{"author_link":"\/author\/danik\/","author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","comments":[{"author_name":"JayCFraser","author_uid":"7225","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 7:47am","epoch":1324280520,"text":"This was a very nice job - the mood was the best thing about this game, really. Despite having no mechanics in particular about being alone the atmosphere is very... Lonely, I suppose the word is."},{"author_name":"ratking","author_uid":"3663","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 1:10pm","epoch":1324299900,"text":"Superb graphics and audio, the atmosphere is perfect. Kudos!"},{"author_name":"Matt Rix","author_uid":"5646","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 1:38pm","epoch":1324301580,"text":"Great little game. I love the style and the fact that it runs at 60fps, it feels very smooth and fluid. The "stay out of the rain" mechanic seems pretty cool, although I never really got hurt at all so I didn't even need to use it. \r\rThe end was a little anti-climactic, but it was enjoyable anyway... and I found the secret place, woulda been fun if there was something to do there, hah :)"},{"author_name":"tonic","author_uid":"66","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 6:01pm","epoch":1324317360,"text":"Controls have a good feeling to them, so I played it to the end. Fun and moody!"},{"author_name":"SeanAtr0n","author_uid":"6835","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1324324140,"text":"<3 clawing the mice\/bug things"},{"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"5431","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1324332480,"text":"Very nice entry. The atmosphere feels great."},{"author_name":"Atomic","author_uid":"1556","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1324336440,"text":"Great graphics, gameplay, sound and atmosphere. I love the rain. Could have more story or attachment to the theme, though."},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 8:44am","epoch":1324370340,"text":"Awesome job Danik! This is definitely a runner-up!"},{"author_name":"Aslai","author_uid":"8782","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 9:15am","epoch":1324372200,"text":"This entry was really great. I found it so fun that I kind of... er... beat it three times :)\rWith the exception of the humor category, you get A-1 ratings."},{"author_name":"increpare","author_uid":"492","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 10:50am","epoch":1324377900,"text":"Like the graphics. Wasn't so big on the sound effects. I like your recharging system. I liked that I was quite afraid of the crows initially until I learned how to deal with them.\r\rHowever, I've played about a zillion reasonably generic platformers already this LD, and this one was pretty characterless in terms of goals\/objectives, so I didn't enjoy playing it much.\r\rOh, I tried falling through each of the holes in the rock (to my death) because there was no indication that there wasn't something cool down them."},{"author_name":"helloserve","author_uid":"8138","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 2:31pm","epoch":1324391160,"text":"Good game. Bottom line. Controls are solid, no bugs that I could fine. Good animations for everything. Well done."},{"author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 8:32pm","epoch":1324412820,"text":"Thanks for the comments and feedback!\r\rMatt, yea I really wanted to add something interesting there, a kitten perhaps. :P No time to spare though.\r\rAslai, awesome. I'm really happy you liked it that much. :)\r\rIncrepare, thanks for the honest critique, it's much appreciated. Good point about the holes in the rock, I will do something to make it more obvously dangerous, like water. Or I might just add something cool down there."},{"author_name":"Dark Acre Jack","author_uid":"2947","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 11:47pm","epoch":1324424520,"text":"Enigmatic. Cute graphics and great atmosphere, hard to go wrong with thunder and lighting."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 11:02pm","epoch":1324681020,"text":"awwwww look at cwute widdle kitty...\r\rAwesome animations. Gameplay is solid too, I love flinging bugs (?) around. The "gain shelter from rain"-mechanic is nice aswell.\r\rSound: Beautifully simplistic. You don't even notice it, it blends that well into the scene."},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Dec 23, 2011 @ 11:09pm","epoch":1324681440,"text":"Alright, now the parts that don't work: Screen-changes are sudden, abrupt, and gave me a mild case of motion sickness near the end. Controls on Z+X = bad, german and french keyboards have different layouts, have to distort hand (X+C is no problem, however). Fighting the ravens isn't much fun, fighting ground-enemies would be more so. The health-regen was quite slow, so slow in fact it was more efficient to tab out.\r\rStill, awesome work. Keep it up! :-)"},{"author_name":"Shigor","author_uid":"5242","time":"Dec 24, 2011 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1324732980,"text":"Art and sounds are very good and create great mood, but otherwise it's quite bland platformer, too bad :\/ Are you going to upgrade it a bit? It's one of few games in compo with big potential just a day or two work away..."},{"author_name":"dr_soda","author_uid":"8342","time":"Dec 25, 2011 @ 12:55am","epoch":1324774200,"text":"I found a secret place! \r\rI'm a big fan of the art style, and I love the soundtrack. The controls feel overly sensitive, though. I didn't feel like I was really in control of the kitty."},{"author_name":"Danik","author_uid":"2311","time":"Dec 27, 2011 @ 7:43pm","epoch":1325014680,"text":"Matthias, thanks for the critique! You are right about the quick screen transition, I tried making it slower and it was nicer. You can use Up+Down\/Shift+Ctrl instead of Z+X if you want. How do you mean it is more efficient to tab out?\r\rJack, Shigor, dr_soda, thanks! I will work more on it soon."},{"author_name":"yosh","author_uid":"6851","time":"Dec 30, 2011 @ 11:52pm","epoch":1325288820,"text":"Bonus humor for the sounds :D"},{"author_name":"jfroco","author_uid":"2085","time":"Jan 2, 2012 @ 4:36am","epoch":1325478660,"text":"Great game. Really liked the rain and cat animation. Palette is a little too flash-game-ish for me. Congratulations"},{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Jan 4, 2012 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1325680680,"text":"On the tab-out: \rThe regeneration was so slow, and the wait was so uneventful, that I tabbed out and did something else for 3 minutes (never a good sign in a game :-) )"},{"author_name":"jeffz","author_uid":"4842","time":"Jan 5, 2012 @ 11:18am","epoch":1325761980,"text":"glad it was a cat and not a dog, excellent tail animation when sitting too."},{"author_name":"Waynetron","author_uid":"8591","time":"Jan 10, 2012 @ 12:52pm","epoch":1326199620,"text":"Love the visuals. Reminds me of Another World \/ Flashback.\rThe little bugs also rock."}],"images":["ld22\/2311-f12c402f29c6835898c2f2c5a319eadf.jpg","ld22\/2311-2c5c7fe831789f682bab0a2f5fe0c75a.jpg","ld22\/2311-d8e0d4f8e573e7b0c10274dbc2d671d2.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/danikgames.com\/stuff\/LD22\/index.html","text":"Web (flash)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSZJI-Q0t5Y","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"http:\/\/danikgames.com\/stuff\/LD22\/LD22Danik_RavenWood_Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"31619","g_author":"2311","g_event":"LD22","g_eventkey":"8","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"31649","g_title":"Ravenwood","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"45","g_commentcount":"23","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\/2311-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/2311-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/2311-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"You are a lone cat, finding yourself in an unfamiliar place scattered with mysterious glowing orbs. \r\n\r\nArrows to move, Z or Up to jump, X or down to claw.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately I didn't have time to add a satisfying ending, the current one leaves a lot to the imagination. I will add a better ending in a future version.\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE: Beware of flashing lights!<\/p>","title":"Ravenwood"}