{"author_link":"\/author\/volute\/","author_name":"Volute","author_uid":"11243","comments":[{"author_name":"stevesefchick","author_uid":"14257","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 2:36am","epoch":1346121060,"text":"great level design! i love the simplicity of the characters."},{"author_name":"LemonTree","author_uid":"16595","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:31am","epoch":1346138760,"text":"cool game! very interesting and fun story! thanks a lot!"},{"author_name":"braingale","author_uid":"16579","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:57am","epoch":1346140320,"text":"Simple, no frills fun. There was a nice bit of variety in the level design as well. I dug the cutscenes a lot.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>-PostPre"},{"author_name":"Adbook","author_uid":"15476","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 8:03am","epoch":1346140680,"text":"Simple and efficient !"},{"author_name":"infinitedog","author_uid":"16484","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 8:20am","epoch":1346141700,"text":"Great work! I think I met the bad ending :P but it's a cool story. Hard platforms levels, I love it!"},{"author_name":"MortalWombat","author_uid":"14060","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 2:09pm","epoch":1346162640,"text":"Wow! Your game left me feeling utterly confused, empty, and somehow mentally destabilized... i love it ._.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great, great humor - I initially wanted to tell you about your floaty movement mechanic and sometimes repetitive level design elements but this crazy weird story just made up for everything.\r<br\/>You had me laughing for the first time this LD - it's just awesome how your characters and the whole game are constantly mocking themselves. Very enjoyable!"},{"author_name":"entrusC","author_uid":"15445","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 2:59pm","epoch":1346165640,"text":"Really good level design! And a nice varity of block types that make the game fun."},{"author_name":"ButtercupSaiyan","author_uid":"4948","time":"Aug 28, 2012 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1346183340,"text":"Haha, I love the hook and story. Talk about loaded questions with those options, though!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The platforming is solid for prototyping but I got used to seeing &quot;PRESS ENTER TO RESTART THE LEVEL&quot; ..."},{"author_name":"CappaGames","author_uid":"12184","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 4:07pm","epoch":1346256120,"text":"Nice game. I liked the story, I was compelled to finish it."},{"author_name":"Haddy22","author_uid":"14967","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 6:20pm","epoch":1346264100,"text":"Clever little story.  Entertained me- and nice use of Kittens ;)"},{"author_name":"RARoadkill","author_uid":"13308","time":"Aug 29, 2012 @ 11:40pm","epoch":1346283300,"text":"Fantastic game."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 12:13am","epoch":1346285280,"text":"good game -- first ld24 i played all the way thru -- kept me coming back for more."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 6:28pm","epoch":1346350980,"text":"I played twice to get the two endings, and I must tell you this is brillant.\r<br\/>The game is good of course, it's a sweet platformer, challenging and all, but the story makes it even greater. But you know what is the greatest ? That choice at the beginning of the game! Having to chose the ending at the very beginning is a really frustrating and interesting idea."},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 10:27pm","epoch":1346365320,"text":"Great game!\r<br\/>Love the graphics, the sound, control and the story :)"},{"author_name":"littleball","author_uid":"14756","time":"Aug 30, 2012 @ 10:30pm","epoch":1346365500,"text":"This was hard (which was good). Well done, and thanks!"},{"author_name":"gnx","author_uid":"8333","time":"Aug 31, 2012 @ 6:27pm","epoch":1346437320,"text":"Really nice graphics and subtle use of sound. Story was realized really well and the cutscenes were a definite highlight.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unfortunately the floaty movement combined with constant jumping levels turned me off from the nice presentation."},{"author_name":"Kurama_Youko","author_uid":"1572","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 2:19pm","epoch":1346681640,"text":"Great game, loved the story!!"},{"author_name":"Dan C","author_uid":"2445","time":"Sep 3, 2012 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1346683440,"text":"Nice graphics and cute cut scenes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The game itself is a chore to play though :(. The controls are awkward and the levels feel really repetitive. If you shortened the levels so the player gets to see new stuff a bit more quickly, that should help. I think the player movement needs some tuning to be fun too, but I'm not sure exactly what is missing.