{"author_link":"\/author\/pgil\/","author_name":"pgil","author_uid":"1604","comments":[{"author_name":"m4c0","author_uid":"9984","time":"Apr 22, 2012 @ 8:52pm","epoch":1335127620,"text":"Fantastic! I got chills at the end!"},{"author_name":"mmarcati","author_uid":"12451","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 12:07am","epoch":1335139320,"text":"Great ambiance!!!"},{"author_name":"pgil","author_uid":"1604","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 12:28am","epoch":1335140580,"text":"Uploaded a new version before the deadline... It just fixes some graphical glitches :)"},{"author_name":"Seasons","author_uid":"11463","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 6:46am","epoch":1335163260,"text":"Bravo pgil. That was great."},{"author_name":"YMM","author_uid":"1176","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 7:26am","epoch":1335165660,"text":"Lots of love put into this one. Good work :)"},{"author_name":"SidetrackGames","author_uid":"12036","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 7:31am","epoch":1335165960,"text":"Brilliant!"},{"author_name":"mastazavr","author_uid":"4662","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 7:56am","epoch":1335167460,"text":"Great game!"},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 8:13am","epoch":1335168480,"text":"graphics are very C64 like.. love it!, very nice, enjoyed it and completed it ;)"},{"author_name":"tinymagus","author_uid":"11478","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 8:27am","epoch":1335169320,"text":"Excellent pixel art. Good ending."},{"author_name":"LukeRissacher","author_uid":"10956","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 9:16am","epoch":1335172260,"text":"Sweet - love the music, top notch. And great simple communication of a story without the usual excessive pontification."},{"author_name":"nek","author_uid":"4174","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:08am","epoch":1335175380,"text":"Very nice! I really like the colors and music. The overall mood is superb."},{"author_name":"amidos2006","author_uid":"2510","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 2:04pm","epoch":1335189540,"text":"Nice game I like the explosions :)"},{"author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 4:08pm","epoch":1335196980,"text":"Wonderful! Love the art and the music is great too."},{"author_name":"castor","author_uid":"11538","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 9:47pm","epoch":1335217320,"text":"I love this game. Fantastic."},{"author_name":"JaJ","author_uid":"5496","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1335222420,"text":"Works great. I like the art and love the music. Reminds me of Super Metroid."},{"author_name":"intmain","author_uid":"3309","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:59am","epoch":1335322440,"text":"Lots of character in this, good work :)"},{"author_name":"bms","author_uid":"7087","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 7:50am","epoch":1335339900,"text":"I love the color palette!"},{"author_name":"strega","author_uid":"5269","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:01am","epoch":1335340560,"text":"This is excellent! The style is pretty out there. I felt like I was playing an old school adventure game at first. I really liked the animations. The pacing feels a bit slow, but none the less its a good game."},{"author_name":"CherryNukaCola","author_uid":"4966","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:49am","epoch":1335350640,"text":"Beautiful ^_^. I wish I was given an objective, as I was just wandering around, exploring for the heck of it - also I wish there was a way to regain health. Nice atmosphere."},{"author_name":"MrDanH","author_uid":"11523","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:29pm","epoch":1335356640,"text":"Great game, good in all aspects :)"},{"author_name":"bompo","author_uid":"7570","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 6:21pm","epoch":1335377760,"text":"Nice graphics and mood! :D"},{"author_name":"ilo","author_uid":"12377","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 1:21am","epoch":1335402960,"text":"Good old school feel, and really nice art effects - the spores exploding when they die, and the locks... er, unlocking! Great!"},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1335472740,"text":"I would have loved this as a child on a gameboy or snes or something\r<br\/>\r<br\/>such a classic experience - well done :D"},{"author_name":"Orni","author_uid":"10771","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 4:07pm","epoch":1335542520,"text":"your source code link is broken btw.\r<br\/>please fix that"},{"author_name":"pgil","author_uid":"1604","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1335547200,"text":"Whoops. Yeah, I'd uploaded a new copy of the source because the old one had the wrong readme. Guess I forgot to update the link. Fixed!"},{"author_name":"spooks","author_uid":"5110","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:35pm","epoch":1335547800,"text":"Cute ending! Nicely designed map as well! Really good!"},{"author_name":"Suese","author_uid":"8361","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1335548160,"text":"Bam.  Definitely the most COMPLETE entry I've played.   Music fit, lots of baddies,  great graphics, good balanced gameplay, story,  everything.  Perfect entry minus innovation and humour.  I also rated fun a 4,  everything else 5 stars."},{"author_name":"schattenkind.net","author_uid":"13106","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1335552060,"text":"The limited graphicstyle is really nice. It would be a lot  easier, if the movement is free."},{"author_name":"CappaGames","author_uid":"12184","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1335562380,"text":"Good job. Don't know how you did all this in 48 hours, this is a lot of content."},{"author_name":"derosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1335562740,"text":"Can't get the music out of my head! Nice game, thanks!"},{"author_name":"mimshwright","author_uid":"1674","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 10:25pm","epoch":1335565200,"text":"Great work! Very impressive. You got a lot of gameplay out of a short time. I love the graphics and music. \r<br\/>My wife was urging me to make a game about serving the queen ant. She'll be excited to play it."},{"author_name":"johnfn","author_uid":"3187","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:58am","epoch":1335585180,"text":"Whoa, it's like this game was lifted straight out of the SNES era. And I mean that as the highest compliment. Excellent work. So impressive."