{"author_link":"\/author\/mcfunkypants\/","author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","comments":[{"author_name":"rumachine","author_uid":"19333","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1355696100,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"TheSheep","author_uid":"11694","time":"Dec 16, 2012 @ 11:03pm","epoch":1355698680,"text":"Very nice idea and a good use of the LPC tiles."},{"author_name":"thristhart","author_uid":"3164","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:24am","epoch":1355717940,"text":"The random starting positions made it feel too luck-based at first, but I eventually started winning consistently when I started taking into account the fact that they move as I place obstacles. I knew my TD mazing skills would come in handy! Take that, mom."},{"author_name":"Faust","author_uid":"18319","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:54am","epoch":1355719740,"text":"This is excellent"},{"author_name":"CoffeeOnimal","author_uid":"1643","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:16am","epoch":1355731860,"text":"Thank you for making a game that can tell me my "torments were perfectly executed!" I haven't felt such evil glee in a long time ;)\rGreat game!"},{"author_name":"NuSan","author_uid":"18943","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 8:28am","epoch":1355732580,"text":"Nice graph and interesting concept"},{"author_name":"zedutchgandalf","author_uid":"18216","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:26am","epoch":1355739660,"text":"The levels won't load in Firefox on Mac (the intro and map load just fine). But they do in Safari.\rThe game is very nice, though!\rMy only complaint is that sometimes it can be a bit hard to see whether they can walk over a certain tile or not (especially on Thando Shores)"},{"author_name":"bradleypollard","author_uid":"17874","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:59pm","epoch":1355763240,"text":"Art is nice, concept is certainly unique (it's a strategy game masked by the theme of love) and it fits the theme well. Good job!"},{"author_name":"loren","author_uid":"17687","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1355768460,"text":"Nice! This was a lot of fun, such a cool idea."},{"author_name":"Xavier","author_uid":"15692","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1355769600,"text":"Good job! Like so much how you've played with Pathfinding concept!"},{"author_name":"Atomic","author_uid":"1556","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1355771760,"text":"Great idea, had never played anything like this before! Sometimes you can't tell what's a tile and what's not, specially on the easter island one. Doesn't run in FF 17.0.1, had to use Chrome (argh). Great game overall!"},{"author_name":"Tanner","author_uid":"12078","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:46am","epoch":1355809260,"text":"After playing this game... i now know that there should be another level of evil behind the lawful evil sphere called funkypants evil.\r\rMost realistic depiction of what evil really means."},{"author_name":"Oreganik","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 5:50am","epoch":1355809500,"text":"Simply incredible. Authentically fun and engaging, very good looking presentation... all around great."},{"author_name":"Oreganik","author_uid":"12485","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 6:00am","epoch":1355810100,"text":"BTW: there are problems in Firefox 17.0.1 on OS X 10.7.5. Levels (specifically Jolly Island, I didn't test others) don't fully load. Worked fine in Chrome."},{"author_name":"Beerman","author_uid":"5206","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 11:48pm","epoch":1355874180,"text":"Incredibly frustrating - always a sign of a good puzzle game!\rGreat idea, well executed - nice job."},{"author_name":"Keevor","author_uid":"7162","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 12:37am","epoch":1355877120,"text":"Love it! very addictive. I assume you can't win."},{"author_name":"McFunkypants","author_uid":"2297","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 6:33am","epoch":1355898480,"text":"Thanks for all the kind words! I just fixed the bug in Firefox and other browsers. It should work "everywhere" now. It was a single line change: just two bytes difference. =D"},{"author_name":"ahmed.majd","author_uid":"19071","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 11:26am","epoch":1355916060,"text":"Good idea, somewho, hard to play, but good."},{"author_name":"SamoojaMies","author_uid":"11043","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 11:36am","epoch":1355916660,"text":"Smart game! Outstanding art also. Very solid."},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1355923320,"text":"Really nice game mechanics!\rMusic and graphics is great as well!"},{"author_name":"NostraDamon","author_uid":"13211","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1355945940,"text":"The idea is excellent and I had fun to play it, but I really think you should display a grid of "walkable" tiles."},{"author_name":"michax","author_uid":"14308","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1355949120,"text":"Hahaha :) Truly great idea for game mechanics. Damn those lovers!"},{"author_name":"Jesse Freeman","author_uid":"6843","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1355951100,"text":"Great game idea, totally different then I would expect. Well executed!"},{"author_name":"Mythalore","author_uid":"12844","time":"Dec 19, 2012 @ 10:16pm","epoch":1355955060,"text":"Nice take on the theme and well executed!"},{"author_name":"ahm99","author_uid":"11270","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 2:59am","epoch":1355972040,"text":"That was interesting, good job :)"},{"author_name":"Dir3kt","author_uid":"12434","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 8:20am","epoch":1355991300,"text":"Great idea well executed :) Especially like the idea of driving the lovers apart without making it impossible!\r\rOne little detail, sometimes it's hard to know if a rock makes it impossible or not. Some kind of grid would have helped there."},{"author_name":"Hatscat","author_uid":"10471","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 10:55am","epoch":1356000600,"text":"Really evil! hehe ^^ great game, very nice!"