{"author_link":"\/author\/murrayl\/","author_name":"MurrayL","author_uid":"7835","comments":[{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 1:57am","epoch":1335232320,"text":"I am definitely using &quot;dammit woman, why must you destroy my dreams?&quot; the next chance I get.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Cool game, you can tell you put a lot of time and care into it, and it shows. Had me laughing more than once. PUUUUNY HUUUUUMAN. I played this all the way through instead of doing laundry."},{"author_name":"FrozenCow","author_uid":"8435","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:13am","epoch":1335233280,"text":"This game cracked me up quite a few times :D. I'm usually not a fan of point-and-click, but this game got me hooked. SPOILER For fun I chose 'wait and die', but it results in the game ending and needing to do the first part over, not a good choice :P"},{"author_name":"MurrayL","author_uid":"7835","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:50am","epoch":1335267900,"text":"Thanks guys; I'm glad you enjoyed it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@FrozenCow: I'm afraid those are the consequences of the deep, immersive storyline path you chose!"},{"author_name":"MaximSchoemaker","author_uid":"11306","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1335276720,"text":"Lovely visual style and great humour ^^"},{"author_name":"Topaz","author_uid":"10594","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:30pm","epoch":1335277500,"text":"5\/5 for the humor. I would've given it 6\/5 if I was able to! :)"},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:41pm","epoch":1335278160,"text":"So far the best game in Ludum Dare 23 I have played! Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Benn","author_uid":"1865","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1335279060,"text":"Very enjoyable! :)"},{"author_name":"jeroenimooo","author_uid":"9361","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 3:04pm","epoch":1335279540,"text":"I though i heard yelling... No hahahahahahhah. hahaha real funny ;p"},{"author_name":"edg3","author_uid":"2864","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1335280440,"text":"I liked it, and the fact that there were quite a few alternative story lines helped. I loved the dialog, it appealed to my sense of humour. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>One thing I can say is for some of the sound effects I got drawn out of the story because they ended abruptly, whereas a smoother transition out for them stopping would prevent that. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>All the best."},{"author_name":"Matt Rudder","author_uid":"10816","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:07pm","epoch":1335286920,"text":"Love a good adventure game. Great job! :)"},{"author_name":"Pierrec","author_uid":"1874","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1335287580,"text":"Yay! AGS buddies! \r<br\/>This game is really great, I laughed many times (each time the kid said something actually ^^) \r<br\/>I love the walking\/talking views and I love that cursor (yeah...it's only a detail, but it counts!)"},{"author_name":"quickfingers","author_uid":"3963","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1335288960,"text":"great work!! I loved the humour, brilliant."},{"author_name":"devwil","author_uid":"7526","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:27am","epoch":1335313320,"text":"***I'm posting this on all non-browser games I bring up in an attempt to encourage folks to make browser games next time around. Do not take it personally.***\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Please consider making a browser game next time."},{"author_name":"TheGamingProject","author_uid":"10740","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:23am","epoch":1335316680,"text":"Seriously the best point and click game I have ever played.  Your dialogue was brilliant, great work."},{"author_name":"Gabriel","author_uid":"11099","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:34am","epoch":1335317340,"text":"Very good entry, congrats! Got me smiling like in the old Sierra \/ Lucas Arts games, very nostalgic. Loved the text, and the fancy shirt guy shaking his arms is super funny!"},{"author_name":"MadGnomeGamer","author_uid":"10251","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:52am","epoch":1335318420,"text":"LOL I love it! Hilarious!"},{"author_name":"Evil Sandwich Studios","author_uid":"12700","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:54am","epoch":1335318540,"text":"This one reminds me of the old point and click games, which is great! The humorous dialog is really good."},{"author_name":"Jens Nolte","author_uid":"12770","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 2:11am","epoch":1335319560,"text":"AWESOME! I love it :)"},{"author_name":"derrickdool","author_uid":"11445","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:36am","epoch":1335324660,"text":"Nice to see a good bit of humor in the game, and with the extras (readme\/features list). Definitely enjoyed the art style as well."},{"author_name":"Kharza","author_uid":"5649","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:03am","epoch":1335344280,"text":"Great fun, love adventure games"},{"author_name":"caribou","author_uid":"4227","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 4:29pm","epoch":1335371040,"text":"&quot;We shouldn't leave them the size of a molecule, it's impolite !&quot; Haha."},{"author_name":"trylle","author_uid":"3066","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 4:52pm","epoch":1335372420,"text":"Wow! Laughed all the way through. Can't fault anything. :D ...or maybe savegames would be nice, actually."},{"author_name":"TellusE","author_uid":"749","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1335386100,"text":"Wonderful throwback to the good adventure games of yore. Best laughs I've had for a long time :D"},{"author_name":"Waffenwars","author_uid":"11573","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:45pm","epoch":1335386400,"text":"Absolutely loved it! I haven't enjoyed a point and click adventure game this much since the 90's! Thanks guys."},{"author_name":"jwolf","author_uid":"11073","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1335387300,"text":"Good use of humour! \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I can understand the lack of a save feature, but that can discourage replaying the game to see more endings, even if it is short enough to be feasible.  