":"You collect red keys to get through red doors etc."},{"author_name":"TheSheep","author_uid":"11694","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 7:51am","epoch":1367307960,"text":"Haha, the mini PacMan level made me LOL. Great game, very playable. Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"Casino Jack","author_uid":"11139","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:26am","epoch":1367313660,"text":"I feel stupid for getting stuck on the level with two rows of red above and below you, until I realised that I didn't *have* to collect the green block and release them...\r\rAlso, love the inclusion of a Pacman level."},{"author_name":"Codexus","author_uid":"187","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 12:35pm","epoch":1367325000,"text":"Nice minimalistic concept, the levels were fun to play and I managed to reach the end. Good game!\r\rNormally I'd regret the lack of effort in the graphics area but since minimalism is the theme you get a free pass on that one."},{"author_name":"Exclamation Mark","author_uid":"22286","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 2:15pm","epoch":1367331000,"text":"Excellent entry! I *love* how the level design introduces you to the mechanics and elements of the game one by one, with no need for a tutorial or any text at all! This is an unprecedented level of design polish for a 48-hour entry! You Sir, have my like, and five of my stars!"},{"author_name":"Mase","author_uid":"18575","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1367354280,"text":"The Pac-man level was a nice surprise."},{"author_name":"karlin","author_uid":"18552","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:55pm","epoch":1367365800,"text":"Great game. You did a great job at exploring such a simple concept and creating such a wonderfully polished game. I liked the little touches such as adding grid-movement to the level with the 1-square hole. The pacman level was a nice surprise too (the level after it reminded me a little of frogger too).\r\rThe only slight criticism would be that the music, while rather good, got a little repetitive after a while and I (being pretty terrible at video games) found dodging some of the red square too hard on some of the later levels. Still a superb game and amazing work for 48 hours."},{"author_name":"tankete","author_uid":"21907","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 5:45am","epoch":1367386800,"text":"Just wanted to pop back in and say that even after playing\/rating 35+ games, this one is still my favorite. Great job! (again) :)"},{"author_name":"Smaxx","author_uid":"19197","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 10:12am","epoch":1367402820,"text":"Very nice. Probably the most interesting "blocky" game so far this round. To those having issues with many red blocks: Try to unlock them the right moment so they just move with others rather than limiting your movement even more."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:46am","epoch":1367408460,"text":"Again thanks a lot for the kind comments. This is so motivating that I'm now working on a post compo version with more levels!\r\rCanyon:\rMy train of though came more from adventure\/exploration games. But yeah that's similar. Get item X to unlock area that allows to get item Y to unlock another area, etc... \r\rKarlin:\rFunny that you spotted the different type of movement algorithms. I spent lot of time trying to find best way for player movement but ended up having two separate classes: one for normal levels and one for grid based levels.\r\rYou mention frogger and that's exactly that. I got the idea for the level by thinking about this game. I also wanted to have a space invader like levels but forgot about it."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:47am","epoch":1367408520,"text":"tankete: thanks a lot :)"},{"author_name":"patrickward","author_uid":"22335","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 11:48am","epoch":1367408580,"text":"Wonderful game! One of the most playable games I've encountered yet. So simple, yet so much fun. It has a very minimal, retro feel to it, which I love coming from that era. I got stuck on those red boxes at first, but then realized how simple it really was. Excellent job."},{"author_name":"pansapiens","author_uid":"198","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 12:27pm","epoch":1367410920,"text":"One of my favorites so far. Great use of the theme, nice clean & effective graphics and smart level design. You should be proud of this one, I would be."},{"author_name":"YsenGrimm","author_uid":"18530","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:45pm","epoch":1367422800,"text":"A really nice game, though the concept is a bid too overused."},{"author_name":"Diamonde","author_uid":"19050","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:48pm","epoch":1367422980,"text":"The frustration was high on that tricky level of yours... I was sure I had to time the movement perfectly and hit the exact pixels. Tried that at least 20 times before I realized the trickiness :D"},{"author_name":"jackspinoza","author_uid":"19353","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1367435160,"text":"brilliant, effective and understandable puzzles with innovative approaches."