{"author_link":"\/author\/ripter\/","author_name":"ripter","author_uid":"3640","comments":[{"author_name":"Falkreon","author_uid":"5762","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:39am","epoch":1355718840,"text":"Cannot rate. The provided OS\/X app is a "classic" app, and so basically no mac purchased in the last eight to ten years can run it."},{"author_name":"ripter","author_uid":"3640","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:51am","epoch":1355719560,"text":"It's not a "classic" app, My system is 10.7.4 and it also runs on Snow Leopard. Are you getting some kind of error message?"},{"author_name":"ripter","author_uid":"3640","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:00am","epoch":1355720100,"text":"@Falkreon I had the wrong value in the plist. It's fixed now. Don't know why it didn't say anything on my machine."},{"author_name":"Crowbeak","author_uid":"16689","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:20am","epoch":1355721300,"text":"This feels like a good start to a game to me. Since all the player does is choose where to go and let pseudorandom code decide what happens, I feel like there isn't enough player agency. It's very nice, though, for what it is."},{"author_name":"Ashkin","author_uid":"1722","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:27am","epoch":1355721720,"text":"While the idea is interesting, the game lacks challenge. Really, all you're doing is clicking in the correct sequence so that you can amass enough forces to storm the next town. However, it would be interesting if the actual fight against the town could be played out, with the outcome changing based on how skillfully you command your troops."},{"author_name":"raincole","author_uid":"17708","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:51am","epoch":1355723160,"text":"In this game there are many kinds of minions, but I can't really understand what are their differences and what kind I should to collect next time. It would be good if you use less kinds and emphasize their characteristics."},{"author_name":"Gravity Games","author_uid":"17764","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 2:40pm","epoch":1355754900,"text":"I personally liked this one. The random encounters are often at least slightly humorous, and the turn based gameplay suits this game well. I really enjoyed building up a massive army; but this unfortunately leads to my main complaint about this game, its too easy. After a few minutes, your undead army will be so large that its nearly unstoppable, and because of that, I flew through the rest of the game. It was really fun, but I hope if you continue this game, you either make it longer or more challenging (but preferably both)."},{"author_name":"iiAtlas","author_uid":"18452","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:03am","epoch":1355803080,"text":"Couldn't run on OSX, but ran fine on the 'ol PC. Had a lot of fun playing. The graphics have their charm, but the blank text fields are quite lackluster. All in all pretty fun!"},{"author_name":"Dioiminik","author_uid":"16076","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 4:30pm","epoch":1355847900,"text":"First of: I really enjoy playing your game and actually caught myself playing a little longer than I should have ;). But there are some balancing issues I think (You can "farm" good events it seems like and sometimes you can't go back to the previous waypoint, because the map scrolls too far..."},{"author_name":"Milo","author_uid":"2934","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 2:50am","epoch":1355885100,"text":"I like that your game takes place on a graph - it's unique. However, I didn't feel like there was enough choices for me to make - if I couldn't defeat a town, but there were no other towns to go after, I'd just have to go between two nodes and get random events."},{"author_name":"h.attila","author_uid":"8403","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:02am","epoch":1355885820,"text":"It's a good idea, but I think it's too easy. Some sound effects and music could've been added, too."},{"author_name":"goulding57","author_uid":"18642","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:15am","epoch":1355886600,"text":"Cool idea. I thought it was pretty great for 48 hrs. Could be a fun mobile game with some added interactive features."},{"author_name":"GameRespect","author_uid":"17760","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:29am","epoch":1355887440,"text":"Love the concept, had a good time just reading what happened at each node, though a larger variety of nodes\/castles and some sound would have been even more awesome!"},{"author_name":"Birchmountain","author_uid":"10933","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1356038640,"text":"This game has a very ambitious feel to it and is very enjoy able. Got to a part where i needed two ghasts but i only had one, searched everywhere but couldn't find one. I think it has a lot of potential!"},{"author_name":"TakeNapEveryday","author_uid":"18126","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 3:45am","epoch":1356147600,"text":"I could see myself playing a fully developed game like this."},{"author_name":"TakeNapEveryday","author_uid":"18126","time":"Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:00am","epoch":1356148500,"text":"Just wanted to add that I also tried this on my Mac (10.6.8) and it worked fine."},{"author_name":"ceronman","author_uid":"4896","time":"Dec 27, 2012 @ 1:57am","epoch":1356573120,"text":"Interesting concept and nice graphics. But I think the game needs more control over things to be fun"}],"images":["ld25\/3640-2a85afa0706a5ebe172bceb2771e3bfc.jpg","ld25\/3640-d6be4222431f7672c21e0af0ed451eab.jpg","ld25\/3640-5e70acf888545abfbea65263fc7b475e.jpg","ld25\/3640-37475b34517c639df08d36230223ec39.jpg","ld25\/3640-2fee5599b6f85363a645f000632fd611.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/27724092\/ld25\/minions.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/27724092\/ld25\/minons.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/27724092\/ld25\/minions.love","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27653","g_author":"3640","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"27683","g_title":"Minions","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"340","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\/3640-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/3640-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/3640-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/3640-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/3640-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Try to take over the world by conquering three castles. Get zombies, giants, dragons, and even goats to join your army of destruction.\r\n\r\nTo Play:\r\nClick on an adjacent node to try and move there. Empty nodes are random encounters. You can visit them as many times as you want.\r\n\r\nNote:\r\nThe Ok button on the Win\/Lose screen does nothing. You just have to close the program.<\/p>","title":"Minions"}