{"author_link":"\/author\/j\/","author_name":"J","author_uid":"5483","comments":[{"author_name":"jerrre","author_uid":"13020","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:12pm","epoch":1355749620,"text":"needs pygame to run"},{"author_name":"zenmumbler","author_uid":"17143","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:18pm","epoch":1355749980,"text":"Couldn't get past the 4th stage and gave up as the game is very unforgiving."},{"author_name":"DST","author_uid":"18478","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:35pm","epoch":1355751000,"text":"Very challenging! The moving things are an interesting game-mechanic, it took me some time to figure out that I could stand on them, then the coin dropped and I enjoyed the game!"},{"author_name":"TuxedoFish","author_uid":"15456","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1355751180,"text":"I thought the sounds and the graphics were amazing. But the gameplay was a little unforgiving which made it quite frustrating espeically in the later levels. but it was very orignal."},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:04pm","epoch":1355759940,"text":"A bit on the difficult side. I liked that you went for a somewhat different interpretation of the theme. The commands are a bit too sensitive, though. The game felt more like getting the execution right, than really figuring out the puzzles."},{"author_name":"rustybroomhandle","author_uid":"10871","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1355760360,"text":"Yup, unforgiving is the word! A good puzzle-platformer :)"},{"author_name":"LittleGreenFlame","author_uid":"16110","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1355761020,"text":"Very difficult. Awesome idea. Well done"},{"author_name":"Frolacosta","author_uid":"19156","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1355761200,"text":"Very interesting and challenging!"},{"author_name":"lorancou","author_uid":"8588","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1355761200,"text":"Can't get passed level 4, this a bit hard to beat... Nice entry anyway!"},{"author_name":"Draknek","author_uid":"741","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1355772840,"text":"I did not realise that the wardrobes had a gameplay purpose!\r\rCollision is rather unforgiving.\r\rRed squares I'm confused by. At first I tried falling through them but they didn't do anything. Then a bit later I accidentally fell through but they killed me.\r\rSame level: it's just as awkward trying to jump up through this one-tile hole and it is trying to fall through the one-tile red squares. Finally do it and realise I can't jump up there: must need to change clothes and then I'll be able to fall through, but wouldn't have realised this if I hadn't come back here and read about the wardrobe. Swap this level and the next one!\r\rTrying to jump over this death-barrier in the next level is too painful, I'm out.\r\rShame, there's scope for interestingness but the controls\/collision are just too awkward for it to be enjoyable :("},{"author_name":"J","author_uid":"5483","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:15am","epoch":1355829000,"text":"Thanks for the comments.\r\rLevel 4:\r\rI've discovered an alternative solution to this one that doesn't use the wardrobe, but is harder, so maybe lots of people are doing that. I need a level before this to teach a concept used in it in a more simple\/obvious way.\r\rUnforgiving collisions:\r\rWhen I made the player image, I increased his hitbox size to avoid drawing getting messy (for silly reasons), but this made it harder to jump over that barrier and to fall down those 1-tile-wide holes, neither of which I noticed in the small amount of time I had left.\r\rRegarding collision with the robots, I couldn't think of a good way to make it possible to run off the top of them without getting caught, but I think I have an idea now.\r\rI've also made falling and moving a lot slower in general (not uploaded). This makes the intended solution to level 2 more obvious (I hope), and makes other levels (especially 4, 6 and 8) easier to perform.\r\rNot knowing how the red barriers work:\r\rYeah, level order got messed up as I was rushed towards the end..."},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 3:52am","epoch":1355975220,"text":"Interesting idea and nice presentation, but the game is very unforgiving."},{"author_name":"BrothersT","author_uid":"12722","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 3:03am","epoch":1356145080,"text":"Agree with above. Really nice idea. Far too easy to die on boxes.Sometimes I'd just die by jumping on them."},{"author_name":"J","author_uid":"5483","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 12:13pm","epoch":1356178080,"text":"There's an updated version, and I think it (at least partly) fixes the issues. Feedback would be very appreciated (but don't rate me on this one, of course)."},{"author_name":"arhpositive","author_uid":"11575","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 3:16pm","epoch":1356275460,"text":"Nice game, kinda hard though. :) Level 4 was where I gave up, like most of the others. :) The "fail" sound effect got kinda irritating after a while, though. :)"},{"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"18490","time":"Jan 2, 2013 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1357162920,"text":"Nice game! I liked the graphics and the idea of the wardrobe. When I failed a level, the fading in and out was quite slow on my (old) computer, and since the game is quite unforgiving, this annoyed me when I had to retry some levels."},{"author_name":"ceronman","author_uid":"4896","time":"Jan 2, 2013 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1357163460,"text":"Interesting concept. Very difficult. I would have loved to see more of the theme in the gameplay."}],"images":["ld25\/5483-8050a5c232ef2d4115caf6e62af157dd.jpg","ld25\/5483-829b5e2866c4b00abfc3225202989a11.jpg","ld25\/5483-d590833d143d65ce593611bf04571c53.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ikn.org.uk\/files\/games\/wearhouse\/wearhouse-win-ld.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/ikn.org.uk\/files\/games\/wearhouse\/wearhouse-ld.tar.gz","text":"Linux \/ other Unix-like \/ source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?5wv663m8hkem89e","text":"Windows (mirror)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ikn.org.uk\/files\/games\/wearhouse\/wearhouse-win-1.zip","text":"Windows (post-competition update)"},{"url":"http:\/\/ikn.org.uk\/files\/games\/wearhouse\/wearhouse-1.tar.gz","text":"Linux \/ other Unix-like \/ source (post-competition update)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27569","g_author":"5483","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27599","g_title":"Wearhouse","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"422","g_commentcount":"17","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\/\/201083\/5483-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/5483-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/5483-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A puzzle platformer about infiltrating the bad guy's warehouse hideout. To help you do so, you can change your appearance to look like this bad guy, using his usefully-placed wardrobes.\r\n\r\nUse the arrow keys or WASD to move and jump; down\/S changes clothes when next to a wardrobe and pulls levers. Press R to reset the current level.<\/p>","title":"Wearhouse"}