},{"author_name":"Winterblood","author_uid":"4051","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1356047640,"text":"Great concept, beautifully executed! Frequent confusion whether a rock will block the route or not, though - could do with the grid being clearer. Also some random start positions really hard to beat. Enjoying playing it though! <bookmarks>"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Dec 23, 2012 @ 5:45am","epoch":1356241200,"text":"Neat concept with trying to keep two lovers apart. I think there's an idea here worth exploring but currently the mechanics are a little off. I sort of blindly clicked as thinking about a path seemed like too much work (grid too large?) I think it may just be too hard to see the path, or that people aren't willing to try that hard without easier ramp up from smaller areas? In any case, good idea and would pursue it some more."},{"author_name":"krutech","author_uid":"17672","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1356471240,"text":"Fun mechanic. Won a couple of times. Had to see all the areas because the tiles are really nice."},{"author_name":"recursive frog","author_uid":"8342","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 6:02am","epoch":1356674220,"text":"Hah, this reminds me a little of pierrec's entry about the League of Mildly Annoying supervillains. I enjoy that you managed to stay true to the theme without resorting to shock value, and that you took a non-obvious route to get there (much like the lovers have to!)\r\rReally quality entry. Not much I can offer in the way of improvements on this concept."},{"author_name":"davidwparker","author_uid":"7737","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 5:46pm","epoch":1356716460,"text":"Great idea. I love the use of algorithms :)"},{"author_name":"refreshcreations","author_uid":"6823","time":"Dec 30, 2012 @ 1:05am","epoch":1356829200,"text":"A* pathfinding the game! haha, had fun playing through this one, really nice spritework, the bgm adds to the mood and there's some nice strategic play involved, huzzah! I occasionally mistook the half tiles as walkable on the Moai Island level but aside from that lil thing, really groovy!"},{"author_name":"fishbrain","author_uid":"3007","time":"Dec 30, 2012 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1356876240,"text":"Innovative idea, and gorgeous graphics! Nicely Done!"},{"author_name":"Joseph Miller","author_uid":"18230","time":"Dec 31, 2012 @ 7:37pm","epoch":1356982320,"text":"Great game. I love the innovative mechanic and the interpretation of villainy. There were a lot of nice looking assets, and the title screen is very nice. I wish there were more tools at my disposal other than just rocks, but it's a minor complaint."},{"author_name":"tripleVisionGames","author_uid":"12495","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1357480560,"text":"I enjoyed the puzzling of this and I like the art you've done for it (or that Johannes has done)"},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Jan 6, 2013 @ 9:22pm","epoch":1357507020,"text":"Great concept, great execution - though I think the random starting positions make it a bit too unpredictable. A level can go from super challenging to trivial the next time you try it."}],"images":["ld25\/2297-7770eda61fcb8c78959385b8ba052e0e.jpg","ld25\/2297-1bb600df4e43e409cf7a73b0ce17ea8a.jpg","ld25\/2297-b4c48678b7bc882157aa129136ab76d2.jpg","ld25\/2297-9760fe7849ffce10a7ec7d8ec2acbadb.jpg","ld25\/2297-aaaa752754ab5bfe6db355f21bc8a14a.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mcfunkypants.com\/LD25\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"27916","g_author":"2297","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"27946","g_title":"Pathos","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"44","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\/\/201083\/2297-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/2297-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/2297-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/2297-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/2297-shot4.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Pathos - by McFunkypants\r\n\r\nA tragic love story and pathfinding puzzle game.\r\n\r\nThe brave Princess Pea is on a quest to rescue her one true love, Sir Mushroom.\r\n\r\nTorment them by building a labyrinth.\r\n\r\nCan you drive the lovers apart without making it impossible?\r\n\r\n\/\/ Art Credits:\r\n\/\/ Johannes Sjolund\r\n\/\/ Luke Mehl\r\n\/\/ FantasyMapMaker\r\n\/\/ Music Credits: \r\n\/\/ Piotr Pawlowski\r\n\/\/ Sound Effects by SFXR\r\n\/\/ All assets are either public domain or CC-BY-ATTR\r\n\r\n\/\/ Grateful thanks to the artists above and everyone\r\n\/\/ who participated in the LPC at opengameart.org\r\n\/\/ as well as the Ludum Dare and #onegameamonth communities.\r\n\r\nWritten in HTML5 (javascript) using canvas. Levels designed using TILED export to JSON data. The maps are done in two layers, one for background tiles like grass and flowers, and a second that represents objects that can block pathfinding.\r\n\r\nThere are 5 levels that you can select from on an overworld fantasy map, with a bonus level that is randomly generated.\r\n\r\nThis is a turn based strategy game that uses the a-star pathfinding AI algorithm as the base mechanic. Two lovers are randomly placed in the terrain and your job is to spawn new walls in such as way that instead of walking closer to each other for a tender reunion, our intrepid lovers are driven farther and farther apart.\r\n\r\nThe strategy here is that you can't make it completely impossible for them to reach each other. A true villainous spirit wants to have them never lose all hope - to never give up - but to experience the heartbreak of a love that is just out of reach.\r\n\r\nI hope you like it! I had so much fun making this. Thanks to the Ludum Dare community for being so awesome.\r\n\r\nP.S. Your new year's resolution: join www.onegameamonth.com in 2013! Follow the hashtag #1GAM or #onegameamonth on twitter. We've created a community of game jammers with OVER 1000 MEMBERS. Join us!\r\n\r\nKind regards,\r\n\r\nChrister Kaitila\r\n(@McFunkypants)<\/p>","title":"Pathos"}