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Unfortunately I got fed up with the gameplay before I got to the end so I guess I probably missed some of the best stuff. Sorry :(."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1346883300,"text":"Nice story! The dialogue is tigh, I didn't want to skip it that much :).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Love the bit in the level-design where you see the time-machine, but then it turns out it's far more distant than first anticipated"},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Sep 5, 2012 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1346883840,"text":"Nice platformer with challenging levels! Fun story, but, somehow I wish that the 2 endings were more different."},{"author_name":"Steinheide","author_uid":"17216","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 12:15pm","epoch":1347106200,"text":"Great humor, simple but nice gameplay and eary sounds. I love it!"},{"author_name":"Sgt Squirrelly","author_uid":"14165","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 5:48pm","epoch":1347126180,"text":"Loved the story, and the platforming wasn't bad either. I don't use all caps often, but THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING CHECKPOINTS. It seems like a luxury feature when your working over a weekend, but there's no way I would have played to completion without them. Great job!"},{"author_name":"schnerble","author_uid":"11560","time":"Sep 8, 2012 @ 6:17pm","epoch":1347127920,"text":"Nicely done.  The graphical style works very well :)"},{"author_name":"airdeck","author_uid":"7063","time":"Sep 9, 2012 @ 4:56am","epoch":1347166260,"text":"Amazing job!"},{"author_name":"ncannasse","author_uid":"8497","time":"Sep 12, 2012 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1347451920,"text":"That's a pretty nice game, didn't finished it yet but there seems to be a lot of content. The platformer parts are a bit long however, I would have prefer to advance in the story faster."},{"author_name":"ConflictiveLabs","author_uid":"15810","time":"Sep 16, 2012 @ 10:45pm","epoch":1347835200,"text":"I EFFIN' LOVED THE GAME! :) Amazingly well done. Lovely graphics, neat humor, cool atmospheric music\/sounds. I played it from start to end despite the fact I suck at platformers (really, I died once for each kitty in the temple)."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 8:38am","epoch":1347870780,"text":"The game seemed great but the controls plus the really tricky levels finally made me rage quit. It took a long time though, I died to lasers like 500 times before I finally tossed in the towel. The game is great, just make the character a little less slidey!"},{"author_name":"dector","author_uid":"9598","time":"Sep 17, 2012 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1347916140,"text":"Great game! Best score! :)\r<br\/>But pls, make option for switching after-death-screen-fading. I'm not skilled player and die often. And after death screen fading nervous me. :("}],"images":["ld24\/11243-ae7d4e6c0347a8aace96ff6db3406d65.jpg","ld24\/11243-557ca8f5c6d0a70cf700312d5dde2d43.jpg","ld24\/11243-d42755d99b14feae5149b2a42bf370a0.jpg","ld24\/11243-1d7a05dbcfcd3031b60532b1842eb15d.jpg","ld24\/11243-b2d43e1e7502f68a03077b7ce9dbe3da.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/stormalligator.com\/evolution\/","text":"Play the web version"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"29271","g_author":"11243","g_event":"LD24","g_eventkey":"12","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"29301","g_title":"Lucas's Quest Backwards","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"36","g_commentcount":"28","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\/\/163678\/11243-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/11243-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/11243-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/11243-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/163678\/11243-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Does evolution of mankind always go forward ? What about backwards and sideways ?\r\nIn the year 35 000 something, the humans have changed a lot. Lucas dreams about the humans from before and wishes he could live with them... \r\n... and why not be like them.\r\n\r\nLucas's Quest Backwards is a platformer game with a story about love, time travel and pursuit of the self.\r\nThere are 2 endings to discover !\r\n\r\n[X], [UP] : jump\r\n[C], [SPACE] : fire (if you have chosen the path of violence)\r\n\r\n** This game includes kittens. **\r\n\r\nLevel design by Ygwee.\r\n\r\n******************\r\nOur twitter account : http:\/\/twitter.com\/StormAlligator\r\nFollow our projects on our website : http:\/\/stormalligator.com\/\r\n\r\n******************<\/p>","title":"Lucas's Quest Backwards"}