{"author_link":"\/author\/johnl\/","author_name":"johnl","author_uid":"8858","comments":[{"author_name":"xilefian","author_uid":"8561","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 1:49pm","epoch":1324302240,"text":"It's a maze game with things that shoot at you and obstacles that delay you, it kept me on my toes with running and dodging, i did eventually die, it felt like i wasn't really progressing, seeing the same graphics over and over"},{"author_name":"gebirgsbaerbel","author_uid":"6187","time":"Dec 19, 2011 @ 3:09pm","epoch":1324307040,"text":"I liked the game, especially the sentence on the first platform: &quot;First line of this story&quot;"},{"author_name":"saint11","author_uid":"7981","time":"Dec 20, 2011 @ 8:53pm","epoch":1324414080,"text":"Good game, but I think the level design could be improved a little, also checkpoints, hearts and reduced difficulty would make the game more &quot;beatble&quot; :D"},{"author_name":"SusanTheCat","author_uid":"5150","time":"Dec 22, 2011 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1324590000,"text":"It took me a while to figure out that I had to move the screen and my little guy.\r<br\/>I liked the story spots."},{"author_name":"Make A Game","author_uid":"5631","time":"Dec 28, 2011 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1325083740,"text":"I got lost *cries*. =) I realy enjoyed getting lost in this maze game. Having an automatic camera would be great but this is an awesome work for a 48h entry nonetheless. The hero is very cute and the graphics are neat overall. \r<br\/>This is a wonderfull first entry! Keep giving us games :P."},{"author_name":"bach","author_uid":"5433","time":"Dec 29, 2011 @ 11:22pm","epoch":1325200620,"text":"Nice :) I was a little bit lost not knowing what to do but I still enjoyed it."},{"author_name":"KevinWorkman","author_uid":"5364","time":"Apr 11, 2012 @ 1:39am","epoch":1334108040,"text":"(Blatant self-advertising ahead)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice little game, but you might consider using Static Void Games instead of dropbox- it's designed for Java\/Processing developers and comes in handy for contests like Ludum Dare. Just upload a jar and a thumbnail image, and you have a full website for your game showcasing applet, webstart, and downloadable jar version of your game. Check it out if you get a chance: http:\/\/StaticVoidGames.com"}],"images":["ld22\/8858-e86310d7d8fa39f50084815b280558fb.jpg","ld22\/8858-c92cce842037ceab69ae1221b60a9f53.jpg","ld22\/8858-67f551959a8c5550b30a81d21ff60fde.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/32480884\/adrift.jar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/32480884\/adrift.jar","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/32480884\/adrift.jar","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/32480884\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jwlawson.co.uk\/files\/adrift.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"32256","g_author":"8858","g_event":"LD22","g_eventkey":"8","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"32286","g_title":"Adrift","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"478","g_commentcount":"7","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\/8858-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/8858-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/87574\/8858-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Move with the arrow keys or WASD, drag the camera around with the mouse. I was hoping to get a more automatic camera sorted but you know how it is. The ending doesn't quite end properly, but other than that I am really pleased with how it works.\r\n\r\n.jar file mirror: http:\/www.jwlawson.co.uk\/files\/adrift.jar\r\nsource code mirror: http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/32480884\/adrift.zip\r\n\r\nMade in Java using LibGDX. This was my first Ludum Dare competition and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but probably not as much as I will enjoy getting some sleep. <\/p>","title":"Adrift"}