{"author_link":"\/author\/flyboy\/","author_name":"Flyboy","author_uid":"2581","comments":[{"author_name":"the8donut","author_uid":"10453","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1335186540,"text":"Very good job! You managed to make a fun out of only a bunch of pixels, this ain't simple at all. Kudos!"},{"author_name":"the8donut","author_uid":"10453","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:15pm","epoch":1335186600,"text":"I loved it. Creating an interesting game with so few degrees of freedom (about a hundred pixels, 5 buttons to press) requires a lot of skill. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Magnega","author_uid":"11030","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:19pm","epoch":1335186840,"text":"Awesome, just awesome. The graphics are suprisingly fitting and the difficulty level fits."},{"author_name":"De10ter","author_uid":"8352","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:20pm","epoch":1335186900,"text":"Wow.\rI loved it.\rCombining puzzle solving with shooter skill, and creating some really distinct encounters with so little.\rMy only complaint is that I found the cursor a little hard to follow\/pickout."},{"author_name":"NiallM","author_uid":"785","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:21pm","epoch":1335186960,"text":"I like the idea, and I thought the pixel graphics were really well done, but I found it a bit too hard for my tastes. I think part of the problem was that I'd frequently lose track of the mouse cursor; it could do with standing out from the background a bit more."},{"author_name":"FrozenCow","author_uid":"8435","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1335187380,"text":"Nicely done. This game is quite hard, though I've finished all but the 2 on the upper-left, those were a bit too much :P."},{"author_name":"Toast","author_uid":"6788","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 1:57pm","epoch":1335189120,"text":"Many have asked, "when it comes to graphics resolution in my game, how low is too low?" This game attempts to answer that question by diving into depths of low resolution never before ventured. Even in the 60s, they were less hipster indie. Bravo."},{"author_name":"crippledgames","author_uid":"11098","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 2:01pm","epoch":1335189360,"text":"Very fun for how low res it is, awesome!"},{"author_name":"Julian Spillane","author_uid":"12162","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 2:03pm","epoch":1335189480,"text":"Awesome job! This game was a lot of fun to play. I'll echo the other comments in that I would occasionally lose track of my cursor. Maybe a twin-stick control-scheme would work better? Either way, a lot of fun and a great game."},{"author_name":"azmaeve","author_uid":"12025","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 2:32pm","epoch":1335191220,"text":"Nice, but it is quit difficult to play on a non-US keyboard ^^' (mine have zqsd instead of wasd)\rAn alternate set of controls with the arrow keys would be nice."},{"author_name":"gregdevice","author_uid":"8124","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:34am","epoch":1335245340,"text":"This should come in a cartridge. Reminds me of my 2600. Nice job."},{"author_name":"geekygenius","author_uid":"6529","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:45am","epoch":1335246000,"text":"I love how much time you spent on the art! It looks really good."},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:21am","epoch":1335251760,"text":"Is it just me or is this very hard? Anyway, great job, you really applied less is more!"},{"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"11072","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:22am","epoch":1335251820,"text":"That polish paid off. Quality oozes out from this game. The purple thing that sprays liquid at me was my favourite part. I had to really focus on moving and shooting to stay alive. The difficulty is perfect. Excellent job on everything. Great use of colours too. Moving my cursor over other colours to make new colours is another game in itself!"},{"author_name":"john_conder9","author_uid":"12682","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1335462960,"text":"Some of it was confusing being that they were just pixels but overall it was really fun!\r\rTop quality though, without a doubt!"},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 11:45am","epoch":1335526800,"text":"oh no! Another game I can't play on my mac. :C\r\rLooks cool though."},{"author_name":"keenblaze","author_uid":"5729","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 12:23pm","epoch":1335529080,"text":"Great pixel cocktail!"},{"author_name":"Canard Sauvage","author_uid":"9578","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:23pm","epoch":1335547080,"text":"Awesome!"},{"author_name":"elektron","author_uid":"7798","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 11:41pm","epoch":1335569760,"text":"Brilliant! All aspects of this game come together to create a truly amazing experience. This is probably the best entry I've played. Great job!"},{"author_name":"Jiggawatt","author_uid":"5551","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 9:25am","epoch":1335604800,"text":"Building the gameplay around the super-low-res limitation is a good approach. The difficulty is just right, the levels actually feel like challenges and are rewarding to complete. My only gripe is that the targeting feels slightly off."},{"author_name":"jeffz","author_uid":"4842","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 12:08am","epoch":1335916980,"text":"Interesting if not a little hard to control due to low resolution."},{"author_name":"R3ason","author_uid":"6105","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 12:10am","epoch":1335917100,"text":"Wow, incredible! Can definitely see the effort that went into this; feels very polished. Also great that the whole game didn't reset when you died (a couple levels took me several tries!). Thanks!"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 5:47am","epoch":1336110120,"text":"Very fun and great challenge! I would prefer strictly keyboard controls, though."},{"author_name":"DaveDobson","author_uid":"10977","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 5:59am","epoch":1336110840,"text":"This is the most fun game I've played on here. I love the different challenges and enemies; it was as much fun figuring out what I was supposed to do as it was doing it. Some of them were REALLY hard, which was frustrating, but I was satisfied when I pushed through, and there was enough variety you could go try something else for a while. Great game - loved it."},{"author_name":"Thotep","author_uid":"12581","time":"May 11, 2012 @ 10:21pm","epoch":1336774560,"text":"Interesting aesthetics, audio was ultra-annoying though. Generated tune + sfxr is a lethal mix :("},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 12, 2012 @ 10:42pm","epoch":1336862220,"text":"Just about impossible with a trackpad, but I bet I could do better with a mouse."}],"images":["ld23\/2581-bfcea1a50d18f5f0b53e649a0193e44f.jpg","ld23\/2581-ed59f127a88860e349235b78b0db0626.jpg","ld23\/2581-47adf4ddd7f30f74d361ae6be85b7127.jpg","ld23\/2581-337b6aba7c64c9617869fde175c5c6e8.jpg","ld23\/2581-0f76718c4bdd81aff7aae230e15a1e55.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/3096605\/Pixel%20Story\/Pixel%20Story.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4FR7FS7lHqI&feature=youtube_gdata","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2012\/04\/27\/post-mortem-pixel-story\/","text":"Post Mortem"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/3096605\/Pixel%20Story\/Pixel%20Story.gmk","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30484","g_author":"2581","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30514","g_title":"Pixel Story","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"81","g_commentcount":"26","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\/2581-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/2581-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/2581-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/2581-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/2581-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In Pixel Story, you play as an apprentice magician who accidentally shrinks the world and has to quest to fix it. 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