{"author_link":"\/author\/karlin\/","author_name":"karlin","author_uid":"18552","comments":[{"author_name":"solidplasma","author_uid":"3463","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 3:51am","epoch":1355715960,"text":"I love the concept and execution, but I couldn't figure out how to kill the monster shooting fireballs after I used a block as a shield. Still, a wonderful puzzle platformer."},{"author_name":"Zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:15am","epoch":1355717400,"text":"Really neat! short and sweet. particularly had a lot of fun repeatedly warping to travel super quickly."},{"author_name":"KhaoTom","author_uid":"7425","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:35am","epoch":1355718600,"text":"Nice little puzzles, perfect game length, beautiful sound. Really good work."},{"author_name":"arkeus","author_uid":"4155","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:53am","epoch":1355719680,"text":"I loved how even though it was short with limited abilities how you managed to come up with neat little puzzles. I seemed to do things complicated, and afterwards realized what I probably was supposed to do instead. I don't think putting a block on the knight's face was correct though..."},{"author_name":"deathray","author_uid":"17861","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:56am","epoch":1355719860,"text":"Great ideas and wonderful art style! \r<br\/>I got stuck at my first battle with the archer though."},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:58am","epoch":1355719980,"text":"Oh you clever you."},{"author_name":"caasi","author_uid":"17875","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:02am","epoch":1355720220,"text":"Poor knight, can't go though the wall :p"},{"author_name":"teh_eria","author_uid":"7744","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:11am","epoch":1355720760,"text":"The ability mechanics played nicely with each other once I got used to them. Short and sweet. Nice job."},{"author_name":"Freakill","author_uid":"14167","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:57am","epoch":1355723520,"text":"I really liked the game. Despite being short mechanics are good and puzzles are nice. A little bit buggy (had to restart some times because teleportation inside castle made the game crash some times :(). But I can imagine a longer game with this plot and mechanics :D"},{"author_name":"Smaxx","author_uid":"19197","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:46am","epoch":1355744460,"text":"Really nice game, although I'm having some tiling issue (gaps between tiles running on a Nvidia GTX 680 and 1920x1200 desktop resolution). Think I'd blame subpixel precision on that (make sure to draw your stuff exactly at whole pixels\/rounded)."},{"author_name":"jsmars","author_uid":"3933","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1355749740,"text":"Great platformer and the tiny feel to the whole experience. Would be fun there was more levels too :)"},{"author_name":"karlin","author_uid":"18552","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:02pm","epoch":1355774220,"text":"@Smaxx Thanks, think I've managed to fix it. I'm gonna fix up a few other things and upload it to the main page next week."},{"author_name":"steamgirl","author_uid":"12097","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:02am","epoch":1355788620,"text":"I can't seem to figure out the controls. If I select 1,2, or 3 it doesn't seem to actually use the spells? Other than that - lovely graphics. Nice touches that make it feel more alive."},{"author_name":"Edocentrique","author_uid":"18304","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:06am","epoch":1355788860,"text":"Spells were usefull, art is great, game mechanics are well done.. a good entry !"},{"author_name":"Sam Driver","author_uid":"2595","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:07am","epoch":1355788920,"text":"Really nice and tidy game. Tight design.\r<br\/>Had a small graphical glitch for me which created tiny gaps between the map's tiles."},{"author_name":"barkergames","author_uid":"17604","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 12:38am","epoch":1355790780,"text":"I must say, this is the best one I have played so far!\r<br\/>Awesome Job!"},{"author_name":"saguaro","author_uid":"14557","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:23am","epoch":1355793480,"text":"Very nice!"},{"author_name":"WiseGAMER","author_uid":"15721","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:56pm","epoch":1355853060,"text":"Very simple and creative .. I lol at the end"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:56pm","epoch":1355874660,"text":"It looks great and the spells complement each other really well! There could have been more puzzles but being short is better than being too long."},{"author_name":"blob","author_uid":"12252","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 2:39am","epoch":1356057240,"text":"Hehe, that was funny. The fact that you cant play with Arrow keys and the forced full screen made it very difficult to play on an AZERTY keyboard ( couldnt change the keyboard language mode for this because of the fullscreen). But cool art and I can see how you could use those 3 simple spells for a lot of nice game mechanics."},{"author_name":"karlin","author_uid":"18552","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 3:13am","epoch":1356059280,"text":"@blob Sorry about that,\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I've just uploaded a new version at http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/12\/20\/unsave-the-princess-post-mortem-post-compo-status-01\/ which supports the arrow keys for movement, numpad 0,1,2 &amp; 3 for choosing spells and ctrl to restart from the last checkpoint."},{"author_name":"bitwise-constructs","author_uid":"14345","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 4:15am","epoch":1356063000,"text":"Perfect small game."},{"author_name":"feili","author_uid":"19354","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:59am","epoch":1356083640,"text":"Awesome little game! :D"},{"author_name":"StoneMonkeyStudios","author_uid":"15650","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 10:53am","epoch":1356086880,"text":"Fun game!  Neat little abilities, and it's great to feel largely unrestricted in their use."},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 11:01am","epoch":1356087360,"text":"Excellent! Nicely done - really enjoyed the graphics and style. There seemed to be a bug(?) with the tiles on the first level (they all had small black lines around the outside)."},{"author_name":"ArkadyDracul","author_uid":"14249","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1356106140,"text":"Great game, seriously!"},{"author_name":"nilstastic","author_uid":"2443","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 8:47pm","epoch":1356122520,"text":"Good: Excellent graphics and good gameplay. I (naturally) like that you can change the level. Also, awesome clouds!\r<br\/>Improve: I think there was some grahical glitches (as you stated)."},{"author_name":"Atomic","author_uid":"1556","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 1:03am","epoch":1356137880,"text":"Cool mechanics, reminds me of Trine. I'd certainly play a more complete version with the bugs ironed out. Bugs: tile borders showing up everywhere, when you die the previsouly spawned fireballs are still there."},{"author_name":"Gornova","author_uid":"2572","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1356276240,"text":"it's too easy, I mean there is a more difficult mode? Anyway a good platformer!"}],"images":["ld25\/18552-981972637b0baaf4e73bdb70876c738c.jpg","ld25\/18552-8979ef5a19d1bf95856467568e08101b.jpg","ld25\/18552-967e58cf6b95aaf64457af90f56c70b4.jpg","ld25\/18552-49028cc7f3ddef4d228e801817dd8d94.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?h5i8dw2uh6m29tj","text":"Post-compo Version"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?85an23d07z4hcj9","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?74uyayuayhd3zw7","text":"Windows (rar)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?do45zgf3miduc5z","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/12\/20\/unsave-the-princess-postmortem-post-compo-status\/","text":"Postmortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27642","g_author":"18552","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27672","g_title":"Unsave the Princess","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"74","g_commentcount":"29","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\/18552-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/18552-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/18552-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/18552-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Play as an evil wizard attempting to escape from a knight seeking revenge.\r\n\r\nDidn't really get a chance to flesh out the game as much as I'd have liked but learned lots and had lots of fun!. There's one or two bugs, but they shouldn't cause too many problems.\r\n\r\nThanks for looking!\r\nAny feedback would be greatly appreciated, would love to develop this game further.\r\n\r\nControls\r\nPress 1,2 & 3 to cycle through your active spell\r\n1 - Fireball\r\n2 - Summon Block\r\n3 - Teleport\r\nLeft click to use active spell\r\nWASD to move\r\nesc to quit\r\n\r\nedit: found a small bug which occurs on some graphics cards (there's small gaps between the tiles), I'll upload a fixed version post-compo.<\/p>","title":"Unsave the Princess"}