{"author_link":"\/author\/angrygeometry\/","author_name":"angrygeometry","author_uid":"5579","comments":[{"author_name":"mcc","author_uid":"4987","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 7:00am","epoch":1324277700,"text":"Okay I laughed pretty hard at this! The music and graphics do an amazing job of conveying a mood and when you get into the later humorous screens they work better because the initial serious mood is undercut so heavily. I like how the graphics feel like they work whether you choose to interpret them as examples of that particular kind of lo-fi adventure game art or a send-up of that same art style.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I got a bit frustrated on my first playthrough or so because I could not tell if the things I was clicking on were making any difference. The interface was erratic enough that I thought for a moment the progression from screen to screen was random and\/or the NESW clicks were being disregarded."},{"author_name":"Andrew","author_uid":"5432","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 3:19pm","epoch":1324307640,"text":"It certainly inspires alone-ness. I was eventually cut down by capitalism but that's life. Extra points for creepy guitar noises."},{"author_name":"emveyh","author_uid":"8574","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 9:11pm","epoch":1324328760,"text":"Graphics and music are plain awesome. I like that weird and creepy mood. Good job :)"},{"author_name":"iansnyder","author_uid":"2079","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 11:51pm","epoch":1324338360,"text":"I laughed, too, the humor works really well with the mood :)"},{"author_name":"Kitch","author_uid":"7470","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 1:31am","epoch":1324344360,"text":"You nailed the theme on this one.  Music and graphics worked really well with the mood.  Has a 'Demetri Martiny' feel to it... and i mean that as a compliment."},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 1:38am","epoch":1324344780,"text":"Great mood and art style\r<br\/>Definitely conveys loneliness and despair.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I wish sometimes load between 1 thing and the next were slightly faster though."},{"author_name":"Sos","author_uid":"1405","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1324398120,"text":"I love the interludes where you just stand there. And the style is amazing! Great job!"},{"author_name":"pighead10","author_uid":"8539","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 10:53pm","epoch":1324421280,"text":"Funny, the music sets an excellent mood along with the graphics, I like it"},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Dec 21, 2011 @ 3:47am","epoch":1324438920,"text":"to think.. an indie game dev brings a grown man like myself to tears..."},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 21, 2011 @ 4:42am","epoch":1324442220,"text":"I was kind of shocked to see my LD entry on the PC in the desert."},{"author_name":"bostelk","author_uid":"8166","time":"Dec 21, 2011 @ 10:15am","epoch":1324462200,"text":"my favourite entry so far. taking a break for now, but i'm hoping i'll survive the desert by the end of the night."},{"author_name":"Wanderlands","author_uid":"8643","time":"Dec 22, 2011 @ 3:24pm","epoch":1324567140,"text":"The pacing, the music, the dark humor - it all works together to produce something immensely likeable. Thoroughly enjoyed it, many times."},{"author_name":"jeffz","author_uid":"4842","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 3:47am","epoch":1324611720,"text":"nice work on the music and artwork, I only wish it progressed a bit faster!"},{"author_name":"bach","author_uid":"5433","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 11:47am","epoch":1324640520,"text":"This is weird, but in absolutely fascinating way. I love this. One of my favourites so far."},{"author_name":"binary_girl","author_uid":"8824","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 6:53pm","epoch":1324666080,"text":"good guitar :) fits the mood and the gfx..good job :)"},{"author_name":"caranha","author_uid":"7847","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1324672620,"text":"Thanks for pointing me to your entry! I like the mix of &quot;I hate the world&quot; and bizarre scenes (even though I think you could have pushed further to the later).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The slow transition scenes were a pain, though. Maybe after 5 steps or so you could give the player the option to press some key to skip the transition? The delay makes your game a bit hard to replay."},{"author_name":"FrankieSmileShow","author_uid":"1892","time":"Dec 24, 2011 @ 6:01am","epoch":1324706160,"text":"Whoop I hadn't commented on this!\r<br\/>It is one of my faves of the ludum dare for the theme and mood ! Also the audio and visual style are both super."},{"author_name":"dr_soda","author_uid":"8342","time":"Dec 30, 2011 @ 6:53am","epoch":1325227680,"text":"Based on the screen shots, I did not expect to like this nearly as much as I did!  You have a great combination going on here with the music and the gritty imagery, along with the fascinatingly bizarre scenery.  I only wish I had more time to wander the desert and map it out."},{"author_name":"Black Ships Fill the Sky","author_uid":"3041","time":"Jan 8, 2012 @ 4:19pm","epoch":1326039240,"text":"Damn! Succumbed to capitalism again :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nude Guy will haunt my naps for many days to come...\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice one! Really loved it. Easily my favorite experience this Ludum dare. (Though the gameplay is pretty simple certainly)"}],"images":["ld22\/5579-631bfaa63867716c1b09c0277c86f9b7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/18787702\/Survive%20The%20Desert.swf","text":"Web (.swf)"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/18787702\/Survive%20The%20Desert.zip","text":".zip"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stencyl.com\/game\/play\/10168","text":"Web (fixed resolution)"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/18787702\/Survive_The_Desert_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31553","g_author":"5579","g_event":"LD22","g_eventkey":"8","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"31583","g_title":"Survive The Desert","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"149","g_commentcount":"19","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\/\/87574\/5579-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"First time using Stencyl, resulting in a horrible 48 hours. Survive the desert by navigating through using the compass in the bottom right of the screen. Mouse clicks for everything!\r\n\r\nMS Paint for graphics, audio in Audacity (murdering a guitar), game in Stencyl. \r\n\r\nNative resolution is 640 x 480 but it seems to stretch in browser, so I uploaded it to the Stencyl site: http:\/\/www.stencyl.com\/game\/play\/10168 same game just the proper resolution.<\/p>","title":"Survive The Desert"}