{"author_link":"\/author\/casimps1\/","author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","comments":[{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:09am","epoch":1367229840,"text":"Tough little game! I like the challenge and concept though. Maybe add the "R to replay" to the instructions text as the in-game pixel font looked a bit like P at first."},{"author_name":"Hyaku","author_uid":"7393","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1367238420,"text":"Great little game.\r\rVery simple but somehow more complex and original than the tipical endless runner.\rWith some sound would be a lot better. \r\rI want this game on my android !!!"},{"author_name":"8BitPimp","author_uid":"20953","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1367245200,"text":"simple but solidly produced. Really looks like something from the DOS era I think."},{"author_name":"Gremlin","author_uid":"12047","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1367245560,"text":"Tiny little Unity camera! Chrome resizes it just fine though, so I zoomed in to make the pixels a bit more readable on my 1080p display.\r\rIt's the times where I have to switch colors twice while sliding under a wall that tend to end my runs. \r\rPart of me wishes that I could see two barriers ahead instead of just the current and the first upcoming one, so I could anticipate what's coming next and get into even more trouble as I over-anticipated and switched too soon. Kind of works against the minimalistic purity of one focus, though.\r\rThe timing between the barriers is about perfect, but I'd also almost want them to be more spaced out but everything moves faster, to get a better sense of speed. That would probably work against my sucky reflexes, though.\r\rPity it doesn't have audio."},{"author_name":"JonRB","author_uid":"4452","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1367247420,"text":"Cute and indeed simplistic. Not sure how to handle both obstacles appearing at once."},{"author_name":"PushmePullyu","author_uid":"2817","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1367248440,"text":"A minimal clap to you sir. *cl*"},{"author_name":"EdoMiyamoto","author_uid":"18304","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1367248920,"text":"It's soooo minimal"},{"author_name":"Infin8","author_uid":"4643","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1367250120,"text":"It could fit on a wristwatch! It was hard on my tired eyes though. Great game overall"},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:50pm","epoch":1367250300,"text":"@JonRB, you just have to be jumping\/ducking while you are the appropriate color. So, if it's a wall on the bottom with a red force field on top, then you have to be jumping while you are red to match the color of the force field."},{"author_name":"Alucard J","author_uid":"22505","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1367255340,"text":"Apart from the actual size of the window, this is done well."},{"author_name":"@SamPotasz","author_uid":"21972","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 7:02pm","epoch":1367261820,"text":"Cute! TIP to future players: Just zoom in with your browser and it works great"},{"author_name":"michail","author_uid":"20486","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1367266200,"text":"Good one and fine approach to the theme - to bad there's no sound!"},{"author_name":"dem0","author_uid":"8546","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1367274000,"text":"Really simple yet addicting"},{"author_name":"Jellycakes","author_uid":"13474","time":"Apr 29, 2013 @ 11:42pm","epoch":1367278620,"text":"Pretty nice, very tiny! A little bit bland without sound though. But still pretty cool. Nice one!"},{"author_name":"AnTiCamPr","author_uid":"21667","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1367356920,"text":"Very nice game! Fits the theme perfectly and you still made the game have a nice feel and I feel I could play this a lot on a mobile device. I just wish it had audio."},{"author_name":"NicoSaraintaris","author_uid":"22659","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1367420100,"text":"Nice take on the theme. The matching part is a good feature to avoid getting repetitive too soon. Congrats on this!"},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"14403","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 5:10pm","epoch":1367427900,"text":"I could play this one forever. Really minimal and fun!"},{"author_name":"cinnamonmelonpig","author_uid":"20526","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 5:14pm","epoch":1367428140,"text":"creative!"},{"author_name":"Stryphe","author_uid":"19128","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1367438580,"text":"Have you thought about putting this on a Pebble watch?"},{"author_name":"Jarcas Studios","author_uid":"20322","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1367439060,"text":"@Stryphe, I'd love to release this on some kind of platform with a miniature display, but I don't think this would work on Pebble. If I understand correctly, Pebble is based on e-ink (not LCD or LED or whatever). And last I heard, e-ink displays still have pretty horrible refresh rates, and games like this need a high frame rate since things are moving so fast."},{"author_name":"TheCze","author_uid":"17841","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:00am","epoch":1367459700,"text":"Impressive for 7-8 hours work. I liked the death animation."