},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 10:54pm","epoch":1367448540,"text":"Loved this! Great fun. Couple of super hard levels, but it's so fast to rety it taps into "one more try! so close!". Very very well done."},{"author_name":"Andrew Shouldice","author_uid":"22249","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 1:17am","epoch":1367457120,"text":"One of my favourites so far! Very clever; well done!"},{"author_name":"s0ulcrusher","author_uid":"8105","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 3:27am","epoch":1367464920,"text":"Ran into a bug with the room in your 2nd screenshot, the yellow barrier doesn't go away when you hit the yellow trigger. This definitely fits the theme!"},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:34am","epoch":1367472540,"text":"soulcrusher: this is not bug, this is the puzzle! if stuck you can reset by hitting a red dot."},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:18am","epoch":1367475180,"text":"Excellent puzzler. Good job including tutorials... Requires a bit of thinking, but clue for 8 is good. Level number somewhere be a nice to have. Well done!"},{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 6:21am","epoch":1367475360,"text":"Had to say more.. gave good rating, then get to the pacman and frogger levels... VERY good job!"},{"author_name":"PsenFilip","author_uid":"20764","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 5:43pm","epoch":1367516280,"text":"Very cool puzzle game. I managed to beat it I just don't know if I did find the secret. Probably not, right.\rControls are good, music is fine and the levels are overall pretty well thought out."},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 8:28pm","epoch":1367526180,"text":"Wow, heehee, gets tough pretty quickly. Nice music. :)"},{"author_name":"KevinZuhn","author_uid":"8695","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 1:45am","epoch":1367545200,"text":"I thought it was well designed and had a good mixture of challenges! Also, that secret level completely caught me by surprise, but was worth getting to."},{"author_name":"Ragzouken","author_uid":"13822","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 10:44am","epoch":1367577540,"text":"Very nice. The pacman level was cool :D Reminds me of early chips challenge levels :)"},{"author_name":"recursor","author_uid":"1105","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1367609820,"text":"Can't say I'm a fan of auto-generated music so I wish there was a mute button for that, but otherwise this is pretty good."},{"author_name":"nseward","author_uid":"15218","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1367611380,"text":"Nicely done. Simple and fun. Lots of fun levels."},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:14pm","epoch":1367611740,"text":"Lots of fun. Great puzzle design. Nothing to complain about."},{"author_name":"Spiridios","author_uid":"1158","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1367611800,"text":"Great illustration of how a simple mechanic can make a fun challenging game."},{"author_name":"HELLO23","author_uid":"21541","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1367613600,"text":"GREAT GAME !! I really liked it, the idea and the minimalistic graphics."},{"author_name":"Pixelulsar","author_uid":"10737","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1367614020,"text":"Nice game, it was very fun to play."},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 11:26pm","epoch":1367623260,"text":"Simple game but with a solid design! :)"},{"author_name":"Sylvain.p","author_uid":"20862","time":"May 3, 2013 @ 11:45pm","epoch":1367624400,"text":"Smart and fun good job. The concept could be continued at infinity."},{"author_name":"Bernhard","author_uid":"20775","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 5:03am","epoch":1367643480,"text":"Cool little switch puzzle game, good music!\rI liked the relevance of the timing of the button presses to make the last few levels easier."},{"author_name":"Jeremias","author_uid":"7211","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 8:59am","epoch":1367657640,"text":"(Spoiler)\rThe level where you have to ignore the yellow dot... I hate you :D\r\rNice game anyway. Felt very smooth and I didn't have a level where I needed too long to solve it."},{"author_name":"CAukamp","author_uid":"21728","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1367701680,"text":"Spot on! Very cool"},{"author_name":"Christian S.","author_uid":"12945","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1367702580,"text":"Nice level design!"},{"author_name":"rezoner","author_uid":"21594","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 9:07am","epoch":1367744520,"text":"Interesting levels and nice audio. Good job."