{"author_link":"\/author\/keybol\/","author_name":"keybol","author_uid":"12926","comments":[{"author_name":"bms","author_uid":"7087","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:36am","epoch":1335313860,"text":"WOW really emotional game. I loved it."},{"author_name":"vigrid","author_uid":"10441","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:38am","epoch":1335313980,"text":"Wow, at first I thought this game looks like garbage, but I decided to give it a try anyway - I got hooked and finished it. Great mood and great music. Graphics are exactly what they need to be for this type of game - leaving to imagination, what needs to be left. Kudos!"},{"author_name":"seagaia","author_uid":"7853","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 5:30am","epoch":1335331500,"text":"I really, really like your song that you wrote for it. You should use all these little mechanics in another game..."},{"author_name":"homnom","author_uid":"11149","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:51pm","epoch":1335357960,"text":"Not sure if it's a spoof of art games or an honest entry, either way, quite nice."},{"author_name":"StarLight","author_uid":"7065","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1335358020,"text":"it's awesome!"},{"author_name":"free_napalm","author_uid":"12423","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:56pm","epoch":1335358260,"text":"Every level was nice to play, and the last level made it great."},{"author_name":"Casino Jack","author_uid":"11139","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:07pm","epoch":1335387720,"text":"Fantastic entry considering you spent less than 10% of the available time on it. I'd love to see this with a few more levels and some art to match the mood."},{"author_name":"Bread","author_uid":"12857","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:35am","epoch":1335400200,"text":"I really liked this. I feel like the minimalist art-style really added to the theme of the game."},{"author_name":"Pixelulsar","author_uid":"10737","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1335471720,"text":"Love the music and the the story.  It would be cool to see what other puzzles you would add if you had more time."},{"author_name":"FredericRP","author_uid":"4277","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 10:00am","epoch":1335520500,"text":"A wonderful game, a great message and top realisation !"},{"author_name":"Make A Game","author_uid":"5631","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 10:32am","epoch":1335522420,"text":"I'm also not sure if this is meant as a honest interactive hipster love poem or a joke but I love it anyway. You entertained me to the end and then I spammed my friends with it."},{"author_name":"royvanrijn","author_uid":"12129","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1335532320,"text":"Deep.... nice!"},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:00pm","epoch":1335545700,"text":"Great! Maybe use slightly less simple graphics, like rounded rectangle or less flashy colors. The music and mood are superb. The title makes me not sure about the intention, but both ways are well done."},{"author_name":"MaximSchoemaker","author_uid":"11306","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 6:33pm","epoch":1335551280,"text":"Absolutely lovely! ^^ even if you're taking the piss it was still beautiful :P"},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1335555660,"text":"Came here via http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/sv636\/pretentious_game_help_the_blue_block_reach_his\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loved it :)"},{"author_name":"Puzzlem00n","author_uid":"11003","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 12:28am","epoch":1335572580,"text":"You see, the funny thing is, this reminds me of the game I wish I had made."},{"author_name":"nate427","author_uid":"7563","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 1:09am","epoch":1335575040,"text":"Loved it. This should win."},{"author_name":"rhburrows","author_uid":"11744","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:34am","epoch":1335583740,"text":"Wow, not only was the story touching but the simple game-play was fun enough that even though I got interrupted half way through I really wanted to come back to finish. Fantastic!"},{"author_name":"midnightrose77","author_uid":"13375","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:09am","epoch":1335585840,"text":"To be honest, I also didn't click on this game because of its graphics but because of it's popularity on kongregate I gave it a change. I was touched, it really shows off the theme in a very simplistic and beautiful way."},{"author_name":"oddgoo","author_uid":"6590","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 12:00pm","epoch":1335614100,"text":"I hate to be &quot;that guy&quot;, but you cannot use someone else's music in the 48 Hour Compo. In this case, Kevin Macleod's.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Very nice ending nonetheless!"},{"author_name":"firstrowgames","author_uid":"12558","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 9:54pm","epoch":1335736140,"text":"awesome game."},{"author_name":"matt","author_uid":"7275","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1335885720,"text":"What a nice game."