},{"author_name":"eedok","author_uid":"2551","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1367459760,"text":"Turning the comments into a leaderboard got 230: http:\/\/puu.sh\/2L83U.png"},{"author_name":"zatyka","author_uid":"14357","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 2:03am","epoch":1367459880,"text":"Nice use of the theme. I played a few rounds, and definitely enjoyed myself. I imaging this being a mini-game in warioware type game with similar mini-games."},{"author_name":"rogueNoodle","author_uid":"21449","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 3:44pm","epoch":1367509140,"text":"I was doing pretty good until I had to turn red AND slide at the same time... great entry!"},{"author_name":"LTyrosine","author_uid":"6633","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 3:54pm","epoch":1367682540,"text":"Woa never saw so little Unity player hahaha... nice one, congrats."},{"author_name":"Sebastian","author_uid":"20818","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1367865480,"text":"Very cool little game! Once I turned some music on it became very addictive (lack of music is my biggest and possibly only criticism).\reedok wants to turn the comments into a leader-board so here we go:\r\reedok: 230\rSebastian: 402"},{"author_name":"euwaku","author_uid":"23249","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 5:04am","epoch":1368248340,"text":"You certainly earned the weirdest\/smallest resolution award for a unity game :D"},{"author_name":"TurboDindon","author_uid":"5611","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 7:30pm","epoch":1368300300,"text":"The size of the game is very amazing and original!\r\r- SEPHY (@sephyka)"},{"author_name":"Tifu","author_uid":"7793","time":"May 11, 2013 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1368307500,"text":"266! Good take on the theme, very challenging having to change colours! :D"},{"author_name":"Dietrich Epp","author_uid":"7606","time":"May 12, 2013 @ 6:19am","epoch":1368339240,"text":"Fun and very minimal. Wish it had sounds."},{"author_name":"Sylvain.p","author_uid":"20862","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1368556680,"text":"It's really what we can called a small game."},{"author_name":"JohnnySix","author_uid":"20903","time":"May 14, 2013 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1368560280,"text":"Seems overkill using unity for this, but it's bang on theme haha. Bonus points for the teeny weeny layout. :D It took a while to figure the colour change thing - I kept trying to jump the barriers unsuccessfully. If anything playing through the Ludum entries has taught me, it's that I suck at playing video games."},{"author_name":"rzfmzn","author_uid":"4736","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 1:04am","epoch":1368579540,"text":"Loved it =OD\rGratz =O)"},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"May 15, 2013 @ 8:11am","epoch":1368605160,"text":"Such a great idea. Wish it had a bit of audio, but other than that I flippin' loved it!"},{"author_name":"Dotanukii","author_uid":"17685","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 6:27am","epoch":1369030920,"text":"Goes with the theme really well. I love the color aspect, it gives it a nice twist. Good job!"},{"author_name":"berareu","author_uid":"15244","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 11:30am","epoch":1369049100,"text":"Cool! The color-matching mechanic makes the game a lot more interesting than the usual runners!"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"May 20, 2013 @ 8:15pm","epoch":1369080600,"text":"I liked the vertical runner idea. You could make a solid game out of this with more work and polish. Would work on it more. Drop the Tiny and just make a cool vertical runner?"}],"images":["ld26\/20322-ba876f841f8f3888f388fa5f94abb3c5.jpg","ld26\/20322-3cf6c3d9e06ad0f6674060aa3debc79a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.jarcas.com\/LD26\/","text":"Web (Unity)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jarcas.com\/LD26\/TinyRunnerSrc.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27280","g_author":"20322","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27310","g_title":"Tiny Runner","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"501","g_commentcount":"37","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\/20322-shot0.JPG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/20322-shot1.JPG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"This is a minimalist endless runner. The playfield is technically only 20 pixels wide, but I've scaled that up to 40 to make it at least somewhat visible\/readable on modern displays.\r\n\r\nObject of the game: See how far you can run (your distance is displayed at the top)\r\n\r\nPress Up\/Down to jump over\/duck under walls\r\n\r\nPress SPACE to configure your power suit to match the color of the force fields\r\n\r\nPress R to replay after game over\r\n\r\n--------------------------\r\n\r\nI ended up using Unity3D, the free RagePixel Unity add-on to draw and animate sprites, and the free Orthello Unity add-on to handle font\/text display.\r\n\r\nWas a busy weekend. Total dev time was somewhere around 7-8 hours I believe. I ran out of time, so I wasn't able to add sounds or tweak the difficulty curve like I wanted to. All the same, I think it's a pretty playable game. <\/p>","title":"Tiny Runner"}