{"author_link":"\/author\/throbbery\/","author_name":"Throbbery","author_uid":"11930","comments":[{"author_name":"drmanitoba","author_uid":"11429","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:03am","epoch":1335232680,"text":"Really outstanding. I'm hooked."},{"author_name":"homnom","author_uid":"11149","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:39am","epoch":1335234840,"text":"Played to some of the obstacles\/puzzle elements. I'm sure I'll be coming back for more."},{"author_name":"Aaron San Filippo","author_uid":"12401","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:01am","epoch":1335239760,"text":"This is really cool! Took me a few minutes to get the mechanic but it was worth it."},{"author_name":"Peter Cooper","author_uid":"7243","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:10am","epoch":1335240300,"text":"Very well put together, though I found it REALLY hard. But maybe I'm just being dumb.."},{"author_name":"homnom","author_uid":"11149","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:42am","epoch":1335249420,"text":"It captures some of the kookier gameplay elements of both Metroid and SMB2."},{"author_name":"bburbank","author_uid":"1159","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1335284340,"text":"Great job, guys!  Mechanic is really entertaining, and I love the palette."},{"author_name":"Rusty Moyher","author_uid":"4571","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:26pm","epoch":1335291660,"text":"Well done! Has that real NES feel. The &quot;swap, drop, smash&quot; mechanic is clever and fun. Pretty touch there at the end, but the difficulty curve doesn't feel too steep."},{"author_name":"mnem","author_uid":"7397","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1335294360,"text":"Nice little game, but I do find it quite hard. I'll be back later to practice more :)"},{"author_name":"kibertoad","author_uid":"7122","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1335294960,"text":"Would be nice if some play instructions would be included in-game :)"},{"author_name":"Throbbery","author_uid":"11930","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1335300720,"text":"Play is a process of discovery, if we explained it you'd be performing instead of playing :) &mdash;Shaun"},{"author_name":"derrickdool","author_uid":"11445","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:59am","epoch":1335315240,"text":"A lot of love went into this one. \r<br\/>I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the controls.. maybe part of the fun?"},{"author_name":"AlwaysGeeky","author_uid":"11531","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:05am","epoch":1335319200,"text":"Good stuff! :)"},{"author_name":"gritfish","author_uid":"10705","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1335358620,"text":"Oh wow - something about that music sent me straight back to playing old dos games as a kid... Really cool mechanic with the three heads. I kept trying to ride the rocket but I don't think I was meant to... :P \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I got to the level where the 3 monsters were sort of in a step formation and there were some stars above them, but I couldn't figure it out. I'll come back and try again after I've played some more games.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This is honestly the most polished game I've played so far."},{"author_name":"orgarus","author_uid":"11198","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1335366240,"text":"Nothing like a awesomely done retro stylish game, if in addition the game is fun, you have all that is needed.\r<br\/>Very pleased to play it. I'll be back soon to give it another try (or two, or three... or thousand :D)\r<br\/>Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Codexus","author_uid":"187","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1335562020,"text":"An innovative game concept but all that gray is depressing. Add some color! :D"},{"author_name":"seagaia","author_uid":"7853","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:35am","epoch":1335673800,"text":"I felt a little exhausted after playing a few stages. Maybe I'm not able to think at the moment with the mechanics o_O. But what I managed to figure out was neat. And nice overall aesthetics!"},{"author_name":"dukope","author_uid":"11080","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 5:03am","epoch":1335675480,"text":"Love everything about the visuals. Perfectly charming and really captures the gameboy aesthetic. The puzzle mechanic is also very good. Nice work."},{"author_name":"BNeutral","author_uid":"10889","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 6:17am","epoch":1335679920,"text":"Those last two levels were so hard."},{"author_name":"orangepascal","author_uid":"12805","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 7:36am","epoch":1335684660,"text":"love those graphics! gameplay is also interesting"},{"author_name":"onehandclap","author_uid":"12918","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 7:58am","epoch":1335685980,"text":"Amazing! Nothing more, nothing less. =)"},{"author_name":"bompo","author_uid":"7570","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 8:34am","epoch":1335688140,"text":"Outstanding! Very creative concept and the graphical style is just lovely!"},{"author_name":"summaky","author_uid":"1885","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:54pm","epoch":1335703740,"text":"Outstanding!"},{"author_name":"Julian Spillane","author_uid":"12162","time":"Apr 29, 2012 @ 5:52pm","epoch":1335721620,"text":"Beautiful visuals, interesting gameplay and quite a bit of polish. Great job!"},{"author_name":"tinymagus","author_uid":"11478","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 5:18am","epoch":1335762780,"text":"96 reviewed and this is probably in my top 5."},{"author_name":"jimmypaulin","author_uid":"6965","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1335814920,"text":"Great mechanics, so many puzzles in so little time! very impressed. I love the art style and the controls are crisp and sure. The difficulty ramps nicely, but I got stuck, oh well! The story was a bit confusing, but cool in a random kind of way ;)"},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"May 2, 2012 @ 8:38am","epoch":1335947580,"text":"Feels very polished. I especially like the palette choice &amp; audio."},{"author_name":"deejorg","author_uid":"11382","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 4:55am","epoch":1336107000,"text":"Nice concept! The music feels very right and the mechanic is fun."},{"author_name":"nornagon","author_uid":"11649","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 7:30am","epoch":1336116300,"text":"What an odd mechanic! I felt like I was exploiting it."},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"May 5, 2012 @ 2:22pm","epoch":1336227420,"text":"Mh, maybe the controls are too strange or I was too dumb or the game was too hard or I didn't get what this game is about :\/\r<br\/>But the graphics and the overall style are awesome!! As I read in the comments more people have this problems. Maybe you can fix those (people XD) problems to make it more accessible."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 11:00am","epoch":1336301700,"text":"Nice idea! Love the music and gameplay."},{"author_name":"DDRKirby(ISQ)","author_uid":"7285","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 8:57am","epoch":1336467120,"text":"Level design is a little suspect at some points, but the aesthetic here is very charming :)"},{"author_name":"SonnyBone","author_uid":"1365","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 12:26am","epoch":1336954860,"text":"Really friggin' fun! Like... REALLY. I could totally see myself playing a full-featured version of this for hours. Great work!"}],"images":["ld23\/11930-9399d41151f7a57938474873eea7092d.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/shauninman.com\/ludumdare\/millinaut\/","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/shauninman.com\/archive\/2012\/04\/24\/millinaut_postmortem","text":"Shaun's Postmortem"},{"url":"http:\/\/mrgan.tumblr.com\/post\/21739615758\/nevens-millinaut-post-mortem","text":"Neven's Postmortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30605","g_author":"11930","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"30635","g_title":"Millinaut","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"24","g_commentcount":"32","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\/11930-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"What do you do when your beloved little home planet has to find a new place under the sun? You zoom it over to a new galaxy with your rocket, then shrink both and carry them around on your ahead until you come across a spot that looks juuuust right. It's a big universe out there, and it'll take a hero with a big heart to save his world.\r\n\r\nA game by Shaun Inman + Neven Mrgan + Alex Ogle.<\/p>","title":"Millinaut"}