},{"author_name":"Keirua","author_uid":"12584","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1335886440,"text":"Wow ! The minimalistic style really does magic here !"},{"author_name":"Alexandre","author_uid":"11209","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1335888300,"text":"Simple game, but I liked the story, music and puzzles!"},{"author_name":"kylerhoades","author_uid":"3495","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1335888900,"text":"how very pretentious"},{"author_name":"refreshcreations","author_uid":"6823","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1335906300,"text":"Really enojyed this game, it's great, yup!"},{"author_name":"LukeRissacher","author_uid":"10956","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 2:26am","epoch":1335925260,"text":"Wow - really inspiring. Loved that. Great use of gameplay as a metaphor."},{"author_name":"rvmook","author_uid":"8418","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 10:49am","epoch":1335955440,"text":"Great mood and fun to play aswell"},{"author_name":"getRandomName()","author_uid":"12867","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 2:49pm","epoch":1335969840,"text":"Really great game."},{"author_name":"namuol","author_uid":"12236","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 7:24pm","epoch":1335986340,"text":"Nicely done! I love &quot;pretentious&quot; games. ;)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Doesn't exactly fit the theme, but the simple &quot;mechanics&quot; make for an succinct emotional experience."},{"author_name":"VDOgamez","author_uid":"1634","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 12:15am","epoch":1336090200,"text":"Wow, that really WAS a pretentious game. I feel bad for doubting you. That's not to say it wasn't good. I liked having to figure out the change in mechanics from the text. The music is good, too."},{"author_name":"tcstyle","author_uid":"4834","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1336162860,"text":"I personally don't like games like this but it's very well executed. The soundtrack is great. \r<br\/>How did you manage to record some music like this within 48 hours?"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 10:00pm","epoch":1336168500,"text":"This game is simply beautiful."},{"author_name":"Zillix","author_uid":"2460","time":"May 5, 2012 @ 8:03am","epoch":1336204680,"text":"Really spot on."},{"author_name":"keenblaze","author_uid":"5729","time":"May 5, 2012 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1336240500,"text":"Great!!!"},{"author_name":"gritfish","author_uid":"10705","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 1:59am","epoch":1336269240,"text":"Every level introduces some new mechanic - I kept expecting it to run out, or combine ideas, but it kept suprising me. Very good."},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1336311420,"text":"Simple, but very effective. Reminds me One and One Story, which is a great game too."},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 2:05pm","epoch":1336485600,"text":"The game is fun to play, only with minimal graphics. The music is wonderful. I really like it. But the game rules are unclear and not consistant."},{"author_name":"azurenimbus","author_uid":"12119","time":"May 10, 2012 @ 4:19am","epoch":1336623240,"text":"Just great. No suggestions, I think it's perfect. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>As a parody of sorts, this turned out to be quite amazing on its own. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I don't know if the author will ever say what he had in mind, but I think it's a definite take on One and One Store, which is also great. I think the mechanics explored here are way more interesting, though."},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1336762560,"text":"Excellent game! It starts where most similar games start, but takes the concept few steps further. Bravo!"},{"author_name":"mcc","author_uid":"4987","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 2:06am","epoch":1336960860,"text":"This was pretty neat but it is um sort of pretentious"},{"author_name":"Jack","author_uid":"7315","time":"May 15, 2012 @ 11:48am","epoch":1337082180,"text":"ok that was a clever ending xD"}],"images":["ld23\/12926-fe31d2e76e6474865d9fd7cc1e9d7c2e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/67935117\/main.swf","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/67935117\/main.swf","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/67935117\/LudumDarePretentiousGame.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30124","g_author":"12926","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30154","g_title":"Pretentious Game","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"48","g_commentcount":"42","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\/\/123793\/12926-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I used my platformer engine built around WCK-Box2d\r\n\r\nThe game is on reddit r\/gaming hot\r\nhttp:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/sv636\/pretentious_game_help_the_blue_block_reach_his\/\r\n\r\nAlso frontpaged with badge on Kongregate\r\nand Newgrounds frontpage<\/p>","title":"Pretentious Game"}