},{"author_name":"chambers","author_uid":"11981","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:02am","epoch":1335592620,"text":"Awesome pallete and background graphics, music and sound effects were good and very fitting to the game style!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I loved the explosion animations and also how the keyholes worked!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I'm not sure if I understood what happened at the ending, but it I did, then the ending was awesome XD"},{"author_name":"Draknek","author_uid":"741","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1335629160,"text":"Love the graphics! The gameplay wasn't particularly fun, but I enjoyed the ending."},{"author_name":"Broxter","author_uid":"1400","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 2:05am","epoch":1335664800,"text":"I absolutely loved the music and the pixel art. I felt like because there were so many spores to kill that it got very repetitive, although I enjoyed the story aspect and for the time limitation, it's a decently lengthy polished adventure."},{"author_name":"Hazematman","author_uid":"10252","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:52am","epoch":1335674820,"text":"Very very cool! I have to say I really loved the music and the artwork! The only problems I had were that the collision detection was only for the bottom half of the ant, I think it should have been for the whole ant, and it would have been a lot cooler if there was an actual sword attack animation instead of the particles. Other than those two things, I really liked this game!"},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 5:43am","epoch":1335677880,"text":"That ending D:"},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 9:40am","epoch":1335692100,"text":"It is hard to believe that you've done this in just 48 hours.  The mood is excellent and that music, oh the music!  I really enjoyed it and the only complain I have is that is too short :-P"},{"author_name":"naufr4g0","author_uid":"4310","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 10:05am","epoch":1335693600,"text":"Very nice game! Love the good pixel art graphics and the music fits well the game. :)"},{"author_name":"bitslap_","author_uid":"11516","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1335701760,"text":"Nice Job! I got to save the queen! Nice audio and graphics."},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:32pm","epoch":1335702420,"text":"One of my favorite entries in the audio department. The songs really create mood."},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 9:36am","epoch":1335778260,"text":"Audio is astonishing. Great work!"},{"author_name":"Julian Spillane","author_uid":"12162","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 2:37pm","epoch":1335882720,"text":"Fantastic game with beautiful visuals and great ambiance. The ending gave me a bit of a chuckle, too. My biggest complaint? The controls. When holding down and left I expected to move on a diagonal or at least a zig-zag pattern. Other than that though, a great entry."},{"author_name":"seagaia","author_uid":"7853","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1335884340,"text":"Nice and complete, nice aesthetics and music (though the spores look funny). The collision box was non intuitive though, and the enemy placement at times felt gratuitous. Also no diagonal movement."},{"author_name":"onehandclap","author_uid":"12918","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1335888540,"text":"Oh... wow! Slick and good looking and sounding, great job!"},{"author_name":"Tourgen","author_uid":"2408","time":"May 1, 2012 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1335909180,"text":"great game.  I suppose the end was inevitable but it was still pretty cool.  I loved the sprite work and the music."},{"author_name":"mooosh","author_uid":"6474","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 2:08am","epoch":1335924180,"text":"this is on of my favorites for sure. the palette and graphics are top notch."},{"author_name":"Thotep","author_uid":"12581","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1335992700,"text":"Nice graphics and interesting choice of colors. I liked the &quot;story&quot; as well!"},{"author_name":"Vilborg","author_uid":"4884","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 5:45am","epoch":1336110000,"text":"I was certainly not expecting that!"},{"author_name":"unicornpooping","author_uid":"12751","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 2:58pm","epoch":1336143180,"text":"Perfect. Awesome on so many levels."},{"author_name":"dustmyte","author_uid":"12796","time":"May 9, 2012 @ 8:25am","epoch":1336551600,"text":"What a fun little adventure! Sweet palette and graphics. The effect animations are amazing. I commend you for writing new music for each screen, and each of these loops is well orchestrated. You seriously got a lot done in 48 hours! Respect."},{"author_name":"kato9","author_uid":"5821","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 12:15am","epoch":1336867800,"text":"Excellent visuals - great game!"},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 4:07pm","epoch":1336924920,"text":"This is really fun and well-polished. Some minor things like getting health back and being able to move diagonally would have been nice, and upgrades and different enemy types would take this game to the next level. Great work."},{"author_name":"Toast","author_uid":"6788","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 4:23pm","epoch":1336925880,"text":"Cool game."},{"author_name":"dr_soda","author_uid":"8342","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 10:59pm","epoch":1336949640,"text":"I think this pretty well captures the life of an ant, really.  Nicely done!"}],"images":["ld23\/1604-7b3debaef07e8becab586bf52e66bcfe.jpg","ld23\/1604-8e5d13f2efb7cb740bb301259aa9cae1.jpg","ld23\/1604-97b514cac0f01d45278b8fd36d79da19.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.thepoppenkast.com\/data\/43\/antopia_0_91.swf","text":"Browser (Flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/pgil\/antopia","text":"Mirror (Kongregate)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.thepoppenkast.com\/data\/142\/","text":"Source (AS3)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30161","g_author":"1604","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30191","g_title":"ANtopia","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"40","g_commentcount":"55","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\/1604-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/1604-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/1604-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Short Zelda-like.  The queen is sick. Save her.\r\n\r\n<\/p>","title":"ANtopia"}