},{"author_name":"Ithildin","author_uid":"15664","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 9:23pm","epoch":1367788680,"text":"Nice level design, good job! :)"},{"author_name":"SaintHeiser","author_uid":"14848","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 1:26am","epoch":1367803260,"text":"Not bad! Despite simple mechanic levels are looking fresh =)\rThanks for submission!"},{"author_name":"jadams","author_uid":"21588","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 5:36pm","epoch":1367861460,"text":"A well designed puzzle game. Good job."},{"author_name":"GaTechGrad","author_uid":"19778","time":"May 7, 2013 @ 2:40am","epoch":1367894100,"text":"I really enjoyed this puzzler. Simple concept, but also really fun. Some of the later levels really made me think about when was the best time to release the barriers."},{"author_name":"Martin_Monosys","author_uid":"20047","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1368049980,"text":"Fun game, very nice ! :)"},{"author_name":"kill0u","author_uid":"5422","time":"May 8, 2013 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1368051540,"text":"Nice puzzle :)"},{"author_name":"Gungnir","author_uid":"15389","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 4:27am","epoch":1368246120,"text":"Very nice game but some levels are really frickin hard. Some great leveldesign in there though."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1368304500,"text":"Gungnir: Most of the levels can be solved easily, if you find the trick ;D"},{"author_name":"Milktoast","author_uid":"3609","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 2:19am","epoch":1368324840,"text":"I felt like I was going through the chompers at the end of Galaxy Quest. =) Good job!"},{"author_name":"nimblegorilla","author_uid":"15273","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1368477540,"text":"Very fun game. Some of the puzzles are "harder" than others, but I like that each puzzle is quick to finish once you see how to solve it."},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"May 13, 2013 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1368483000,"text":"Simple concept but executed really well. The level design is pretty excellent."},{"author_name":"fermcg","author_uid":"22219","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 12:39am","epoch":1368491640,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"toaster","author_uid":"8229","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1368646680,"text":"That secret level was amazing. The rest of the game was pretty great too."},{"author_name":"echa","author_uid":"15601","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 9:28pm","epoch":1368652980,"text":"Exellent!"},{"author_name":"gerritg","author_uid":"22527","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1368653460,"text":"This is amazing. Had to play until the end. Thank you. Also for the bonus stage :D"},{"author_name":"Madball","author_uid":"8370","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 2:33pm","epoch":1368714480,"text":"Hey! I got stuck on level 4! Just make a reset button.\rI liked the idea. I used to do like that in Paint :P\rI think you could create more puzzles, but you relied on avoiding instead... that`s your choice anyway."},{"author_name":"davidpeter","author_uid":"3323","time":"May 16, 2013 @ 7:36pm","epoch":1368732660,"text":"I really liked this game. One of the best ones I've played. The level design was excellent; I enjoyed that it led you to learn the game mechanics.\r\rI'm not sure what the secret levels were, or if I reached any, so an indicator of this would've been nice."},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"May 17, 2013 @ 7:40pm","epoch":1368819300,"text":"Madball: Aye. Yes level 4 is broken in the sense that you could get blocked and there are no enemies thus you can't reset by suicide. But why the heck you didn't moved straight :D\r\rdavidpeter: Believe me, if you would have found the secret level, you would know it for sure ;)"}],"images":["ld26\/12434-e9b1d30e6ef2070fc52de0b4a44d1cb0.jpg","ld26\/12434-a2eaf71ea35f38ec898d8511691b658d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.zappedcow.com\/ld26\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.zappedcow.com\/ld26\/ld26_sources.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26380","g_author":"12434","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"26410","g_title":"...","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"39","g_commentcount":"80","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\/12434-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/12434-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"There is a super duper secret level, can you find it?\r\n\r\nArrow keys or WASD to move.\r\n\r\nThere are 19 (+1 secret) levels in the game.\r\n\r\nTwo levels seems tricky to some people (I guess it depends of your mindset) but for most people it comes naturally. Here are some clues:\r\nlevel 8: Think about what level 1 taught you.\r\nlevel 9: Act like in level 8. If you get stuck hit a red square to reset ;)\r\n\r\nHave fun!<\/p>","title":"..."}