Might depend on the player, though."},{"author_name":"Jiddo","author_uid":"11351","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1335387300,"text":"Haha, brilliant game. Most humorous game I've played today by far. I kindof feel that I might have picked the wrong ending tho. I'm tempted to do it all over again to try another one. Gotta lover the humor tho. Great work!"},{"author_name":"LukeRissacher","author_uid":"10956","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1335479880,"text":"Nice one - haven't played an adventure game in years :) Humor was spot on."},{"author_name":"gregdevice","author_uid":"8124","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 6:41am","epoch":1335594960,"text":"Lots of fun, original and a solid game! Thanks!"},{"author_name":"Retroid","author_uid":"5085","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1335816360,"text":"Everything was just perfect with this game, lots of fun!"},{"author_name":"vigrid","author_uid":"10441","time":"Apr 30, 2012 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1335821640,"text":"I am not an adventure game fan, but it held me for a decent amount of time. The game is full of good humor. Well done!"},{"author_name":"Pixel House toast","author_uid":"6784","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 9:34am","epoch":1336037340,"text":"excellent"},{"author_name":"AD-Edge","author_uid":"3467","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 5:00am","epoch":1336107300,"text":"Haha a very well made game. \r<br\/>Was that a jab at the end of Mass effect in there too? XD\r<br\/>Quite a lengthy game, given it was a 48 hour compo, impressive. Would have been cool if the graphics were a bit better, thats my only crit. Ill have to play though again and try to make a force field :)"},{"author_name":"Catman","author_uid":"11589","time":"May 4, 2012 @ 1:02pm","epoch":1336136220,"text":"This hit a few nostalgic chords in my heart :) Awesome job guys and in so little time!"},{"author_name":"Gremlin","author_uid":"12047","time":"May 5, 2012 @ 3:57pm","epoch":1336233120,"text":"Tiny Albert Einstein!"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 10:47am","epoch":1336300920,"text":"Ha, I loved it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>This has so many shades of South Park. Not only the dialogue, but also the two-frame speak-animation, which feels like the canadian characters.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Props on the dialogue, music and mood. This also had the first intro I didn't want to skip immediately."},{"author_name":"Tom 7","author_uid":"1984","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1336313940,"text":"Great! I love this style of game and there should be more in LD. A nice complete story and lovely graphics. Sometimes the snarky dialogue didn't come across that well, maybe because it was just non-stop. Some of it was pretty funny, though."},{"author_name":"JonathanG","author_uid":"11515","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 7:55pm","epoch":1336333800,"text":"This is hilarious!  One of my favourite bits is the cut-scene of the missile bouncing off the force field.  *boink!*  Great work!"},{"author_name":"MurrayL","author_uid":"7835","time":"May 6, 2012 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1336333980,"text":"Thanks for all the comments so far! It's great to see that so many people enjoyed the game."},{"author_name":"chambers","author_uid":"11981","time":"May 8, 2012 @ 4:42am","epoch":1336451820,"text":"This is probably the most funny game in LD23. I loved the graphics, the animations were very smooth and funny. I feel like playing it again to see if there's a good ending (I played the game twice and got nuked in 2 different ways...)"},{"author_name":"noddy2006","author_uid":"9896","time":"May 13, 2012 @ 12:47pm","epoch":1336912920,"text":"Supremely excellent! I loved the story and humour. I don't have anything to add which hasn't already been said, so I'll leave it at that. Congratulations!"},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"May 14, 2012 @ 12:16am","epoch":1336954260,"text":"Wow, the humor is top notch, it's an incredibly lengthy and polished game, and the execution is brilliant. Great job! Glad I had the chance to rate this one before time ran out :D"}],"images":["ld23\/7835-93eda5a82a9fa0e78f3a9946012484d9.jpg","ld23\/7835-6c24e1b44c4bac94f31bc7e73fcd292e.jpg","ld23\/7835-ff04f0af31912e11ba65e1aeba5e1051.jpg","ld23\/7835-4f70a16a0792fb28fd789b1e627380db.jpg","ld23\/7835-437a6b3c96c012d479315b0be8c5c596.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/249178\/subAtomic.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.murraylewis.co.uk\/games\/subAtomic.zip","text":"Windows (mirror)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31017","g_author":"7835","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"31047","g_title":"subAtomic","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"8","g_commentcount":"41","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\/7835-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/7835-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/7835-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/7835-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/7835-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"A dysfunctional family are miniaturised in their misguided search for a holiday, thanks to the scientific minds at S.H.A.T. (Space Holidays via Accelerated Transport).\r\n\r\nFeatures:\r\n* Visceral point-and-click action!\r\n* Literally tens of hilarious jokes.\r\n* Experience the beginning, middle, and end of a story. The decisions you make will completely shape your experience and the final outcome of the game.\r\n* The lack of a save-game feature means your actions have real-world consequences.\r\n* Witness the epic development of more than one character as you control some of their actions.\r\n* subAtomic plunges you into the scene at the deep end, with more than 10 different, immersive sound effects!\r\n* A rousing, all-original musical score.\r\n* Features unofficial cameo appearances by Albert Einstein and Carl Sagan!\r\n\r\nCreated by Murray Lewis & David Blake, using Adventure Game Studio 3.2.1, in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare 23 Jam.\r\n\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nCONTROLS:\r\n\r\nCtrl+Q: Quit\r\n\r\nLeft click: Look at\/walk\r\nRight click: Interact<\/p>","title":"subAtomic"}